Shackwell Spinney

Places of Interest

Ketton Quarries

Quarry

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ketton Quarries is a 115.6-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Ketton in Rutland. It is a Geological Conservation Review site, and an area of 27.5 hectares is managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.

St Peter’s Church, Tickencote

Church

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Peter's Church, Tickencote is a Church of England parish church in Tickencote, Rutland. Apart from the chancel arch and the sexpartite vaulting in the chancel, which are Norman and date from the mid 12th century, the building was rebuilt in 1792 at the expense of Miss Eliza Wingfield by the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell.

Church of St Peter and St Paul

Church

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a church in Great Casterton, Rutland. It is a Grade I listed building. The benefice is shared with Pickworth, Tickencote and Little Casterton.

Places in the Area

Stamford

Photo: Michael Trolove, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stamford is a market town at the south-west corner of Lincolnshire, with a population of about 21,000. It's a charming place with a well-preserved Georgian centre, and with opulent Burghley House just south.

Empingham

Village

Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Rutland Water area is in the county of Rutland and consists of a number of small villages and the lake.

Tickencote

Village

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tickencote is a small village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is noted for St Peter's Church, with its Norman chancel arch.

Shackwell Spinney

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