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Bradgate Park Visitor Centre – Cropston Reservoir loop from King Power Stadium

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Bradgate Park Visitor Centre – Cropston Reservoir loop from King Power Stadium

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Bradgate Park Visitor Centre – Cropston Reservoir loop from King Power Stadium

01:53

31.4km

190m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 26.5 km for 3 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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497 m

Aylestone Meadows Wildlife Mural

Highlight • Structure

This striking mural, on Aylestone Road, marks the entrance to Aylestone Meadows close to Mill Lock. It features the wildlife that can be seen on the meadows, such as longhorn …

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658 m

Bench by the Grand Union Canal

Highlight • Viewpoint

1.83 km

Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal)

Highlight • River

Narrow tow paths but worth a carful ride. Watch out for mooring points.

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4.19 km

Friars Mill

Highlight • Monument

Friars Mill gets its name from the site which had been a Dominican Priory (the Black Friars). The main surviving building of a cluster of early industrial buildings, Friars Mill, dates from around 1794.

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11.7 km

Beach

13.9 km

112-Meter Elevation Point

Highlight • Summit

15.6 km

Bradgate Park Visitor Centre

Highlight • Viewpoint

Close to the Cropston end of the park this has everything you will need, visitor centre packed full of history, toilets, a cafe (which is brilliant) alongside the dry-stone wall …

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16.7 km

Bradgate Park

Highlight • Settlement

Large car park, toilets, and an ice cream van in the summer months. What more do you need. £3 all day parking.

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17.8 km

Cropston Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

In September 1867, 180 acres of land was purchased for a cost of £24,000.

Most of the land required for the reservoir, dam and waterworks belonged to the Bradgate Estate. …

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31.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.5 km

8.53 km

3.60 km

2.41 km

1.19 km

1.14 km

Surfaces

22.6 km

7.73 km

757 m

292 m

Elevation

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

Weather

Tuesday 1 September

20°C

13°C

84 %

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Bradgate Park Visitor Centre – Cropston Reservoir loop from King Power Stadium

Aylestone Meadows Wildlife Mural

Bench by the Grand Union Canal

Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal)

Friars Mill

112-Meter Elevation Point

Bradgate Park Visitor Centre

Bradgate Park

Cropston Reservoir

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