Billesdon Coplow is situated ten miles east of Leicester and a similar distance from the market towns of Uppingham, Oakham and Market Harborough. It is a local landmark, the surviving house built about 700 feet above sea level, high on the south west side of a wooded hill. The Grade II listed house, originally known as The Coplow.

Stapleford Hall has a 17th-century deer park landscaped in the 18th century and later modified by Lancelot Brown, which at its most extensive was 325 hectares. The gardens immediate to the hall contain several walled gardens, lawns and ornamental borders. Stapleford Hall is now used as a hotel and country retreat.

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.

For most of its history Buckminster has been a small, agricultural village. Its character changed from the 1790s, when Sir William Manners decided to move to the village and built Buckminster Hall, a large Palladian-style property.  This was demolished in 1951, following a fire and was replaced in 1965 by a Neo-Georgian house known as Buckminster Park.

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

Quenby Hall has an 18th-century park (which originated around 1600) and formal gardens of 2 hectares, including a walled garden. The site is currently (2008) a venue for weddings, corporate events and filming.

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 gardens at Nevill Holt contain elements of their 17th-century structure, but were restored in the early-21st century in the form of three walled gardens, including a kitchen garden and an Italianate garden. The house dates originally from the late-13th century. Annual operatic events are held on the site.

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.

Lowesby Hall has 18th-century parkland of 50 hectares with early-20th-century formal gardens designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and now much simplified. The parkland contains part of the earthwork remains of the medieval village of Lowesby.