Market Overton

Market Overton is a village on the northern edge of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 494 at the 2001 census, increasing to 584 at the 2011 census.

Places of Interest

Highlights include RAF Cottesmore and St Nicholas’ Church, Thistleton.

RAF Cottesmore

Military installation

Photo: RuthAS, CC BY 3.0.

Royal Air Force Cottesmore or more simply RAF Cottesmore is a former Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market Overton.

St Nicholas’ Church, Thistleton

Church

Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Nicholas' Church in Thistleton, Rutland, England, is a former Church of England parish church, now a chapel of ease. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Rutland Railway Museum

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Rutland Railway Museum, now trading as Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum, is a heritage railway on part of a former Midland Railway mineral branch line. It is situated north east of Oakham, in Rutland, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thistleton and Greetham.

Thistleton

Village

Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Thistleton is the most northerly village in the county of Rutland, and a civil parish, in the East Midlands of England. The population of the village at the 2001 census was 99.

Greetham

Village

Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Greetham is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The village's name means 'homestead/village which is gravelly' or 'hemmed-in land which is gravelly'. Greetham is situated 2½ miles southeast of Market Overton.

Market Overton

Type: Locality
Location: Rutland, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.7442° or 52° 44′ 39″ north

Longitude

-0.681° or 0° 40′ 52″ west

Elevation

456 feet (139 metres)

Open location code

9C4XP8V9+MJ

GeoNames ID

7301049

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