Astill Lodge Park and Spinney is one of the smaller areas of Open Space found in Leicester and covers approximately 4.6 ha.   Although used historically for hunting deer, then grazing sheep as part of the much larger Beaumont Estate, the site has had a mixed history.  In 1890 it formed part of the Beaumont Leys Sewerage system, but then reverted to farmland with the small spinney planted in the early 1900s and extended in 1916 to the boundary still in place today.  In the 1970s the site was used as a domestic refuse site with parts of the old Astill Lodge farms knocked down and debris spread over the site.  The main part of the Park was created in 1984 following the closure of the site as a domestic refuse tip.  A soil cap was put in place and the area re-landscaped to provide areas of amenity open space and access for cyclists and walkers.
The site contains areas of relatively species-rich and rough grassland, hedgerows, scrub and field pond.   The mature woodland to the south boundary is easily accessed and has a desire line footpath running through the centre.