Watermead Country Park in Leicestershire is a beautiful nature reserve and leisure destination, perfect for walking, cycling, birdwatching, and family days out. Located between Leicester and Syston, this scenic park features a series of tranquil lakes, wildlife habitats, picnic areas, and well-maintained trails ideal for outdoor enthusiasts. Visitors can enjoy spotting swans, herons, and other native species while exploring the peaceful surroundings. With its easy access, free parking areas, and family-friendly facilities, Watermead Country Park Leicester is one of the top places to visit in Leicestershire for nature lovers and those seeking a relaxing countryside escape close to the city.
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So here we are today having a little stroll around Waterme Country Park. Very nice in Leicester Le. Join us. Have a look around. Uh we’ve not been here before, have we? No, never. Yeah. And uh have a look around. Don’t forget to subscribe and like, click the like button. Yeah, if you like, etc. Uh the bell icon for notifications when we upload new videos. Join us having a look around me country park. Fabulous. Enjoy. [Music] It’s power. [Music] Can’t tell you [Music] all that cakes. Not really. There’s the regular regular cheese. regular. [Music] [Music] Okay. Yeah. Thank you. It’s got a nice little heart on it. That’s nice. I’m going to spoil that. Oh, sorry. She sp you a nice design. A I feel really bad now. You broken my heart. Don’t say that. And the one shot semi skin. Perfect. Thank you. Can I pay by card? You can’t give it to me now. Thank you. Do you want to live or not? Yeah. That’s £6 that one. Thank you. things. [Music] He’ll learn and he’ll do it. So, yeah. Look at that. What’s this now? Is it a seat or you perch and put your coffee on the block? I don’t know. It’s kind of a anything you want it to be. I think I suppose you can sit on it. Also symbol things. There’s one’s a Is it a face? Is it a face on the right hand side? There’s a little little bridge over there or bridge or something or Oh, it’s a platform. You can stand over a little bit. to your ped. Not in that. She would have done though. She’d have been Oh, yeah. Disgusting. It is. Oh, no. You daisy. You’re not panicking now, are you? Now you had your Daisy. What you doing in there? What you doing in there then? Hey, what are you doing in there? Enjoying it. She says being a princess. Is she? Is she princess? You are, aren’t you? Little princess. Yeah. [Music] Crappuccino. Yeah. I don’t think you’d want to dip your toes in there, would you? Not the edge. Not unless they were covered in something. Not a bad all that algae. Yeah. A bit of a play area. [Laughter] Does that mean children? I hate play areas. Even when we have kids, I hated parks and players. Had to stand around and wait. Yeah. And watch that other kids didn’t bully them or whatever. [Applause] It’s quite comfortable, isn’t it, for cyclist as well? Yeah. Now, this bench doesn’t look comfortable. I don’t think that’s a bench. That’s a walking thing, isn’t it? You walk on it and try try and keep your balance, I think. Well, then go. No, thank you. I’ll film it. [Applause] Do you Is that where you walk? Yeah, you walk along it and Oh yeah. Go on then. I’ll film it. I can’t get my leg up. Of course you can get your leg up. of strong waft of something. Is there weed? Is there? Yeah. Can’t you smell it? No. Oh, yeah. Look. Yeah. A bit wobbly. I don’t think you ought to do it and break your leg. That’s not my leg I was worried about. It’s a camera. We can replace the camera. We can’t replace the leg. You can I get an artificial one. Oh, is this King Leah himself? It must be. Yeah, cuz it’s King Leah. Is it a lake? Yeah, King Le. Yeah. King Leah Lake. What’s King Le got to do with less then? Is he something to do with it? Don’t know. Did he did he fight in the battle of Waterme? King Le is a story by Shakespeare. Like seen him and that wire thing in there then. I don’t know. Is it supposed to be there? Actually, that looks a bit like um the wicker man. It’s got somebody school tie around it. I bet when the lake was empty, somebody went across and [Music] behold thou statue in lake. I speak of fine concrete structure. Kingly as you know is a tragedy by William Shakespeare when most of his plays were and it was written around6006 about an aging king who divides his kingdom between his two elder daughters Gonaril and Reagan. Gon what? Yes. after they flatter him with false declarations of love. What people do for money, eh? He banishes his youngest daughter, the most honest one, Cordelia, and for refusing to do the same. So, she wasn’t all fluffing about over the money, she was honest. The