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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Tickencote

  

Tickencote Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Tickencote

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Tickencote history

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The village’s name means ‘shed of young goats’ The village is famous for St Peter’s Church, Tickencote, which possesses a superb Norman chancel arch and an unusual chancel roof vault. The church was partly rebuilt in neo-Norman style by Samuel Pepys Cockerell in 1792.

Tickencote geography / climate

The parish stretches along the A1 (Ermine Street) from the Bloody Oaks junction to the Casterton junction. To the north-west is Empingham, on the southern edge of Exeter Gorse, and to the north of the parish. At the far north, Warren Plantation is on north-east side of A1. It crosses the Rutland Round and meets the River Gwash and Tinwell.

Service station

Bloody Oaks Service Station is on the northbound A1, sandwiched against the B1081 access road. The service station has OK Diner and a JET (previously a Texaco forecourt) petrol station. Bloody Oaks is at the next junction northwards.

Footpaths

The Rutland Round footpath passes west–east through the parish, and straight through the village, following the B1081 under the A1. National Cycle Route 63 also passes through village, from Cross Roads Farm to Stamford.

Nature reserve

Bloody Oaks Quarry is a 1.3 hectare nature reserve and SSSI at the former quarry at OS ref SK 970108, south of Bloody Oaks on the south side of the road from Empingham to Bloody Oaks. Tickencote Marsh is a base-rich grazing marsh, a habitat which is becoming increasingly rare due to drainage and a decline in grazing.

You can visit Tickencote places with Walkfo Tickencote to hear history at Tickencote’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tickencote has 18 places to visit in our interactive Tickencote map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Tickencote, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Tickencote places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tickencote & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 18 audio facts unique to Tickencote places in an interactive Tickencote map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Tickencote Places Map
18 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Tickencote historic spots	Tickencote tourist destinations	Tickencote plaques	Tickencote geographic features
Walkfo Tickencote tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Tickencote

  

Best Tickencote places to visit

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Tickencote has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Tickencote’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Tickencote’s information audio spots:

St Peter’s Church, Tickencote St Peter’s Church is a Church of England parish church in Tickencote, Rutland. It was rebuilt in 1792 at the expense of Miss Eliza Wingfield by Samuel Pepys Cockerell. In 2019 the church passed into the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

East Wood, Great Casterton East Wood is a 6.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Great Casterton in Rutland. The dominant trees are ash, oak and wych elm, with a few wild service trees and small leaved limes.

North Brook, Rutland The North Brook is a small watercourse in Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is a tributary of the River Gwash and part of the River Welland catchment.

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