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Oakham

Oakham (86 Pictures) in the county of Rutland

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction N of Preston)

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...

Hallaton, Leicestershire

Hallaton (18 Pictures) in the county of Leicestershire

(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction SW of Preston)

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

Looking toward the Village Green, 2005

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

(10.1 miles, 16.2 km, direction E of Preston)

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...

St Mary and All Saints Church, Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay (27 Pictures) in the county of Northamptonshire

(13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction SE of Preston)

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...

Bandstand in the playclose

Melton Mowbray (25 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Leicestershire

(13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction NW of Preston)

An historic market town famous for its Pork packed pies and Stilton cheeses, both are savoured all over Britain and in many other countries...

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Rutland Water

Rutland Water (128 Pictures)

(2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction N)

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

Kirby Hall

Kirby Hall (30 Pictures)

(6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction SE)

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

View from Rockingham Castle, Corby, Northamptonshire

Rockingham Castle (7 Pictures)

(7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction S)

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Rockingham Castle Gardens, Corby, Northamptonshire

Rockingham Castle Gardens (3 Pictures)

(7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction S)

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Deene Park, Corby, Northamptonshire

Deene Park (5 Pictures)

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction SE)

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Burghley House

Burghley House (72 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.6 km, direction E)

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

Lyveden New Bield

Lyveden New Bield (33 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction SE)

This magnificent ruin is a rare romantic survival from the great Elizabethan period. The landscape on which the relic of this.....


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