LEI Country

Burrough Hill

Location plan for Burrough Hill car park - SK765115 - view in Multimap or Streetmap format.

Burrough is one of the best-preserved Iron Age forts in the country. The hill is one of the highest points in Leicestershire, reaching 210m (690 feet). A toposcope at the site indicates landmarks that can be seen from the summit. The 35-hectare site is owned by the Ernest Cook Trust and leased to Leicestershire County Council and for our purposes is mapped together with other parts of the Trust's woodlands.

Burrough Hill lies on the western edge of the uplands in the east of Leicestershire and the land falls away by almost 350 feet to the south-west and commands a wide view of the Wreake valley. The mixed vegetation including mature woodlands, some newer plantations, pastureland with copses of gorse and open rough grassland combined with the inevitable amount of climb can make this a challenging area.