--- title: "Cottesmore – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Cottesmore, United Kingdom: Cottesmore is a village and civil parish in the north of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. Nearby: Church…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cottesmore" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cottesmore.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Cottesmore_St_Nicholas.JPG/3840px-Cottesmore_St_Nicholas.JPG" --- Village and civil parish in Rutland, England · United Kingdom # Cottesmore Cottesmore is a village and civil parish in the north of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. ![Cottesmore](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Cottesmore_St_Nicholas.JPG/3840px-Cottesmore_St_Nicholas.JPG) Cottesmore · Wikimedia Commons The place Cottesmore is a village and civil parish in the north of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. In terms of population it is the largest village in Rutland, and the third-largest settlement after Oakham and Uppingham. This is due in part to the presence of Kendrew Barracks. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottesmore%2C_Rutland), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Cottesmore 10 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. Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Exton The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a church in Exton, Rutland. The Church of England parish church lies within the park of Exton Hall, slightly apart from the village. 2.6 km · church in Exton, Rutland, East Midlands, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter_and_St_Paul,_Exton,_Rutland) 2. Barnsdale Gardens Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland, England, were made famous by Geoff Hamilton through the BBC television series Gardeners' World, which he presented from 1979 until his death in 1996. They are on The Avenue in Exton, a short distance north of Rutland Water. 2.6 km · garden in Rutland, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnsdale_Gardens) 3. Exton Hall Exton Hall is an English country house on the western edge of the village of Exton, Rutland, England, standing in its own extensive park, and is the country seat of the Earls of Gainsborough. 2.4 km · country house in Rutland, East Midlands, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exton_Hall) 4. Holy Cross Church, Burley Holy Cross Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Burley, 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. 3.9 km · church in Rutland, East Midlands, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Cross_Church,_Burley) 5. Burley House Burley House, Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland, England is a 17th-century country house built for Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham. Although Finch sought advice on the house from such as Christopher Wren, he appears to have acted as his own architect. 3.7 km · Grade I listed country house in Burley, Rutland, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burley_House) 6. Church of St Peter and St Paul The Church of St Peter and St Paul is the Church of England parish church in Market Overton, Rutland. The church is part of the Oakham team ministry. 3.7 km · Grade I listed church in Market Overton, Rutland, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter_and_St_Paul,_Market_Overton) 7. Church of St Nicholas St Nicholas' Church is a church in Cottesmore, Rutland. It is a Grade II\* listed building. 500 m · church in Cottesmore, Rutland, United Kingdom · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nicholas%27_Church,_Cottesmore) 8. Burley and Rushpit Woods Burley and Rushpit Woods is a 161.2 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the parish of Burley, east of Oakham in Rutland. These woods on upper Lias clay have many mature and over-mature trees and considerable dead wood. 3.8 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burley_and_Rushpit_Woods) 9. Rocks by Rail Rutland Railway Museum, now trading as Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum, is a heritage railway on part of a former Midland Railway mineral branch line. It is situated north east of Oakham, in Rutland, England. 2 km · railway museum in Oakham, Rutland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutland_Railway_Museum) 10. Church of St Mary The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church in Greetham, Rutland. It is a Grade I listed building. 2.3 km · Grade I listed church in Greetham, Rutland, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary_the_Virgin,_Greetham) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Cottesmore **Airports:** East Midlands (EMA), 47 km · Birmingham (BHX), 79 km · London Luton (LTN), 95 km\ - Nottingham, Leicestershire → Cottesmore 42 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · £6–8 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nottingham-leicestershire-to-cottesmore) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nottingham%2C+Leicestershire&to=Cottesmore) - Birmingham, West Midlands → Cottesmore 84 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £10–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/birmingham-west-midlands-to-cottesmore) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Birmingham%2C+West+Midlands&to=Cottesmore) - Luton, Luton → Cottesmore 94 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £11–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/luton-luton-to-cottesmore) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Luton%2C+Luton&to=Cottesmore) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Cottesmore) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Cottesmore 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 Cottesmore. 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. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 229 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 323 km 3. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 383 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 432 km 5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 467 km If you know how people move in Cottesmore – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Ccottesmore&title=Cottesmore&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fcottesmore), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Cottesmore Cottesmore is 33 km from [Leicester](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/leicester), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Market Overton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/market-overton) village in Rutland, England 3.6 km - [Barrow](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/barrow) village in Rutland, England 2.6 km - [Teigh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/teigh) village in Rutland, England, UK 3 km - [Greetham](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/greetham) village and civil parish in Rutland, UK 2.2 km - [Exton and Horn](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/exton-and-horn) civil parish in Rutland, England 3.8 km [The place page for Cottesmore](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/cottesmore) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cottesmore, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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