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Oakham (86 Pictures) in the county of Rutland

(4.1 miles, 6.5 km, direction W of Whitwell)

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...

Stamford

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

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction E of Whitwell)

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...

Hallaton, Leicestershire

Hallaton (18 Pictures) in the county of Leicestershire

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SW of Whitwell)

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

The view from Burrough Hill

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

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction NW of Whitwell)

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

Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay (27 Pictures) in the county of Northamptonshire

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

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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Rutland Water

Rutland Water (128 Pictures)

(2.8 miles, 4.5 km, direction SW)

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

Burghley House

Burghley House (72 Pictures)

(7.9 miles, 12.6 km, direction E)

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

A picture of Woolsthorpe Manor

Woolsthorpe Manor (10 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.5 km, direction N)

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

Kirby Hall

Kirby Hall (30 Pictures)

(10.0 miles, 16.0 km, direction S)

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

Deene Park, Corby, Northamptonshire

Deene Park (5 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction S)

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View from Rockingham Castle, Corby, Northamptonshire

Rockingham Castle (7 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.4 km, direction S)

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Rockingham Castle Gardens, Corby, Northamptonshire

Rockingham Castle Gardens (3 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction S)

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