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Ayston

Ayston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.

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The place

Ayston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is about one mile (1.6 km) north-west of Uppingham, close to the junction of the A47 and A6003. The population of the village was less than 100 at the 2011 census and is included in the civil parish of Ridlington. The placename means Aethelstan's farm or settlement; the estate was granted to Aethelstan, a minister of Edward the Confessor, in 1046.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ayston

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    St Mary the Virgin's Church, Ayston

    St Mary the Virgin's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Ayston, Rutland, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    200 m · church in Rutland, East Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Peter and St Paul

    The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a church in Preston, Rutland. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    1.6 km · church in Preston, Rutland, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Andrew

    St Andrew's Church is the Church of England parish church in Glaston, Rutland. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.5 km · church in Glaston, Rutland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Mary and St Andrew

    The Church of St Mary Magdalene and St Andrew is the Church of England parish church in Ridlington, Rutland. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.2 km · church building in Ridlington, Rutland, East Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of St John the Baptist

    The Church of St John the Baptist is a Church of England parish church in Bisbrooke, Rutland. A Victorian building, it is Grade II listed.

    3 km · church building in Bisbrooke, Rutland, East Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Botolph's Church, Wardley

    St Botolph's Church, Wardley is a redundant Anglican church in the small village of Wardley, Rutland, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    3 km · church in Wardley, Rutland, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham

    The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham is the Church of England parish church of Uppingham, Rutland. It is part of the Diocese of Peterborough.

    1.5 km · church in Uppingham, Rutland, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Ayston

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 48 km · Birmingham (BHX), 71 km · London Luton (LTN), 84 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Ayston
    48 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · £5–7
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Ayston
    80 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · £10–13
  • Luton, Luton → Ayston
    83 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £9–12
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ayston

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ayston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    216 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    313 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    390 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    438 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    473 km

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Around it

Next door to Ayston

Ayston is 27 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Bisbrookevillage in Rutland, England, UK2.9 km
  • Ridlingtonvillage and civil parish in Rutland in the East Midlands of England2 km
  • Mantonvillage and civil parish in Rutland, England, UK4 km
  • Prestonvillage in Rutland, England1.8 km
  • Wardleyvillage and civil parish in Rutland, England, UK3.2 km
  • Martinsthorpevillage in Rutland, UK3.7 km