Bradgate Park Trust Information

The Bradgate Park Trust cares for the internationally important landscapes of Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood and their rich wildlife, including Leicestershire’s largest wild red and fallow deer herds. These sites that form our Estate are nationally protected by legislation, as are many of the heritage features of Bradgate Park. The heritage of the sites in our care goes back 560 million years and tells 15,000 years of human stories. We care for some of the oldest in situ fossils in the UK, the ruins of one of the most important country houses of Tudor England and many species of locally scarce wildlife. Our Office is at the Deer Barn in the heart of Bradgate Park. This is also the location of the Visitor Centre and Deer Barn Tearoom. We also have a Meeting Room (located upstairs) that can be hired. Full details are available from the Estate Office. The Bradgate Park Trust (or to use our full title ‘The Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood Charity’) is a Registered Charity (no 521476) with a total of ten Trustees. The Trust is governed by a Charity Commission Scheme of 1980 (amended in 2014 and 2018), which updated the original 1928 Trust Deed.The charity has two objects (charitable purposes): The provision of a public park and recreation ground, and the maintenance and improvement thereof, for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Country of Leicestershire and of visitors thereto, with the objects of improving the conditions of life for such persons and To advance the education of the public in the appreciation and care of the environment.