Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the foundations of the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey — a relative of King Henry VIII and Queen of England for nine days in July 1553. The newly discovered ...

Leicestershire’s Bradgate Park, which inspired a young Sir David Attenborough and his love of all things nature, has been named a new National Nature Reserve. The beloved beauty spot, near Newtown ...

An 825-year-old tree in Bradgate Park has been shortlisted for this year's Woodland Trust Tree of the Year 2025 award. The tree, which is among 10 finalists in the competition, is next to Bradgate ...

Bradgate Park is one of Leicestershire’s most widely celebrated natural beauties. But how much does the county actually know about the park, known for its roaming deer, Old John and its history as the ...

Researchers have named an ancient fossil that was discovered at a park in Leicestershire. Charnia brasieri, which was found at Bradgate Park, would have lived on the ancient seafloor about 560 million ...

The historic ruins at the heart of Leicestershire’s Bradgate Park are set for repairs. Almost £1 million will be spent on the remains of the around 500-year-old Bradgate House, with specialist brick ...

LEICESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND—Students from the University of Leicester are conducting excavations at Bradgate Park, located near Bradgate House, the home of Lady Jane Grey, England’s Nine-Day Queen in 1553 ...

The ruins of the Grey family's ancestral seat, Bradgate House Stephen McKay via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 Few figures in Tudor history evoke the same level of pathos as Lady Jane Grey, the ...

From the New Forest and the Lake District to Hyde Park and Cannock Chase, the UK boasts many outdoor spaces, big and small, ...

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