Ball’s Meadow
Ball’s Meadow is a nature reserve in Oakham, Rutland, England. Ball’s Meadow is situated nearby to the locality Swooning Bridge, as well as near Mount Pleasant.Places of Interest
Highlights include Oakham Castle and Oakham railway station.
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 railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oakham railway station serves the county town of Oakham in Rutland, England. The station is situated on the line is the Birmingham to Peterborough Line, 93 miles 61 chains from London St Pancras via Corby, and is approximately halfway between Leicester to the west and Peterborough to the east.
Rutland County Museum
Museum
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Rutland County Museum is located in Oakham, Rutland, in the old Riding School of the Rutland Fencible Cavalry which was built in 1794–1795. The museum, opened in 1969, houses a collection of objects relating to local rural and agricultural life, social history and archaeology.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Braunston-in-Rutland and Barleythorpe.
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.
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
Photo: Alan Simkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Ball’s Meadow
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Oakham, Rutland, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.6588° or 52° 39′ 32″ northLongitude
-0.7405° or 0° 44′ 26″ westOperator
The Woodland TrustOpen location code
9C4XM755+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 1021605794OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
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