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.

Don't miss Oakham's towns if visiting the area around Preston.

Wakerley is one of Preston's best, nearby villages to visit in Preston.

There are a several good lakes in the area around Preston like Rutland Water.

Preston History

There are some historic monuments around Preston:

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