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Empingham
Medium sized village in Rutland, England

Empingham

Empingham is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.

Plan a trip to Empingham→From Nottingham, Leicestershire

The population of the civil parish was 815 at the 2001 census including Horn and increasing to 880 at the 2011 census. It lies close to the dam of Rutland Water and the A606 runs through the village. During construction, Empingham Reservoir was the name of the reservoir but it was renamed Rutland Water to preserve the name of the county which was being merged with Leicestershire.

See

Worth seeing

Rutland Water. The largest man-made lake in Western Europe lies in the centre of the county.

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    Rutland Water Nature Reserve

    Egleton,.

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    Wing
  3. 03
    Rocks By Rail

    Cottesmore, LE15 7BX (5 miles north-east of Oakham),.

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    Tolethorpe Hall

    A country house, home of the Rutland Theatre of the Stamford Shakespeare Company.

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    Barnsdale Gardens

    The Avenue, Exton, LE15 8AH, info@barnsdalegardens.co.uk.

Do

Things to do

The British Birdwatching Fair (Birdfair): August, Egleton Nature Reserve. Held every August. (date needs updating)

Eat

Where to eat

Exeter Arms, Barrowden,. With Bed and Breakfast

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    The White Horse

    Main Street, Empingham,.

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    Fox and Hounds

    19 The Green, Exton,.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: cmglee (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.