play then follows Liz’s descent into madness as his daughters betray him. And it parallels this with the story of the Earl of Gluster who is also deceived by his illegitimate son Edmund. And that’s a Shakespeare play, is it? Yes. King Le is. Yeah. So So what’s the play called then? Shakespeare got a name. Yeah, it has. King Le. Yeah, that’s right. Enough. Yes. I’ve not read that one at school. I’ve seen it. So, what’s John Merrick? That’s like a Shakespeare play, is it? No. What? The other lake. John Merrick. Yeah, the lake. John Merrick. That’s the elephant man. Yeah. I don’t know how many lakes I’ve got here at Waterme Country Park. No, we saw two, didn’t we? He was an artist. John Merrick as well as being known as the elephant man. There’s an old bridge there. Did you know he had to sleep sitting up, John Merrick? Did he? Cuz if he lay down he’d suffocate. Oh boy. Because of his head. Yeah. There you go. Oh, so there’s another bit there. Look. And another dog walk. Yeah. Yeah. It’s an old wooden bridge head, isn’t it? I don’t I’d say old. I don’t know how old it is, but probably not. Probably not that old. It’s not as old as you. Yeah, it’s more than 21, is it? And years old. 21. 21 years old. Hey, that’s funny. Looking at the map, the only two legs that have actually named a King Leo’s Lake and John Merik’s Lake. All right. The other bits aren’t actually named. Does it say how many lakes I got here? No, it’s um looking at the map, there’s quite a few. You can see a lot of blue. Can you see the blue on there? You can see that. So, that one there is King Le’s Lake where we are. And the one before that is John Merik’s. But the other lakes aren’t actually named. There’s a few of them, though. There’s Jelson’s pool and Meadow Pool. Maybe they’re smaller, so they’re pools of the quite a few. There’s a few. There’s a lot of people around here. [Music] Algae or ice may be present. Ice. Ice baby. Ice. Ice baby. Dendon vanilla flavor. Yeah. Flavor. What’s that over there? Is that like a in post locker? Quick. My pass. There. Two colored things. They are. I think they’re uh they look like works of art. Yeah. Yeah. Hello, Waggy. Yeah. Oh, there’s some boulders around here. Oh, yeah. The spiders web between them. Oh, there’s a spider in there. There’s a spider in the middle. See if I real them um you untap them here for them resin ones or whatever you call it. I don’t know. I think they’re fake. What do you think? Have a look. again. They could be made out of Oh, no. They’re real, are they? Yeah. I think they’re made out of like I think they’re molded, don’t you? They’re out of sort of concrete, I think. Yeah, they’re made out of concrete. [Music] Yeah. You want to bang your head on and put it away. So his water move comes park south. We came in at north, didn’t they? Yeah, I suppose that south one as well where that road where you said go down. Oh yeah, maybe. Yeah, it’s a network of artificial eggs in the valley of the river saw. So they are man-made. Yes. Is it are they man-made from quaries then or you think or uh you saying about quaries? The southern part, the southern part includes the hill and the mammoth is in rushed. Does it say much? Well, there’s a picture of the kingly statue on here. The northern lakes named John Merrick after the late John Merrick, the silver Olympic medalist. So, not the Oh, not that John Merrick. No. Ah, I thought it who completed his sailing events nearby as a school boy. It’s only John Merrick I know. Yeah. Well, this other John Merrick died in a car accident in 1987. But he’s not the elephant man. Ah thing is a fishing lake and can be circumnavigated. Uh oh. Stone engine is it? Oh yeah. But these are Oh, these are real rocks. That’s what makes you think about a quarry cuz of the rocks and stuff. I mean, they’re big boulders, aren’t they? You wouldn’t want one dropping on your foot, would you? No, you certainly wouldn’t. That’s what makes you think. What’s that say on that sign? Can was it? The granite for this project came from Cliff Hill Quarry. Yeah. Lester Share. Yeah. Doesn’t go very deep. So, well, yeah, it was a quarry. Yeah. So, you know the mammoth thing I was talking about? There’s a mammoth um uh statue at the top of a small hill. Yeah. That is built to commemorate the discovery of the Ice Age mammoth that was found when Waterme was a quarry. Oh, right. Now, isn’t that in Leicester Museum? the mammoth or at least a bone from it. Yeah, I think so. Yeah. In 2010, two brothers died here after falling into one of the frozen lakes. Sadly, the um the police officer put them out by leaning out of a hovering helicopter over the frozen surface. I know it’s not good. I suppose if it’s haunted around here then. I