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.

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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

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Bradgate House is a 16th-century ruin in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England.

Old John

Scenic viewpoint

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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

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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

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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 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

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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″ north

Longitude

-1.21386° or 1° 12′ 50″ west

Elevation

305 feet (93 metres)

Operator

Bradgate Park Trust

Open location code

9C4WMQQP+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 3907312

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

12047309

Wikidata ID

Q4954802

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Satellite Map

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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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