At Whatton House formal, ornamental and oriental gardens of 5 hectares, dating from the 19th century, are set in parkland of 65 hectares. The parkland was further developed in the 20th century. The gardens are now used as a venue for wedding receptions and other functions.

Beaumanor Hall is a Victorian country house located in Woodhouse, Leicestershire. Set in 34 acres of idyllic countryside, Beaumanor has been run by Leicestershire County Council since the 1970’s and offers a whole range of facilities

Queen’s Park is a small Victorian urban park of approximately four hectares. Its ornamental layout includes walks, flowerbeds and shrubberies. It is also well-wooded.

Prestwold Hall has 18th-century parkland with mid-19th-century additions. The garden also contains mid-19th-century formal areas which were further developed in the 20th century. The house is currently (2008) a venue for corporate and other events.

The site has a Victorian house with a 0.8 hectare walled garden dating from around 1850. There are also Messenger greenhouses built in the 1880s. The house was home to the Paget family including Arthur Paget, the inventor of the land drainage system. The walled kitchen garden received a grant for restoration form the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004.

Bradgate Park has developed from a medieval deer park with later 18th-century features, preserved as public parkland since 1928. Within the park are the ruins of Bradgate House, a brick mansion begun in the 1490s and abandoned in the 18th century, associated with which are the earthwork remains of its garden.

Sileby War Memorial Park features a Grade II listed cenotaph which has recently been renovated (2014). The cenotaph bears a wreath on the front with the names of the fallen inscribed on slate tablets on the front and side faces.

  Garendon Park comprises the remains of an 18th-century landscape park created on the site of a Cistercian Abbey founded in 1133. The park contains several early-18th-century structures. At its most extensive the park extended to 300 hectares but this has been reduced by development and much of the area has been returned to agriculture.

The manor house, formerly known as Rothley Temple, now Rothley Court Hotel, is set behind high stone walls, which conceal it from the road. Manicured lawns and shrub borders surround the house and outbuildings. Beyond them, there is English parkland with fine trees, extending into neighbouring fields which originally formed part of the estate. To the north-west of the house is a walled garden and, to the south, running from the terrace, is a straight path, punctuated by a stone pool and fountain, which leads down to Rothley Brook.