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Upper HambletonUpper Hambleton or just Hambleton is a village in Rutland. It stands on a ridge of land, the Hambleton, peninsula, surrounded on three sides by Rutland Water Upper Hambleton is about two miles east of Oakham, the county town and in 2001 it had a population of 140. Before the construction of the reservoir later named Rutland Water in the 1970s, the village was surrounded by farmland. The reservoir however filled the valleys to either side and submerged their villages, since when Upper Hambleton has been closed off on three sides by the waters, leaving its ridge as a peninsula. There is only one road out of the village to the rest of the world. The road in the opposite direction is closed as a public road, now serving only a few houses and farms before its original course runs into the water. The village contains the 12th century Parish Church, St Andrew, a pub and a hotel and restaurant. There is a wonderful view across to Burley House from the north side of the village and from the south one can see across the Water to the sailing club at Edith Weston on the far shore. The track around the peninsula along the lakeside takes walkers and cyclists through bluebell woods. (Read more) |