Bradgate Park
Bradgate Park
Bradgate Park is a beautiful public park in the city of Leicester, England. It is home to many deer and offers stunning views of the surrounding countryside.
The park also has a playground, cafe, and gift shop.
Swithland Woods Country Park is located just a mile or two from Bradgate Park, and it offers a variety of outdoor activities for visitors. The park has a playground, nature trail, and fishing lake. It is also home to a variety of wildlife, including deer, badgers, and foxes.
Created: 27 November 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods Country Park Information
Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods Country Park Address
Swithland Wood, United Kingdom
Bradgate Park Woodland
Bradgate Park is a 25.65 hectare, woodland area in Leicestershire, managed by Leicestershire County Council.
Local History around Bradgate Park
There are some historic monuments around including:
Old Hays moated site and associated manorial earthworks, RatbyPackhorse bridge'King William's' BridgeSite of Roman villaRatby campMoated lodge 200m west of ruins of Bradgate HousePreceptory, boundary, two mounds, fishpond and dam at Beaumont LeysMoated Lodge with associated water channels and fishpond at QuorndonMoated site and garden enclosure at GlenfieldKirby Muxloe CastleMoat at Lea MeadowsMotte and bailey castle and manorial complex at GrobyChurchyard cross in St Mary's churchyardBeacon Hill hillfort, enclosure and linear boundaryUlverscroft Priory, moat and three fishpondsMoated site at New Parks, LeicesterJewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon churchBradgate: house, chapel, garden and watermill'King William's' Bridge.Wildlife in and around Bradgate Park
Bradgate Park Mammals
There are 42 species of mammals recorded as found near Bradgate Park.
| (Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) |
| Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi) |
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Bradgate Park Birds
There are 247 species of birds recorded as found near Bradgate Park.
| Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) |
| Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) |
| Barn Owl (Tyto alba) |
| Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) |
| Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus subsp. bewickii) |
| Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) |
| Barbary Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) |
| Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) |
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