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.

Oakham is a great place to visit close to Thorpe by Water if you like towns.

Wakerley is a great place to visit close to Thorpe by Water if you like villages.

Lakes to visit near Thorpe by Water include Rutland Water.

Thorpe by Water History

There are some historic monuments around Thorpe by Water:

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