Outdoor Activities and Sport

Cricket - Trent Bridge - Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

National Watersports centre - Holme Pierrepont

British School of Parachuting  - Langar Airfield

Fishing

Golf

Equestrian Pursuits - Including Burghley Horse Trials

Langar Kart & Quad Central

Large selection of country walks

Pubs and Restaurants

In addition to the two excellent pubs, The Peacock Inn and The Windmill, in Redmile (one mile away), the Vale of Belvoir also has The Red Lion at Stathern, which was named AA Pub of the Year in its 2006 guide.

There are also many other highly rated hostelries within a few minutes drive of Stable Cottage.

History, Heritage and Arts

Stable cottage is overlooked by Belvoir Castle (just 2 miles away)

In addition, the following are easily reached within an hour's drive:

Belton House - In Grantham, Film location for the BBC's 'Pride and Prejudice'

Woolsthorpe Manor - Home of Isaac Newton

Newstead Abbey - Home of Lord Byron

Burghley House - The largest and grandest house of the first Elizabethan age

Patchings Art Centre

Newark Antiques Fair - The largest antiques and collectors fair in Europe

Lincoln Cathedral and Southwell Minster
 

Towns and Cities

Melton Mowbray - Famous for pork pies and Stilton cheese, and for its Tuesday and Saturday street markets, and its Friday farmers market

Newark on Trent - Boasts arguable the finest Georgian market square in the world

Nottingham - For shopping, great nightlife, Trent Bridge cricket, and Nottingham castle
and of course Robin Hood

Oakham and Uppingham - Picturesque limestone market towns situated in Rutland, adjacent to Rutland Water

Gardens and Nature

Vale of Belvoir - Ideal for walking and cycling in beautiful, undiscovered countryside

Rutland Water - Great water sports, walks and cycling

Sherwood Forest and Belvoir Woods - Glorious walks are available through the fabled home of Robin Hood.

Grantham and Nottingham Canal - with beautiful towpath walks

Naturescape Wildflower Farm - Native British wild flowers farm at Langar

Barnsdale Gardens - Geoff Hamilton's famous BBC gardens