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Charnwood - A fascinating destination promising a non-stop voyage of discovery from ancient origins to future potential.

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🍴🎉 A deliciously exciting new event is coming to Loughborough! 📅 Join us on Sunday, 8 June, for the Charnwood Food Festival. ✅ Global street food ✅ Artisan treats ✅ Live entertainment ✅ Children’s activities ✅ Family-friendly fun charnwood.gov.uk/news/2025/0…
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🛍️This weekend sees the return of @SmallBizSatUK and we are encouraging residents to shop locally in the run up to Christmas! The Council, in partnership with @DiscoverCharn, is currently showcasing local businesses with the #ShopCharnwood campaign. charnwood.gov.uk/news/2024/1…
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🥳 We are very pleased to announce that Morley Quarry has been recognised as a nationally significant geological site! 🌐 Read more on our website: charnwoodforest.org/morley-q…
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🏺 Join us tomorrow for a talk by Time Team's Prof. Carenza Lewis! She'll be speaking on the importance of test-pitting, and will present some of the discoveries made that week in the Geopark 📅 Thurs 23 May, 7.45pm 🌐 Book your free place here: charnwoodforest.org/event/fr…
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LoveLoughborough.@lovelboro16 May 2024
Save the Date - Sunday 16th June Loughborough BID's Car Show is back! Loughborough town centre will be full of classic, vintage and iconic cars from 10am on Sunday 16th June. Live music throughout the day by Dr Spork. loveloughborough.co.uk #ilovemycar #drspork
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Visit Leicester@visit_leicester18 Feb 2024
The Charnwood Museum in Loughborough is a fantastic place to discover the local heritage of one of our most important market towns. Pop in during half term for some Chinese New Year fun. #visitleicester #leicestershire #charnwood @discovercharn @charnwoodbc
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🎃 Happy Halloween, from the Charnwood Spider! 🕷️ Charnwood Forest is one of the only places in the UK that you can find the spider Mastigusa macrophthalma. Unsurprisingly, it's also known as the Charnwood Spider!
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🥳 We're very excited to launch our Geopark website! 🧭 Explore our amazing sites 📘 Learn about what makes Charnwood Forest special 🙋 Get involved in our projects 🌐 Take a look at charnwoodforest.org
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🤝 On behalf of the Geopark and our partners, welcome to all the delegates arriving in Loughborough ahead of the #ProGEO2023 Symposium. 🌎 We are excited to share our story with so many experts from around the world.
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LoveLoughborough.@lovelboro15 Sep 2023
❗ Save the date!! ❗ The next Gardeners' Fair will be on Sunday 10th December!! More details will follow in the next few weeks, but for now you may want to put the date in the diary!! 🌸
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Leicestershireproms@l_p_l30 Aug 2023
Such a pleasure to show @sarahbtravel the sights & sounds of Charnwood & Loughborough. Thank you to all our enthusiastic partners who made the press trip such a success #loveloughborough #heritageweek
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Visit Leicester@visit_leicester10 Aug 2023
Bradgate Park is one of our most loved county parks and it has been rewarded with Green Heritage status, making it one of only 135 parks in the UK to have this. #visitleicester #leicestershire #parks #bradgatepark #leicester #countryside 📷 by mh80photos
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Great Central Railway@GcrGreat9 Aug 2023
We're running passenger trains today and tomorrow 9th and 10th August 2023, with steam and heritage diesel trains. Our 'Kids for a Quid' promotion is running throughout August for a great family day out. For more details please see: buff.ly/3DysZEj #GreatCentralRailway
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Charnwood Museum@CharnwoodMuseum5 Aug 2023
It's great weather for ducks and ducklings. If you're looking for something to do with your ducklings, why not come on down? We're open until 4pm!
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There’s one month to go until @LoughboroughAOS bring The Phantom of the Opera here to Loughborough Town Hall! Running from 5th September, book your tickets now via loughboroughtownhall.co.uk/e…
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📺 Have you been watching the BBC's 'Earth' with Chris Packham? 🥳 We're very proud that our fossil superstar Charnia features in episode 2. You can also hear from @EGMitchell about her research into these very early animal fossils. ©️ BBC #FossilFriday
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Queen's Park is alive with the Sound of Music thanks to Loughborough Concert Band.
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Great to see so many families enjoying Funtopia in Southfields Park, #Loughborough today. It's there until 5.30pm today! discovercharnwood.co.uk/even…
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💚The second vegan market of the year is coming to Loughborough on Sunday! The event which is run by Vegan Market Co. in partnership with the Council takes place in Loughborough Market Place from 10.30am-4pm! For more details, visit👇 charnwood.gov.uk/news/2023/0…
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🗺️ In 1815, William Smith produced the first geological map of England & Wales. Noting the unique geology of our region, he wrote: "Charnwood Forest, with its irregular surface, and substrata of slate and gneiss, equally irregular, give bolder features"
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