The Loughborough Echo reports on a ‘Special walk at Bradgate’ that was to be held on Saturday 6 June.
‘A guided walk to see the ‘Veteran Trees of Bradgate’ will be held in the Bradgate Deer Park Sanctuary which is on the far side of the River Lin to the normal routes through the park.
The trees include ancient oak and sweet chestnut some perhaps over 500-years-old and there will the chance to stand on the line of the original 1240 boundary of the medieval deer park.
The area has changed little over the centuries and history associated with the site include the legend of the oaks being pollarded when Lady Jane Grey was beheaded.’
Loughborough Echo
5 June 2009
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