think it was a quarry. I always feel things like that would be, you know, in in quarrying days there were accidents, weren’t there? Especially the olden times when they didn’t have so much health and safety. Yeah. Blowing themselves up with a dynamite. Is that really? Yeah. Yeah. I thought they dug it. Oh, yeah. I suppose they dig it out. They got to dig out somewhere. Mining. They couldn’t use dynamite, could they? Well, they should have. Quarrying. Yeah. They the dynamite end the cliff not cliff the rock space services. So they get all the big boulders. They don’t use dynamite nowadays, do they? No. No. They’ve got machines to specialist explosive stuff. It’s not dynamite. It is now. Don’t they have machines now that can just get into stuff like that cuz they’re so powerful? Yeah, but not when they’re on the rock face. Is that the stuff that Fred Dibney used for his um chimneys? That wasn’t dynamite, was it? That was some sort of It was explosions. And they have little pools around the lake. Oh. Oh, there’s a doggy bin. Should we put Daisy in it? Oh, Daisy, that’s so mean. Daisy, don’t talk to me. She says I’m too busy. Too busy. We got a junction here. What’s this then? Coming up. Uh, a junction. Oh, look. Rushes. I didn’t realize till you picked me one that No, I didn’t. I didn’t pick them. It was illegal. No, I didn’t pick them. That was when we were watching shooting stars. I’m innocent. Never smell to Leicester. [Applause] where schools are. Oh, that tells you why the bridge is closed. We have a saw bridge. Yes, there’s a diversion. Well, we’re not going that way. I’m going towards this. That way. It’s only half a mile to the village. Yeah, but then we got to come back and all. Yeah, that’s the thing. You think, “Oh, it’s only,” but you forget that the other part of it sounds like running water down this end. [Applause] Have a look. I can hear running water. Maybe it’s not a good idea after drinking that coffee though. Oh yeah, little waterfall. Yes. Very nice. Look at the waterfall. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. It’s got the V-Dub there as well. Look, it’s the one surface club. stuck in it. Yeah. Another one. What are you after? Have some food in here. Wind surfing and sub club. What’s a substandard then? supper of beer afterwards. Yeah, probably there. Members only. Is that the club inside there then? Inside the container. There’s a windows on that one. Oh, yeah. I bet they keep all the gear in one and probably Yeah, probably. Yeah. the bits in the other. That’s pretty [Applause] This is a lovely place, isn’t it? Nice little walk, isn’t it? Yeah. Well, you say little. We could do 5k if we wished. Yeah. Maybe twice even. [Music] Is it a water? It’s a logosaurus. I don’t think this is a mammoth. It’s definitely a dinosaur. I don’t think it’s real. Is it not? No. I don’t think it’s alive. That’s for sure. Oh, it’s another step. Yeah. Step across those Yeah. peg things. Mind you, that last one getting from that last post to that concrete bit there to its neck, a bit of a stride, isn’t it? You need long legs for that, wouldn’t you? Why are we? It’s good though, isn’t it? They put nice bits of the root to keep children interested and us cuz we’re children really. Oh, we got a little bridge coming up. Bit as well. The canal bit. Yeah, can I suppose go along there for a couple other people that tears? Yeah. Yeah. Is it lovely? Unless it’s been up a chimney. Not as much in it now. Do you know beauty after having swept the dog boners, don’t they? Had a fight with a box of swan vesters. There’s a tow path. [Applause] The canal toe path which runs alongside the canal. Runs alongside Waterme Country Park and the canal. Few berries on the tree. Yeah, the berries we see be having them when the winter won’t be long now. Being middle of October, is it more or less? Yeah. Bit stagnant down there. Don’t fancy paddling in that. Oh no. Quicksand bit muddy. Can’t believe we’ve just done the whole circuit of this. King Leo Lake. Yeah. Wouldn’t have been possible without the push chair though, would it? No. Could have walked it without sitting in the push. No. I mean, she wouldn’t she wouldn’t get all the way around it would. No. Well, she might, but he’ll be very slowly. We’ll probably still be at 5:00. Yeah. Next week. Yeah. You do a bit of triing over there on your push bike. Yeah. Yeah. It’s something else for the kids to enjoy this. They’ve sort it out quite well, haven’t they? Without overdoing it. Yeah. a little and this they got a tarmac path as well. Not like these stony paths. Oh yeah. We tend to have in country parks. It’s a proper tarmac like a road path, isn’t it? Yeah. But you can get some muddy and it’s doable in the