Ayston is a Village in the county of Rutland.

Retail in Ayston

There are great places to visit near Ayston including some great towns, villages and lakes.

Places near Ayston feature a number of interesting towns including Oakham.

The area close to Ayston boasts some of the best villages including Wakerley.

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

Ayston History

There are some historic monuments around Ayston:

• Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church
• Bronze Age enclosure
• Manorial site west of St Gile's Church and medieval settlement west of Manor Farm
• Kirby Hall: an Elizabethan country house and gardens, including the remains of the medieval village of Kirby
• Moated site 1km south west of Rockingham Castle
• Alstoe Moot and part of Alsthorpe deserted medieval village
• Lyddington Bedehouse: a medieval bishop's palace and post-medieval almshouse with moat, gardens, fishponds and cultivation remains
• Market cross 10m west of Cross Farmhouse
• Bridge over River Chater
• Rockingham Castle, shrunken medieval village, moat and warrens
• Bridge at Medbourne
• Butter Cross and stocks
• Site of abbey church and claustral buildings
• Martinsthorpe deserted medieval village
• Village cross at junction of Well Cross and King Edward's Way
• Dovecot and arch, formerly lodge of Brooke House
• Barnhill moated site at Hambleton
• Exton Old Hall
• Earthwork in Morcott Spinney
• Deserted medieval village on A6003, Snelston
• Castle Hill motte and bailey, Beaumont Chase
• Standing cross on The Green, 130m north west of The Bede House
• Oakham motte and bailey castle and medieval gardens
• Moated site at Allexton