Brooke
Brooke is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is situated about three miles southwest of Oakham. The village is near the source of the River Gwash near Braunston-in-Rutland; the river forms part of the parish boundary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 61 residents
- Description: village in Rutland, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Brooke, Rutland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brooke Priory and All Saints’ Church, Braunston-in-Rutland.
Brooke Priory
Ruins
Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brooke Priory was a minor house of Augustinian monks in Brooke, Rutland. It was a cell of St Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth.
All Saints’ Church, Braunston-in-Rutland
Church
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints' Church is a Church of England parish church in Braunston-in-Rutland, Rutland. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Oakham Castle
Castle
Photo: SiGarb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oakham Castle is a historic building in Oakham, Rutland. The castle is known for its collection of massive horseshoes and is also recognised as one of the best examples of domestic Norman architecture in England. Oakham Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Brooke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Braunston-in-Rutland and Martinsthorpe.
Braunston-in-Rutland
Village
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Braunston-in-Rutland is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 392 at the 2001 census, including Brooke and increasing to 502 at the 2011 census.
Martinsthorpe
Village
Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Martinsthorpe is a civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The village's name means 'outlying farm/settlement of Martin'.
Gunthorpe
Hamlet
Gunthorpe is a civil parish and a hamlet in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The village's name means 'outlying farm/settlement of Gunni'.
Brooke
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Brooke, Rutland, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.64275° or 52° 38′ 34″ northLongitude
-0.74755° or 0° 44′ 51″ westPopulation
61Elevation
374 feet (114 metres)Open location code
9C4XJ7V2+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 253252558OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2654566Wikidata ID
Q2620721
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Brooke” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brooke”
- Chinese: “Brooke”
- Dutch: “Brooke”
- French: “Brooke”
- Irish: “Brooke, Rutland”
- Irish: “Brooke”
- Italian: “Brooke (Rutland)”
- Italian: “Brooke”
- Japanese: “ブルック (ラトランド)”
- Ladin: “Brooke”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Brooke (Rutland)”
- Persian: “بروک، راتلند”
- Polish: “Brooke”
- Scots: “Brooke, Rutland”
- Swedish: “Brooke, Rutland”
- Swedish: “Brooke”
- Turkish: “Brooke, Rutland”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mount Pleasant and Swooning Bridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Peter and Brooke Covert.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brooke”. Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.