winter as well. It’s easier for your push bike as well, isn’t it? Yeah. And your push chair. Yeah. And for wheelchairs, you know. So it’s it’s all inclusive, isn’t it? Multi-purpose. An army knife. That’s it. It’s a Swiss It’s a Swiss Army knife of um tarmac ps it up for signage. Sit down. Is there um is there like a reservoir at Crossington? Crossington. There’s a reservoir there. [Applause] Thermostat 3 and a quarter miles from here. Left seven s two and a quarter crossington 2 and a half. There’s a couple of routes you can go around is there? Yeah. That’s some little babies floating around. Yeah, Jack. We got seagulls on as well. Where there’s food, there’s seagulls. Oh, yeah. You can’t say where the sea seagulls cuz they’re everywhere now. You get a lot of seagulls over the landfill sites, don’t you? Yeah. Not quite a way cuz that statue King Le right over there. Oh yeah. You don’t realize do you when you’re walking around there? Yeah. And over there I guess. Yeah. There’s the bridge. It’s closed over the river saw. So you’ve got the river saw over that side and then the canal the Grand Union canal this side. Yeah. All right, let’s carry on. The park through there. Yeah, it’s quite green area. It’s quite a big space, isn’t it? There. Yeah. Waterme Park. Oh. Oh dear. You got the geese out. Yeah, he’s feeding them. Is he? Yeah. And then there’s a dog chasing them. Oh, the geese out there. They’re looking. The geese love that food on the floor. The dog runs down. I see that’s a doggy bin, but I’ve never seen a bin bin. So, I cooked. You need a doggy bin. I’ve done a dog. Oh, yeah. I do. I’ve got another one, haven’t I? Yeah. I forgot about that. [Music] Only thing I noticed about here, I don’t know the south uh side of the country park, whatever. There’s no public toilets, is there? Don’t mention that. I need I haven’t seen anything. Have you? No, I haven’t. Not here. [Music] in there. Yeah, there’s some babies. Look a over there swimming with [Music] No, no, it’s um can’t think of it. Dog diver thing. Deep sea diver. Yeah. Let me have a look at the name. It might help. Water mint and freshwater shrimp. King Fish and Mutesman. Oh, they got some bats as well. Look, brown longeared bat. The Pippist drill, the brown longired door benton and not t not. You wouldn’t see them in the daytime. Probably not. Wonder where they hang out. Probably upside down in a tree somewhere. Yeah, there must be a tree, would it? There’s no caves or anything around here, is there? No. North Lake Waterme Country Park. King Leers Lake. Yeah, this is a North Lake, was it? No, this isn’t this is King Le’s Lake. But the North car park. Yeah. North Car Park. King Leers Lake. Waterme Park to be precise in Leicester. In Leicester in England, United Kingdom. Oh, your fight. And it’s again gone. Have you got a photo? Uh, not a photo. Got it on video. Oh, we can do a still and Google it. Picnic area. So, coffee van, ice cream van. Whippy ice cream. Best coffee ever. Best coffee. Yeah, I loved it. How much was it? 230 for a cup. Don’t Yeah. 2:30. 2:30. Yeah. 230 by dentist time. There’s a pay on exit. Why did he charge you six quid then? Yeah. So, here’s a char charge for the car park. Maybe it was 330 then. I don’t know. Yeah, probably 330. So, you have to pay at the station prior to leaving. How do we do that? There’s a headache. So, there is There’s no cameras here, is there? No, but there’s a barrier. There wasn’t a barrier. Weren’t a barrier when we come out? That was up. Yeah, there was one that was down, but there Yeah. Yeah. The one that was down was blocked off, wasn’t it? Yeah, I can’t think about disabled people on there either. So quite a large car park here at Waterme. This is a north side car park. Nice headrest in that car. Oh yes, very funny. So yeah, nice large car park here. Plenty of space to park your car. So that was a fabulous walk around. Fabulous walk around the waterme park. It was really enjoyed it. Yeah. Hope you enjoyed it too. If you uh enjoyed this little video of the uh little stroll around the park, do click the subscribe button, a like button, and the little bell notifications when we upload new videos. And uh all we got to say now is we’ll see you in the next one. See you in the next one. Bye bye for now. Bye. Wendy with a smile. Steve with a spark. Together they’ll light up the dark. Wendy and Steve, they’re setting free into the unknown for all to see. Every twist and turn, a brand new start. They’ll follow their hearts. They’ll follow their hearts. [Music]
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Looks like a nice walk around Watermead Country Park. Will have to pay a visit.
We've been to Watermead. A great place to walk the dog.