Leighfield is a Town in the county of Rutland.

Retail in Leighfield

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

The area close to Leighfield boasts some of the best towns including Oakham.

Wakerley is a great place to visit close to Leighfield if you like villages.

Leighfield is near some unmissable lakes like Rutland Water,

Leighfield History

There are some historic monuments around Leighfield:

• Moated grange and enclosure at Owston
• Bronze Age enclosure
• Hallaton motte and bailey castle
• Castle mound
• Lyddington Bedehouse: a medieval bishop's palace and post-medieval almshouse with moat, gardens, fishponds and cultivation remains
• Standing cross on The Green, 130m north west of The Bede House
• Moor Lane moated site, Whissendine
• Defended enclosure on Robin-a-tiptoe Hill
• Burrough Iron Age hill fort
• Sauvey Castle
• Owston Augustinian Abbey with six fishponds, a gatehouse and boundary
• Manorial site west of St Gile's Church and medieval settlement west of Manor Farm
• Butter Cross 150m east of the church
• Dovecot and arch, formerly lodge of Brooke House
• Butter Cross and stocks
• Whatborough deserted medieval village
• Castle Hill motte and bailey, Beaumont Chase
• Bridge at Medbourne
• Ashwell medieval settlement remains, watermill and gardens at Old Hall
• Moated site at Allexton
• Bridge over River Chater
• Deserted medieval village on A6003, Snelston
• Site of abbey church and claustral buildings
• Martinsthorpe deserted medieval village
• Oakham motte and bailey castle and medieval gardens