DescriptionWatermead Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 1560558.jpg
English: Watermead Country Park Looking towards the Melton Road car park at the southern end of the Country Park. This clearly shows the proximity to the lakeside industrial estate in Thurmaston where a marina used by school groups has grown up.
Sand and gravel have been extracted from the valley of the River Soar for many years. In the early 1980s the Leicestershire County, Leicester City and Charnwood Borough Councils joined forces to begin to reclaim the areas derelict pits for recreation and nature conservation creating this important recreational facility for North East Leicester.
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