Bradgate Park wins Green Heritage status
The award is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces.
A Leicestershire park has been recognised for the management and conservation of its historic and landscape features with an award.
Bradgate Park has been granted Green Heritage status, ranking it alongside Nottingham's Wollaton Park and Derby Arboretum.
The 830-acre (336-hectare) park has also secured a Green Flag award for the second consecutive year. The award is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces.
The medieval deer park, the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey, was donated to the people of Leicestershire in the 1920's by landowner Charles Bennion to be run in trust for them.
It is one of 135 Green Heritage sites in the UK, and joins Leicestershire County Council-run attractions Beacon Hill Country Park, near Loughborough; Market Bosworth Country Park; Snibston Colliery Park and Watermead Country Park, near Syston, on the Green Flag list.
Director of the Bradgate Park Trust James Dymond explains to Summaya Mughal what the award means to the park's staff.
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