Thorpe by Water is a Village in the county of Rutland.

Retail in Thorpe by Water

There are great places to visit near Thorpe by Water including some great towns, villages and lakes.

Don't miss Oakham's towns if visiting the area around Thorpe by Water.

Places near Thorpe by Water feature a number of interesting villages including Wakerley.

The area close to Thorpe by Water boasts some of the best lakes including Rutland Water.

Thorpe by Water History

There are some historic monuments around Thorpe by Water:

• Roundhouse or lock-up
• Earthwork in Morcott Spinney
• Market cross 10m west of Cross Farmhouse
• Barnhill moated site at Hambleton
• Manor house and gardens
• Dovecot and arch, formerly lodge of Brooke House
• Castle Hill motte and bailey, Beaumont Chase
• Rockingham Castle, shrunken medieval village, moat and warrens
• Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church
• Moated site at North Luffenham
• Standing cross on The Green, 130m north west of The Bede House
• Cistercian abbey and medieval settlement at Pipewell
• Moated site 1km south west of Rockingham Castle
• Kirby Hall: an Elizabethan country house and gardens, including the remains of the medieval village of Kirby
• Iron Age enclosure
• Deserted medieval village on A6003, Snelston
• Wakerley Bridge
• Roman road in Hazel Wood
• Martinsthorpe deserted medieval village
• Bridge over River Chater
• Village cross at junction of Well Cross and King Edward's Way
• Lyddington Bedehouse: a medieval bishop's palace and post-medieval almshouse with moat, gardens, fishponds and cultivation remains
• Little Weldon Roman villa
• Bronze Age enclosure