Bradgate Park
Bradgate Park is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers 850 acres. The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: 850 acre public park
- Also known as: “Bradgate Country Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bradgate House and Old John.
Bradgate House
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bradgate House is a 16th-century ruin in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England.
Old John
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Duncharris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old John is the highest hill in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England, on the southern edge of Charnwood Forest. It gives its name to the folly that stands at its top.
Cropston Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Charlie629, CC BY 3.0.
Cropston Reservoir lies in Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, England. The dam and associated water works are in Cropston, while the bulk of the reservoir is in the neighbouring Newtown Linford parish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cropston and Woodhouse Eaves.
Cropston
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Cropston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Thurcaston and Cropston, part of the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England.
Woodhouse Eaves
Village
Woodhouse Eaves is a village in the Borough of Charnwood, Leicestershire, England. Nearby are the villages of Quorn, Swithland, and Newtown Linford. Breakback Road leads from the village to Nanpantan and Loughborough. Woodhouse Eaves is situated 2½ miles north of Bradgate Park.
Glenfield
Village
Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glenfield is a large village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Glenfields, in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 Census, Glenfields had a population of 9,643. Glenfield is situated 3 miles south of Bradgate Park.
Bradgate Park
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Newtown Linford, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.68999° or 52° 41′ 24″ northLongitude
-1.21386° or 1° 12′ 50″ westElevation
305 feet (93 metres)Operator
Bradgate Park TrustOpen location code
9C4WMQQP+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 3907312OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
12047309Wikidata ID
Q4954802
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bradgate Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متنزه برادجيت”
- Chinese: “布拉德盖特公园”
- Hebrew: “פארק ברדגייט”
- Irish: “Bradgate Park”
- Japanese: “ブラッドゲート・パーク”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bradgate Park”
- Norwegian: “Bradgate Park”
- Polish: “Bradgate Park”
- Swedish: “Bradgate Park”
- Urdu: “بریڈگیٹ پارک”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Bowling Green Wood and Bradgate House.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bradgate Park”. Photo: Duncharris, CC BY-SA 3.0.