Edith Weston

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Edith Weston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 1,042 at the 2001 census, including Normanton and increasing to 1,359 at the 2011 census. It is on the south-eastern shore of Rutland Water and is home of the main sailing club and a fishing lodge. The village is named after Edith of Wessex, the queen of Edward the Confessor and sister of Harold Godwinson. ()

Alternative names: Population: ~820 pplArea: 2.89 mi²Coordinates: 52°38'14"N, 0°37'49"W

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Nearby attractions include: Oakham Castle, All Saints' Church, Rutland Railway Museum, Rutland County Museum.

4.7 miNW
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Oakham Castle, Oakham
120 min walk • Oakham Castle is a historic building in Oakham, Rutland. The Castle is known for its collection of massive horseshoes and is also recognised as one of the best examples of domestic Norman architecture in England. Admission to the castle is free.
4.7 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
All Saints' Church, Oakham
121 min walk • All Saints' Church, Oakham is a parish church in the Church of England in Oakham, Rutland.
6 miNW
Museum
Rutland Railway Museum, Rutland Water
152 min walk • Rutland Railway Museum, now trading as Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum, is a heritage railway on part of a former Midland Railway mineral branch line. It is situated north east of Oakham, in Rutland, England.
4.5 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
Rutland County Museum, Oakham
116 min walk • Rutland County Museum is located in Oakham, Rutland, in the old Riding School of the Rutland Fencible Cavalry which was built in 1794–95.
3.6 miN
Garden, Cafe, Garden center
Barnsdale Gardens, Oakham
92 min walk • Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland, England, were made famous by Geoff Hamilton through the BBC television series Gardeners' World, which he presented from 1979 until his death in 1996. They are on The Avenue in Exton, a short distance north of Rutland Water.
4.9 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Hereward Way, Oakham
127 min walk • The Hereward Way is a long-distance footpath in England that links the Viking Way at Oakham with the Peddars Way at Knettishall Heath, near Thetford.
4.7 miNE
Church
St Peter's Church
120 min walk • St Peter's Church, Tickencote is a Church of England parish church in Tickencote, Rutland. Apart from the chancel arch and the sexpartite vaulting in the chancel, which are Norman and date from the mid 12th century, the building was rebuilt in 1792 at the expense of Miss Eliza Wingfield by the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell.
2.6 miSE
Golf
Luffenham Heath Golf Club
66 min walk • Luffenham Heath is an 18-hole golf course near South Luffenham in Rutland, England. Designed by Harry Colt, it began under the patronage of the Earl of Ancaster who had exchanged fields in South Luffenham for common land on the heath.
5.2 miSW
Church
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham
132 min walk • The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham is the Church of England parish church of Uppingham, Rutland. It is part of the Diocese of Peterborough.
4.2 miSE
Church
Wakerley Church
106 min walk • St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Wakerley, Northamptonshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
5.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Fineshade Wood
144 min walk • Fineshade Wood is a large wooded area in the county of Northamptonshire in the English East Midlands region. The wood is managed by the Forestry England and is part of the former royal hunting forest of Rockingham Forest.