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.

Oakham is a great place to visit close to Thorpe by Water if you like towns.

There are a number of villages near to Thorpe by Water including Wakerley.

Rutland Water is a great place to visit close to Thorpe by Water if you like lakes.

Thorpe by Water History

There are some historic monuments around Thorpe by Water:

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