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Stamford, Lincolnshire

Stamford (246 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Lincolnshire

(2.2 miles, 3.6 km, direction SE of Great Casterton)

Of the 17 churches, only 6 now remain in Stamford, which is without doubt, one of the finest medieval towns in the British Isles, if not in Europe...

Oakham

Oakham (86 Pictures) in the county of Rutland

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction W of Great Casterton)

For centuries the countryside around Oakham has echoed to the sound of hunting horns, for the vales and rolling farmland surrounding this sedate market town, have been the stamping ground for the counties hunting fraternity...

Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay (27 Pictures) in the county of Northamptonshire

(10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction S of Great Casterton)

The lantern tower of the Church of St. Mary and All Saints at Fotheringhay shines through the deepening shadows of the great trees that frame it, shadows matched in darkness by those less visible that haunt the village where the final tragedy of Mary, Queen of Scots was enacted...

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Peterborough (143 Pictures) a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire

(13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction SE of Great Casterton)

The magic of Peterborough lies in the richness of its beautiful Cathedral. It is a glorious historical treasure house, it is unique and quite beyond compare...

Hallaton, Leicestershire

Hallaton (18 Pictures) in the county of Leicestershire

(15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction SW of Great Casterton)

Easter Monday sees the villages of Hallaton and Medbourne engaged in a riotous 'bottle kicking' contest which is said to have pagan origins...

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Burghley House

Burghley House (72 Pictures)

(3.3 miles, 5.4 km, direction SE)

This is a graceful house which perfectly epitomises the wealth of the prosperous Elizabethan period. Burghley was completed in.....

Rutland Water

Rutland Water (128 Pictures)

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction W)

Rutland Water is the largest reservoir in England (by surface area) and one of the largest artificial lakes in Europe. Its.....

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Woolsthorpe Manor (10 Pictures)

(10.5 miles, 17.0 km, direction NW)

Called a manor but in reality this is the farmhouse where Isaac Newton was born in 1642. The house remains very much during.....

Deene Park, Corby, Northamptonshire

Deene Park (5 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction S)

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Kirby Hall

Kirby Hall (30 Pictures)

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction SW)

Looking around the romantic ruin of Kirby Hall it is easy to imagine the splendour of an age when romance was all, and great.....

Nene Park (Ferry Meadows Country Park) Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

Ferry Meadows Country Park (47 Pictures)

(11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction SE)

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Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Peterborough Cathedral (68 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction SE)

The magnificent cathedral church in Peterborough was given cathedral status by Henry VIII in 1541. Formerly it had been one of.....


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