LEI Country

The Outwoods and Jubilee Woods

Location Plans

Nanpantan Sports Ground car park - SK516176 - view in Multimap or Streetmap format.
Woodhouse Lane car park - SK515160 - view in Multimap or Streetmap format.

Jubilee is about 20 hectares much of which was open to the public notwithstanding that it is an SSSI, but part was left supposedly undisturbed. We have used the open areas for years together with interesting pastureland to its north which contains many land forms. It is used in conjunction with the Outwoods and both are blessed with a good wildlife population and amongst plants perhaps most striking the carpets of bluebells. Despite its protected status Jubilee has been largely felled as part of a 'restoration' project and is largely unusable at present.

The Outwoods itself is a popular local beauty spot, which attracts thousands of visitors each year. The topography of the woods means many of the paths include steep sections and uneven surfaces and can provide something of a physical challenge. The Outwoods were gifted to the people of Loughborough in 1946 by two local benefactors, Allan Moss and George Harry Bowler. The Outwoods is 40 hectare ancient woodland overlooking Loughborough and the Soar Valley and is important for its rare rock outcrops, its woodland plants and its wildlife and is also an SSSI. It stands on some of the oldest exposed rocks in Britain, being formed in the pre-Cambrian era and there has been continual woodland cover back to the days of the domesday book.