Copt Oak

Copt Oak is a hamlet in Leicestershire, England. It is located in the North West Leicestershire district near the large village of Markfield and the rural hamlets of Abbots Oak, Charley, Ulverscroft, and Nanpantan.

The Copt Oak pub and crossroads

In its name, cop is an old English word for head, i.e. "pollarded oak" (literally "[be]headed oak").

Features
St Peter's Church, Copt Oak

The area is centred on a section of the B591 and Whitwick Road, consisting of the large Copt Oak pub-restaurant, a church, and a cluster of residential dwellings and farms.

The Anglican Church of Saint Peter was consecrated in 1837 and was designed by William Railton, who later designed Nelson's Column in London.

For many years the hostel, north of the junction of the A50 and the M1, was known for its small youth hostel in the old schoolhouse, which was closed and converted into a residential home.

Copt Oak transmitter next to the M1 motorway.

Copt Oak is the highest point of the M1, and the site of BBC Radio Leicester's only transmitter on 104.9 MHz FM (V.H.F.), and also the main transmitter of Greatest Hits Radio East Midlands (formerly Gem before October 2023) on 106.0FM.

52.711°N 1.289°W / 52.711; -1.289

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