Holy Cross Church, Rutland Water

Name: Holy Cross Church
Address: Rutland Water, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Rutland Water

Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture

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Holy Cross Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Burley, Rutland, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands adjacent to Burley-on-the-Hill House. ()

Completed: 1870 (155 years ago)Coordinates: 52°40'57"N, 0°41'43"W

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Holy Cross Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Oakham Castle, All Saints' Church, The Olive Branch and Beech House, All Saints' Church.

1.6 miSW
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Oakham Castle, Oakham
40 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.
1.6 miSW
Church, Gothic architecture
All Saints' Church, Oakham
41 min walk • All Saints' Church, Oakham is a parish church in the Church of England in Oakham, Rutland.
6.5 miNE
Nightlife, Restaurant
The Olive Branch and Beech House, Oakham
167 min walk • The Olive Branch is a public house and restaurant located in the Rutland village of Clipsham. Clipsham is close to the A1, near Stamford, Lincolnshire. As of 2008, the restaurant holds one star in the Michelin Guide. Beech House, across the road from The Olive Branch, offers six luxury bedrooms and suites.
3.8 miSW
Church
All Saints' Church, Oakham
99 min walk • All Saints' Church is a Church of England parish church in Braunston-in-Rutland, Rutland. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.3 miN
Museum
Rutland Railway Museum, Rutland Water
58 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.
1.6 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum
Rutland County Museum, Oakham
42 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.
1.8 miE
Garden, Cafe, Garden center
Barnsdale Gardens, Oakham
47 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.
1.8 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Hereward Way, Oakham
46 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.
6.6 miNW
Church, Scenic railroads, Tours
St Mary Magdalene's Church
170 min walk • St Mary Magdalene's Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Stapleford, Leicestershire, 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.
6.4 miNW
Park
Stapleford Park
163 min walk • Stapleford Park is a Grade I listed country house in Stapleford, near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England, which is now used as a hotel. It was originally the seat of the Sherard and Tamblyn families, later the Earls of Harborough and, from 1894, of the Gretton family, who would become the Barons Gretton.
6.4 miSW
Monastery, Church
Launde Abbey
164 min walk • Launde Abbey is located in Leicestershire, England, 14 miles east of the city of Leicester and six miles south west of Oakham, Rutland. The building is used as a conference and retreat centre by the Church of England dioceses of Leicester and Peterborough.