Whissendine is a Village in the county of Rutland.

Retail in Whissendine

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

Oakham is a great place to visit close to Whissendine if you like towns.

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

There are a number of lakes near to Whissendine including Rutland Water.

Whissendine History

There are some historic monuments around Whissendine:

• Moated site and fishpond at Wyfordby
• Churchyard cross in St Egelwin's churchyard
• Site of abbey church and claustral buildings
• Owston Augustinian Abbey with six fishponds, a gatehouse and boundary
• Stapleford deserted medieval village and ice house
• Ashwell medieval settlement remains, watermill and gardens at Old Hall
• Moor Lane moated site, Whissendine
• Wyfordby Wayside Cross
• Churchyard cross in St Peter's churchyard
• Oakham motte and bailey castle and medieval gardens
• Cross 160m north east of St Mary Magdalen Church
• Alstoe Moot and part of Alsthorpe deserted medieval village
• St Mary and St Lazarus Hospital, moated site and two fishponds, Burton Lazars
• Dovecot and arch, formerly lodge of Brooke House
• Defended enclosure on Robin-a-tiptoe Hill
• Martinsthorpe deserted medieval village
• Moated grange
• Whatborough deserted medieval village
• Village cross 50m south of Middle Farm
• Bridge over River Chater
• Castle mound
• Butter Cross and stocks
• Moated grange at Spinney Farm, Melton Mowbray
• Moated grange and enclosure at Owston
• Anglo-Scandinavian cross, St Bartholomew's churchyard
• Sauvey Castle