Burley and Rushpit Woods, Rutland Water

Name: Burley and Rushpit Woods
Address: Rutland Water, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Rutland Water

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Burley and Rushpit Woods is a 161.2 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the parish of Burley, east of Oakham in Rutland. ()

Coordinates: 52°40'44"N, 0°41'2"W

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Rutland Water United Kingdom

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Burley and Rushpit Woods – 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.

1.9 miW
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Oakham Castle, Oakham
49 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.
1.9 miW
Church, Gothic architecture
All Saints' Church, Oakham
50 min walk • All Saints' Church, Oakham is a parish church in the Church of England in Oakham, Rutland.
6.3 miNE
Nightlife, Restaurant
The Olive Branch and Beech House, Oakham
160 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.
4.1 miSW
Church
All Saints' Church, Oakham
106 min walk • All Saints' Church is a Church of England parish church in Braunston-in-Rutland, Rutland. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.5 miN
Museum
Rutland Railway Museum, Rutland Water
64 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.
1.9 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum
Rutland County Museum, Oakham
49 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.
1.4 miNE
Garden, Cafe, Garden center
Barnsdale Gardens, Oakham
37 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.
2.2 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Hereward Way, Oakham
56 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.
7.1 miNW
Church, Scenic railroads, Tours
St Mary Magdalene's Church
182 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.
6.8 miNW
Park
Stapleford Park
175 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.
6.2 miSE
Golf
Luffenham Heath Golf Club
157 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.