Events at: Bradgate Park

Discover 600 million years of history on your doorstep… Charnwood’s landscape and history has been shaped by its geology. Over the past 600 million years, the area we now call Charnwood Forest has been a volcanic island, a mountain range, a rainforest, a desert and has even rested at the bottom of a warm tropical …

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Visit the University of Leicester excavations close to Bradgate House during the second year of a projected five-year programme of investigation of the history of the Park. Guided tours of the excavations and Bradgate House and activities for all the family throughout the day.