Oaks in Charnwood

Oaks in Charnwood is a hamlet of scattered houses in the English county of Leicestershire within the Charnwood Forest. Oaks in Charnwood is located in and is part of the Civil Parish of Charley in North West Leicestershire. The ecclesiastical Parish of Oaks in Charnwood extends to the north of the Charley civil parish boundary, into the Shepshed civil parish.

The Oaks Church

The center of this small hamlet is the Church of St. James the Greater, which nestles in a picturesque valley.

The church, erected in 1815 and consecrated on the day of Waterloo, was rebuilt and enlarged in 1883, it is of forest stone in the Early English style and has an embattled western tower with a small pyramid roof. A particularly interesting feature is a collection of French lances mounted on the north wall of the church, said to have been retrieved from the field at Waterloo,^[1]

Oaks and District Tennis Club

The church was formerly part of a united benefice with Saint Peter's, Copt Oak. Today, it is linked with the church of Saint Botolph, Shepshed.^[2]

Opposite the Church of St. James the Greater is Oaks and District Tennis Club,^[3] a not for profit club, offering three tennis courts.

The Oaks is also the site of a campsite for Scouts.

External links

http://www.oakscampsite.org.uk/index.php

Coordinates: 52°44′10″N 1°17′49″W / 52.736°N 1.297°W / 52.736; -1.297

http://www.charleyheritage.org.uk

Towns and villages of North West Leicestershire

Towns	Ashby de la Zouch Coalville Castle Donington

Large villages	Hugglescote Ibstock Kegworth Measham Whitwick

Small villages	Appleby Magna Bardon Belton Blackfordby Breedon on the Hill Charley Chilcote Coleorton Donisthorpe Ellistown Heather Hemington Isley Walton Lockington Long Whatton Moira Normanton le Heath Oakthorpe Osgathorpe Packington Ravenstone Snarestone Snibston Staunton Harold Stretton en le Field Swannington Swepstone Thringstone Willesley Worthington

Hamlets	Acresford Albert Village Appleby Parva Battram Boothorpe Boundary Church Town Copt Oak Donington le Heath Farm Town Griffydam Little Packington Little Wigston Lount New Swannington Newbold Coleorton Newton Burgoland Norris Hill Oaks in Charnwood Peggs Green Shellbrook Spring Cottage Tonge Wilson

References

↑ North West Leicestershire, Official Guide.
↑ http://www.shepshedandoaks.co.uk
↑ http://www.oakstennis.co.uk

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