LEI Country

Brocks Hill

Location plan for Brocks Hill car park - SP619997 - view in Multimap or Streetmap format.

Permanent Orienteering Course available

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This small country park extends to just 30 hectares (67 acres) Native trees have been planted, wildflower meadows and an orchard created, together with a play area and ponds. The visitor centre doubles up as the HQ of the Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust.

The centre and park were opened in 2001. The project received £939,000 funding from the Millennium Commission and match funding from various partners including De Montfort University and Leicestershire County Council. This green wedge between Oadby and Wigston has now been protected from housing development! The plantings are just starting to mature and we have created a permanent orienteering course throughout the park and in the grounds of the neighbouring leisure centre.