Oakham, Rutland - Market Place & George Hotel , old cars - Dennis postcard 1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Market Place and George Hotel, Oakham, Rutland - shows old cars, shops
• Publisher:  Dennis (R.1006)
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Oakham is the county town of Rutland, East Midlands, England. A 28 miles (45.1 km) south-east drive down the A606 from Nottingham, 25 miles (40.2 km) drive east from Leicester, 23 miles (37.0 km) drive west from Peterborough, Oakham has a total resident population of 9,975. It has a variety of shops and a museum.^[1]

Oakham, which has civil parish status, lies to the west of Rutland Water, one of the largest man-made lakes in Europe. It is in the Vale of Catmose and the town itself is built on an incline, and varies from 99m above sea level (Ladywell area) to 122m above sea level (Brooke School area). It is twinned with Barmstedt, Germany, and Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U.S.A..

Local governance for Oakham is provided for by the single-tier unitary Rutland County Council District Council, of which Oakham is the headquarters.

Lying within the historic county boundaries of Rutland from a very early time, from 1974 until 1997, Oakham lay within the non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire.

Oakham, along with Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, and the rest of Rutland, has since 1992 been represented at Westminster by the Conservative Member of Parliament Alan Duncan.

Tourist attractions in Oakham include All Saints Church and Oakham Castle. Another popular and historic feature is the open-air market held in the town's market square every Wednesday and Saturday (near the ancient octagonal Buttercross with its pyramidal roof and wooden stocks, a grade I listed building).^[2]

The Birmingham to Peterborough railway line runs through the town, providing links to Birmingham, Leicester, Peterborough and Cambridge. Oakham railway station is positioned approximately halfway between Peterborough railway station and Leicester railway station, at both of which passengers can board a train to London - either from Leicester to London St Pancras or from Peterborough to London King's Cross. There are also two direct services to London St Pancras (one early morning and one evening), and one evening return service from London St Pancras, each weekday.

There are good road links to:

• Leicester (25 miles),
• Nottingham (29 miles),
• Melton Mowbray (10 miles),
• Uppingham (6 miles),
• Corby (13 miles),
• Stamford (11 miles).

The main route for travellers to Leicester by road is first south to Uppingham and then westward along the A47.

Oakham is on the A606 road between Melton Mowbray and Stamford. On 10 January 2007, the A606 bypass opened diverting traffic from the town centre.

The Oakham Canal connected the town to the Melton Mowbray Navigation, the River Soar and the national waterways system between 1802 and 1847.

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