BOOK RUTLAND HOTELS

stuff->CountyName

Rutland

Information

County Town: Oakham
Population: 37,800
Area: 152 Sq miles 384 Sq km
Rutland Jobs
County Reviews
Rather interesting Rutland facts
Rutland weather
Visitor reports
Your opinion of Rutland
Famous Dates
Famous People

Interesting Rutland facts

Famous Sussex People

Uppingham
Did you know that Uppingham School has the largest school playing fields in the UK? Among those to grace those fields have been Jonathan Agnew , England fast bowler and BBC cricket correspondent; his Leicestershire and international team-mate James Whitaker; inter-war England cricket captain Percy Chapman; and both Sir Donald and Sir Malcolm Campbell .

Famous Rutland people

Titus Oates |

Read visitor reports on this area

Brit Quote:
Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold - John Betjeman
More Quotes

On this day:
Alfred Becomes King of Wessex - 0871, English order of knighthood founded - 1348, Birth of Shakespeare - 1564, Death of Shakespeare - 1616, Charles II is crowned - 1661, First Broadcast by British Monarch - 1924, Death of Blair Peach - 1979
More dates from British history

click here to view all the British counties

County Pages