Why visit Oakham
Townapedia lists 5 museums and landmarks, 11 parks and trails, 56 places to eat and 3 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Rutland County Museum, Oakham Castle, Cold Overton Park and Mini Monsters.
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About Oakham
Oakham is a market town and civil parish in Rutland (of which it is the county town) in the East Midlands of England. The town is located 25 miles (40 kilometres) east of Leicester, 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Nottingham and 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Peterborough. It had a population of 12,149 in the 2021 census. Oakham is to the west of Rutland Water and in the Vale of Catmose.
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Museums and landmarks5
Oakham Castle
Monument and historic site · 0.4 mi
Castle Lane, Oakham
Parks, trails and playgrounds11
Restaurants and cafes56
Hitchen's Barn
Restaurant · Fine Dining · 0.4 mi
12 Burley Road, Oakham
Tu-Sa 12:00-13:45,18:30-21:00, Fr 18:30-21:30
Fillings Road Cafe
Cafe · 0.8 mi
Pillings Road, Oakham
Mo-Fr 07:30-14:00; Sa 07:30-12:30; Su off
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Where to stay3
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Education
Oakham School is an English public school, founded together with Uppingham School in 1584. The original school building survives, north-east of the church. It has across its south front the inscription Schola Latina – Graeca – Hebraica A° 1584 and above its door a stone with an inscription in Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
Oakham School is the owner of the town's former workhouse. Built in 1836–1837 by the Oakham Poor Law Union, it held 167 inmates until its conversion into Catmose Vale Hospital. It now contains two of the school houses for girls.
Catmose College, founded in 1920, is a state-funded secondary school. Harington School is a sixth form centre next to it. Rutland County College, previously Rutland Sixth Form College, moved from the outskirts of the town to Great Casterton.
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Notable people from Oakham
Titus OatesEnglish perjurer (1649-1705)Photo: Robert White, Public domain
Jeffrey HudsonEnglish court dwarfPhoto: Anthony van Dyck, Public domain
Simon ParkeBritish squash playerPhoto: Luděk Kovář, CC BY-SA 4.0
Florence I. NicholsonEnglish vegetarianism activist (1866–1931)Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain- James BradshawEnglish cricketer (1906-1938)
- Paul ButlinBritish boxer
- Katie HallBritish actress
- Ollie FreckinghamEnglish cricketer (born 1988)
- Richard EdmundsEnglish cricketer (1970-1989)
- Gary KnightBritish photographer
- Tom Cecil NoelBritish flying ace (1897–1918)
- Aubrey EllwoodRoyal Air Force air marshal (1897-1992)
Born in Oakham, according to Wikidata (CC0). Each name links to its Wikipedia article.
Churches and places of worship17
Shopping20
Gas and EV charging3
Schools, colleges and libraries10
Healthcare6
Map of Oakham
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Getting there and nearby towns
Nottingham City Airport (NQT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 23 miles away.
- Stamford 11 mi east, about 17 min by car
- Syston 14 mi west, about 23 min by car
- Leicester 17 mi west, about 27 min by car
- Peterborough 21 mi east, about 34 min by car
- Shepshed 24 mi west, about 39 min by car
- Nottingham 26 mi northwest, about 42 min by car
- Spalding 26 mi east, about 41 min by car
- Whittlesey 26 mi east, about 42 min by car
- Sleaford 27 mi northeast, about 43 min by car
- Northampton 29 mi south, about 47 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Photo credits
- Museum Entrance, Lorraine Cornwell, Public domain
- MANTON,RUTLAND, Dave, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hambleton Rutland, St Andrews, Russ Hamer, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ashwell, St Mary's church (40125211070), Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK, CC BY 2.0
- Oakham Castle and church spire, Simon Garbutt. SiGarb 21:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Admiral Hornblower, Oakham, Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Wheatsheaf, Oakham 02, Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 14, Church Street, Oakham, Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Great Hall - Oakham Castle, DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
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