Theatre and cinema

Arts Centre

www.stamfordartscentre.com Drama, Cinema, Dance, Classical, Folk, Blues, Jazz, Comedy, Talks, Childrens events. Also the home of the Tourist iInformation Centre.

Corn Exchange Theatre

www.stamford-corn-exchange.co.uk

Stamford Shakespeare Company.

This world renowned company present an annual season of plays in June, July and August at Rutland Open Air Theatre in the grounds of historic Tolethorpe Hall. www.stamfordshakespeare.co.uk

Riverside Festival

(1st Saturday July) www.riversidefestival.co.uk

Stately Homes & Museums

Burghley House & grounds.

www.burghley.co.ukBurgley is one of the largest and grandest houses of the first Elizabethan Age. Built and mostly designed by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, between 1555 and 1587. Visitor facilities include the Orangery Restaurant, Gift Shop, Gardens of Surprise and beautiful walks around the historic parkland laid out by Capability Brown and still occupied by a herd of fallow deer. Used in many major films and TV including The Da Vinci Code and Pride & Prejudice. Also the home of the International 3 day Horse trials event www.burghley-horse.co.uk.

Belvoir Castle

has been the ancestral home of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland for one thousand years. www.belvoircastle.com

Belton House.

17th-century country house with magnificent interiors, beautiful gardens and extensive parkland and film location for the BBC's Jane Eyre, Pride & Prejudice and Tom Jones. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-beltonhouse

Woolsthorpe Manor.

Birthplace and family home of Sir Isaac Newton. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-woolsthorpemanor

Browne’s Hospital.

Medieval almshouses, with a Jacobean hall and chapel. Also featured as “Middlemarch Hospital” in the BBC TV adaptation of George Eliot’s novel, “Middlemarch”, much of which was shot in Stamford. www.stamfordcivicsociety.org.uk/html/visit_browne_s_hospital.html

Stamford museum

www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?sectiontype=listmixed&catid=9924

Leisure Activities

Rutland Water

Cycling route/hire www.waterscape.com/things-to-do/cycling/routes/56/rutland-water-circular-route

Butterfly Farm

www.rutlandwaterbutterflyfarm.co.uk

Rutland Water Cruises

www.rutnet.co.uk/customers/rutlandwatercruises

Rutland Water Nature Reserve

www.rutlandwater.org.uk

Rutland Sailing Club

www.rutlandsc.co.uk/cms/index.php

Nene Valley Railway

www.nvr.org.uk

Golf

www.rutlandwatergolfcourse.co.uk
www.rutlandcountygolf.co.uk
www.club-noticeboard.com/burghley

Antiques

St Martins Antiques

www.st-martins-antiques.co.uk