Brooke Hill Wood

Brooke Hill Wood is a nature reserve in Oakham, Rutland, England. Brooke Hill Wood is situated nearby to the locality Swooning Bridge, as well as near the neighborhood Catmose.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oakham Castle and Oakham railway station.

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

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 Barleythorpe and Braunston-in-Rutland.

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.

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.

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.

Brooke Hill Wood

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Oakham, Rutland, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.6619° or 52° 39′ 43″ north

Longitude

-0.7421° or 0° 44′ 32″ west

Operator

The Woodland Trust

Open location code

9C4XM765+P5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1021611657

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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