Preston is a Village in the county of Rutland.

Retail in Preston

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

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

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

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

Preston History

There are some historic monuments around Preston:

• Market cross 10m west of Cross Farmhouse
• Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church
• Deserted medieval village on A6003, Snelston
• Oakham motte and bailey castle and medieval gardens
• Rockingham Castle, shrunken medieval village, moat and warrens
• 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
• Alstoe Moot and part of Alsthorpe deserted medieval village
• Village cross at junction of Well Cross and King Edward's Way
• Earthwork in Morcott Spinney
• Bronze Age enclosure
• Butter Cross and stocks
• Castle Hill motte and bailey, Beaumont Chase
• Exton Old Hall
• Bridge over River Chater
• Barnhill moated site at Hambleton
• Moated site at Allexton
• Martinsthorpe deserted medieval village
• Dovecot and arch, formerly lodge of Brooke House
• Moated site at North Luffenham
• Standing cross on The Green, 130m north west of The Bede House