Old John the upper floor, and is open to visitors on the park's guided walk programmes. In 2001, Bradgate Park Trust registered the design of the building as a trademark, and in 2018 told a local artist that she would have to pay them if she continued to sell her paintings of it. Adjacent to the tower is a toposcope installed in 1953. This was installed by the people of Newtown Linford from money raised at the 1953 'Pageant of Lady Jane Grey', performed to celebrate 400 years since she was proclaimed Queen of England. Old John Tower occupies the north-eastern end
Newtown Linford used by the local Police beat team today. Newtown Linford is located within the Charnwood parliamentary constituency, currently represented by Edward Argar. It is within the Bradgate County Electoral Division and is represented on Leicestershire County Council by Councillor Deborah Taylor. It is within the Forest Bradgate ward of Charnwood Borough Council, on which is represented by Councillor David Snartt. Newtown Linford is twinned with Plateau Est de Rouen in France, Newtown Linford Newtown Linford is a linear village in Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was 1,000 at the 2001 census, including Ulverscroft and increasing to 1,103