Oakham
 
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Oakham is the administrative seat and the largest place of the English Unitary Authority Rutland in the East Midlands region . In 2001 the community ( civil parish ) had 9,975 inhabitants.
location
Oakham is 17 miles east of Leicester . To the east of Oakham, the Rutland Water reservoir extends with the Hambleton Peninsula.
Attractions
- Oakham Castle ( only the Great Hall from the 12th century remains of the Norman Castle )
- All Saints Church from the 14th century
traffic
The A 606 runs through Oakham and connects the place with Melton Mowbray and Nottingham in the northwest and Stamford in the east. In Oakham the A 6003 branches off south towards Corby and Kettering . Since January 2007, the busy town center has been relieved by a bypass road.
Oakham Railway Station is on the Peterborough to Birmingham railway line .
economy
The largest employer is the British branch of the US mail order company Lands' End . Its European warehouse in Oakham mainly supplies customers in Great Britain and Germany.
Personalities
- Titus Oates (1649–1705), clergyman
- Pete Barnes (1962–2013), helicopter pilot> lived in Oakham and attended Oakham Independent School
- Simon Parke (* 1972), squash player
- Sir Aubrey Ellwood (1897–1992), Royal Air Force officer in World War I and World War II
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Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′ N , 0 ° 44 ′ W