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Photo of Rutland Water, a reservoir near Hambleton, Rutland, central England.

Rutland Water© Mat Fascione / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Oakham StationOakham

58 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Oakham, a village in Rutland, central England.Highlight

Oakham

Village

Rutland's county town, where a Norman great hall keeps a wall of 200-odd ceremonial horseshoes forfeited by visiting peers.

0.2 km S · Rutland

Photo of Rutland County Museum, a visitor attraction near Oakham, Rutland, central England.Highlight

Rutland County Museum

Attraction near Oakham

Oakham's free museum of rural life, from an ice-age bison horn to farm wagons, in a Georgian riding school.

0.7 km SE

Photo along the Macmillan Way, a 290-mile long-distance path running from Boston to Abbotsbury, England.Highlight

Macmillan Way

Long-distance path

Boston to Abbotsbury down the limestone belt — 290 miles waymarked in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

4 km S · spans 10 counties

Photo of Rutland Water, a reservoir near Hambleton, Rutland, central England.Iconic

Rutland Water

Reservoir near Hambleton

In England's smallest county, this vast reservoir is a birdwatching and sailing centre where ospreys were reintroduced.

4.6 km E

Photo of Hambleton Hall, a restaurant in Rutland, central England.Highlight

Hambleton Hall

Restaurant · With rooms near Hambleton

Long-celebrated Victorian country-house hotel on a peninsula above Rutland Water.

4.7 km E

Photo of Rocks by Rail, a visitor attraction near Cottesmore, Rutland, central England.Highlight

Rocks by Rail

Attraction near Cottesmore

A living ironstone-quarry railway museum near Cottesmore, with working steam and diesel locomotives over 19 acres.

5.6 km NE

Photo of Exton (Exton), a village in Rutland, central England.Highlight

Exton (Exton)

Village

Rutland's chocolate-box village, its 300-year-old stone cottages and roses framing a perfectly kept green.

6.9 km E · Rutland

Photo of Wing Maze, a landmark in Rutland, central England.Highlight

Wing Maze

Landmark near Wing

A rare circular turf labyrinth on Wing's green, 40 feet across and thought to be medieval in origin.

7.3 km SE

Photo of Normanton Church, a landmark near Edith Weston, Rutland, central England.Highlight

Normanton Church

Landmark near Edith Weston

Rutland Water's iconic half-drowned church, saved on a raised embankment and reached by causeway; a museum inside.

8.1 km SE

Photo of Burrough Hill Country Park, a country park near Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

Burrough Hill Country Park

Country park near Burrough on the Hill

A country park in Leicestershire.

9.3 km W

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Grainstore Brewery

Brewery near Oakham

A working brewery in a Victorian grain store by Oakham station, with a tap room and its Rutland Osprey ales.

0 km N

Photo of All Saints' Church, Oakham, a church in Rutland, central England.

All Saints' Church, Oakham

Church near Oakham

The county town's grand parish church, its tall spire rising beside the castle and museum at Oakham's heart.

0.4 km E

Photo of Rutland Water Country Park, a country park near Hambleton, Rutland, central England.

Rutland Water Country Park

Country park near Hambleton

A country park in Rutland.

1.9 km E

Burley on the Hill

House & garden near Hambleton

A ridge-top house of 1700 built with Christopher Wren's advice, above Rutland Water.

3 km E

Photo of St Andrew's Church, Hambleton, a church in Rutland, central England.

St Andrew's Church, Hambleton

Church near Hambleton

One of Rutland's oldest churches, late-Saxon or early-Norman, on the peninsula ringed by Rutland Water.

4.5 km E

Photo of Hambleton, a village in Rutland, central England.

Hambleton

Village

A peninsula village ringed on three sides by Rutland Water, reached by causeway and known for its bluebell woods.

4.7 km E · Rutland

Lyndon Nature Reserve (Rutland Ospreys)

Nature reserve near Hambleton

The south-shore reserve with hides and a visitor centre from which to watch Rutland Water's reintroduced ospreys.

5.1 km SE

Photo of Barnsdale Gardens, a garden near Exton, Rutland, central England.

Barnsdale Gardens

Garden near Exton

Geoff Hamilton's Gardeners' World gardens near Exton, a warren of 38 themed garden 'rooms' with nursery and cafe.

5.8 km E

Photo along the Leicestershire Round, a 100-mile long-distance path in central England.

Leicestershire Round

Long-distance path

A hundred miles around Leicester, devised for the Footpath Association's hundredth year — Charnwood, Burrough Hill and Bosworth on the circuit.

6.2 km SW · Leicestershire & Rutland

Everything else within 10 km (39) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.