Several theories are given as to why this name was chosen but the one accepted by most is that Bradgate was named after Bradgate Park at Newtown Linford, six miles northwest of Leicester in Leicestershire County, England.
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The club traditionally meets at Bradgate Park (Newtown Linford Car Park, 10am) on a Sunday morning for a run around some of the nicest parkland and trails in the UK.
He spent most of his youth in the Bradgate House, construction of which was begun by a late ancestor of his; Sir John Grey of Groby, and in Groby Manor.