Rutland Water - reservoir in Rutland, England

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

Understand

This article covers places of interest in the villages including:

• Barrowden

• Clipsham

• Cottesmore

• Egleton

• Empingham

• Exton

• Whissendine

• Wing

• Rutland Water Tourist Information Centre, Sykes Ln, Empingham, 52.664112°, -0.617386°, +44 1780 686800. And the dam of the lake. 2017-03-25

Get in

Get around

See

• Rutland Water. The largest man-made lake in Western Europe lies in the centre of the county. 2015-09-20
• Rutland Water Nature Reserve, Egleton, 52.655336°, -0.701704°, +44 1572 770651. 2016-03-04
• Wing maze, Glaston Road, Wing, 52.615886°, -0.678861°. 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.
• Rocks By Rail, Cottesmore, LE15 7BX (5 miles north-east of Oakham), +44 7873 721941.
• Tolethorpe Hall, Empingham, 52.6816°, -0.48819°. A country house, home of the Rutland Theatre of the Stamford Shakespeare Company. 2017-03-25

Do

Events

• The British Birdwatching Fair, Rutland Water. Month: August. Held every August.

Buy

Eat

• Exeter Arms, Barrowden, +44 1572 747247. With Bed and Breakfast
• The White Horse, Main Street, Empingham, 52.66698°, -0.599°, +44 1780 460221. With Bed and Breakfast.
• Fox and Hounds, 19 The Green, Exton, 52.69026°, -0.63365°, +44 1572 812403. With Bed and Breakfast. 2021-01-12

Drink

Sleep

• White Lion Inn, Main Street, Whissendine, +44 1664 474233.
• Normanton Park Hotel (Best Western), Normanton Park Rd, Normanton, 52.647347°, -0.618244°, +44 844 387 6261. 2017-03-25

Connect

Go next

• Oakham
• Uppingham
• Stamford