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Photo of Watermead Country Park, a country park near Thurcaston, Leicestershire, central England.

© Mat Fascione / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Watermead Country Park

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Watermead Country Park is a country park in Leicestershire of 1.6 km². It is one of 19 country parks the Albion Guide lists in the county. Only one of the county's country parks the Albion Guide lists is larger.

Syston Station is about 1.2 km away to the north-east. Nearby country parks include Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods and Sheet Hedges Country Park.

More places to visit near Watermead Country Park

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

0.4 km E · spans 9 counties

Photo along the Leicestershire Round, a 100-mile long-distance path in central England.

Leicestershire Round

Long-distance path

A hundred miles around Leicester, devised for the Footpath Association's hundredth year — Charnwood, Burrough Hill and Bosworth on the circuit.

3.6 km N · Leicestershire & Rutland

Photo of National Space Centre, a visitor attraction in Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

National Space Centre

Attraction near Leicester

Leicester's landmark space museum under a soaring inflated rocket tower, with the UK's largest planetarium.

3.8 km SW

Photo of Abbey Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Leicestershire, central England.

Abbey Park

House & garden near Leicester

A grand Victorian park of 1882, laid out around a medieval abbey's ruins.

4.6 km SW

Photo of Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods, a country park near Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, central England.Iconic

Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods

Country park near Newtown Linford

Ancient deer park, ruins and folly tower.

5.9 km W

Photo of Sheet Hedges Country Park, a country park near Anstey, Leicestershire, central England.

Sheet Hedges Country Park

Country park near Anstey

A country park in Leicestershire.

7.2 km W