Oakham
Oakham is a town of 11,000 people in Rutland. Tourist attractions in Oakham include All Saints' Church and Oakham Castle. Another popular and historic feature is the open-air market held in the town's market square.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Rutland Water and Oakham Castle.
Rutland Water
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The Rutland Water area is in the county of Rutland and consists of a number of small villages and the lake.
Oakham Castle
Castle
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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 railway station
Railway station
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Oakham railway station serves the county town of Oakham in Rutland, England. The station is situated almost halfway between Leicester – 27 miles to the west – and Peterborough – 25 miles eastward on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, the line is the Birmingham to Peterborough Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Braunston-in-Rutland and Barleythorpe.
Braunston-in-Rutland
Village
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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. Braunston-in-Rutland is situated 2 miles southwest of Oakham.
Barleythorpe
Village
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Barleythorpe is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located about a mile north-west of Oakham. The population at the 2001 census was 178, increasing to 207 at the 2011 census.
Egleton
Village
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Egleton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is situated south east of Oakham, and is close to the western shore of Rutland Water.
Oakham
- Type: Town with 10,900 residents
- Description: county town of Rutland in the East Midlands of England
- Categories: county town, civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Rutland, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.6697° or 52° 40′ 11″ northLongitude
-0.7273° or 0° 43′ 38″ westPopulation
10,900Elevation
364 feet (111 metres)IATA airport code
OKHOpen location code
9C4XM79F+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 26033957OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Oakham” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Oakham”
- Armenian: “Օկեմ”
- Asturian: “Oakham”
- Basque: “Oakham”
- Bengali: “ওকহ্যাম”
- Catalan: “Oakham”
- Cebuano: “Oakham (kapital sa kondado)”
- Cebuano: “Oakham”
- Chinese: “Oakham”
- Chinese: “奥克含姆”
- Chinese: “奥克姆”
- Chinese: “奧克姆”
- Danish: “Oakham”
- Dutch: “Oakham”
- Esperanto: “Oakham”
- Finnish: “Oakham”
- French: “Oakham”
- German: “Oakham”
- Greek: “Όακχαμ”
- Gujarati: “ઓકહામ”
- Hebrew: “אוקהאם”
- Inari Sami: “Oakham”
- Irish: “Oakham”
- Italian: “Oakham”
- Japanese: “オーカム”
- Kannada: “ಓಕಾಮ್”
- Korean: “오컴”
- Ladin: “Oakham”
- Latin: “Oakham”
- Latvian: “Okema”
- Lithuanian: “Okemas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oakham”
- Northern Frisian: “Oakham”
- Northern Sami: “Oakham”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oakham”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oakham”
- Norwegian: “Oakham”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Occanham”
- Persian: “اوکهام”
- Polish: “Oakham”
- Portuguese: “Oakham”
- Quechua: “Oakham”
- Romanian: “Oakham”
- Russian: “Окем”
- Russian: “Окхэм”
- Scots: “Oakham”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Oakham”
- Skolt Sami: “Oakham”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوکهام”
- Spanish: “Oakham”
- Swedish: “Oakham”
- Tamil: “ஓக்கஹம்”
- Telugu: “ఓకమ్”
- Turkish: “Oakham”
- Ukrainian: “Окгем”
- Ukrainian: “Окем”
- Ukrainian: “Окхем”
- Urdu: “واخام”
- Vietnamese: “Oakham”
- Volapük: “Oakham”
- Welsh: “Oakham”
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