Thorpe by Water is a Village in the county of Rutland.

Retail in Thorpe by Water

There are great places to visit near Thorpe by Water including some great towns, villages and lakes.

There are a number of towns near to Thorpe by Water including Oakham.

The area close to Thorpe by Water boasts some of the best villages including Wakerley.

Thorpe by Water is near some unmissable lakes like Rutland Water,

Thorpe by Water History

There are some historic monuments around Thorpe by Water:

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