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.

Towns to visit near Leighfield include Oakham.

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

Places near Leighfield feature a number of interesting lakes including Rutland Water.

Leighfield History

There are some historic monuments around Leighfield:

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