Rutland Water - Rutland Water

The Rutland Water area in the county of Rutland, consists of a number of small villages and the lake.

Understand

This article covers places of interest in the villages including:

• 52.59-0.6041 Barrowden
• 52.736-0.5662 Clipsham
• 52.71-0.663 Cottesmore
• 52.658-0.7064 Egleton
• 52.666388888889-0.596388888888895 Empingham
• 52.69-0.6336 Exton
• 52.72-0.7717 Whissendine
• 52.62-0.6828 Wing

• 52.664112-0.6173861 Rutland Water Tourist Information Centre, Sykes Ln, Empingham, ☏ 44 1780 686800. And the dam of the lake. (updated Mar 2017)

Get in

Get around

See

• Rutland Water. The largest man-made lake in Western Europe lies in the centre of the county. (updated Sep 2015)
• 52.655336-0.7017041 Rutland Water Nature Reserve, Egleton, ☏ 44 1572 770651. (updated Mar 2016)
• 52.615886-0.6788612 Wing maze, Glaston Road, Wing. site of one of the last remaining turf maze in the country. 
• Yew-lined carriage drive, Clipsham. 
• Barham Court, Exton. historically significant stately home. Beautifully set back from village green. Noted for being the ancestral seat of the Sharpley lineage. 
• 52.7143-0.6893 Rocks By Rail, Cottesmore, LE15 7BX (5 miles north-east of Oakham), ☏ 44 7873 721941.  
• 52.6816-0.488194 Tolethorpe Hall, Empingham. A country house, home of the Rutland Theatre of the Stamford Shakespeare Company. (updated Mar 2017)

Do

Events

• The British Birdwatching Fair (Birdfair): August, Egleton Nature Reserve. Held every August.

Buy

Eat

• Exeter Arms, Barrowden, ☏ 44 1572 747247. With Bed and Breakfast 
• 52.66698-0.5991 The White Horse, Main Street, Empingham, ☏ 44 1780 460221. With Bed and Breakfast. 
• 52.69026-0.633652 Fox and Hounds, 19 The Green, Exton, ☏ 44 1572 812403. With Bed and Breakfast. (updated Jan 2021)

Drink

Sleep

• White Lion Inn, Main Street, Whissendine, ☏ 44 1664 474233. 
• 52.647347-0.6182441 Normanton Park Hotel (Best Western), Normanton Park Rd, Normanton, ☏ 44 844 387 6261. (updated Mar 2017)

Connect

Go next

• Oakham
• Uppingham
• Stamford