Glaston is a Village in the county of Rutland.

Retail in Glaston

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

Glaston is near some unmissable towns like Oakham,

Don't miss Wakerley's villages if visiting the area around Glaston.

Lakes to visit near Glaston include Rutland Water.

Glaston History

There are some historic monuments around Glaston:

• Exton Old Hall
• Kirby Hall: an Elizabethan country house and gardens, including the remains of the medieval village of Kirby
• Lyddington Bedehouse: a medieval bishop's palace and post-medieval almshouse with moat, gardens, fishponds and cultivation remains
• Church Bridge
• Moated site at North Luffenham
• Castle Hill motte and bailey, Beaumont Chase
• Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church
• Little Weldon Roman villa
• Deserted medieval village on A6003, Snelston
• Manor house and gardens
• Village cross at junction of Well Cross and King Edward's Way
• Dovecot and arch, formerly lodge of Brooke House
• Martinsthorpe deserted medieval village
• Standing cross on The Green, 130m north west of The Bede House
• Wakerley Bridge
• Barnhill moated site at Hambleton
• Roundhouse or lock-up
• Earthwork in Morcott Spinney
• Moated site with fishponds and enclosures at Empingham
• Moated site 1km south west of Rockingham Castle
• Oakham motte and bailey castle and medieval gardens
• Butter Cross and stocks
• Market cross 10m west of Cross Farmhouse
• Bridge over River Chater
• Rockingham Castle, shrunken medieval village, moat and warrens
• Bronze Age enclosure
• Dovecote 170m north east of the junction between Main Street and Exton Road
• Iron Age enclosure