English Heritage sites near Belton-in-Rutland Parish
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
5 miles from Belton-in-Rutland Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
KIRBY HALL
9 miles from Belton-in-Rutland Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
11 miles from Belton-in-Rutland Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
12 miles from Belton-in-Rutland Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
APETHORPE PALACE
13 miles from Belton-in-Rutland Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
JEWRY WALL
14 miles from Belton-in-Rutland Parish
A length of Roman bath-house wall over 9 metres (30 feet) high, near a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region.
Churches in Belton-in-Rutland Parish
St Peter
Church Street
Belton in Rutland
Uppingham
(01572) 829956
http://belton-wardley.org.uk/
A very pretty church in a beautiful village on the Rutland/Leicestershire border. St. Peter's sits in its well-kept churchyard at the centre of the village. There are services every Sunday, alternating between the Book of Common Prayer 1662 and Common
Worship.
Pubs in Belton-in-Rutland Parish
Sun Inn
A 16th Century Coaching Inn with a warm cosy real fire is a traditional welcome during the winter and a large beer garden for the summer. The low ceilings and antiquity of the interior will take you back in time to how old fashioned public...