Wing Hall Campsite
Cycling UK Louth
Date: Wednesday 23rd April until Friday 25th April 2025
Venue: Wing Hall Campsite OS Grid Reference SK 89033 02806
Wing Hall, Wing, Oakham, RUTLAND, LE15 8RQ
Cost: Car+Tent £12 per person per night
The site has limited development but has all the essentials: showers, toilets, washing up points, a shop stocked with local produce.
Sadly, the cafe is currently CLOSED
The Button Hole Cafe
Thursday 10.00 am - 16.00 pm
Friday 10.00 am - 22.00 pm
(food 17.30 pm - 20.30 pm)
Saturday 08.00 am - 22.00 pm
(evening food 17.30 - 20.30)
Sunday 08.00 am - 16.00 pm
There's 'The King's Arms' public house adjacent to the campsite that boasts accommodation as well as fine food and drink.
About 2 miles away in Lyndon, there's a 'cyclists' friendly café, Picks Barn Café
that's open Tuesday-Saturday 9 am to 4 pm and Sunday 9am to 5 pm.
A few miles away at Manton, there' also the 'Horse and Jockey Inn' which serves snacks every day, and the 'Wheatsheaf' in Edith Weston also serves food. There's always the Captain Noel Newton Weatherspoons in Oakham.
ACTIVITIES
There's no requirement to do anything other than relax and enjoy the facilities and countryside.
There are marked trails around Rutland Water and suggested routes to Oakham and Stamford.
Below are just a few routes that have been recommended, but these are just suggestions:
Option 1. Rutland Water Cycle Route
WING - RUTLAND WATER - WING
Route distance 19 miles (30 km) view and download HERE (OS) and HERE (Ride with GPS)
(Optional 8 mile (12 km) extension to Barnhill Creek via Upper Hambleton which would give a Route distance 28 miles (46 km)
Option 2. Oakham Circular
WING - OAKHAM - WING (1700 ft climb)
Route distance 34 miles (55 km) view and download HERE (OS) and HERE (Ride with GPS)
Option 3. Oakham Circular HILLY (2000 ft climb)
WING - OAKHAM - WING
Route distance 38 miles (61 km) view and download HERE (OS) and HERE (Ride with GPS)
Option 4. Rutland Sportive (2900 ft climb)
Rutland SHORT (a longer, more challenging ride with 2,900 ft climb) - The Rutland Sportive
Route distance 53 miles (86 km) view and download HERE (Ride with GPS)
Option 5. Welland Viaduct (1100 ft climb)
Wing to Welland Viaduct (thanks to John Rickett and Rob Cook for the information on this historic viaduct)
Route distance 14 miles (23 km) view and download HERE (Ride with GPS)
Option 6. Wing Circular via Eyebrook and Rockingham (1400 ft climb)
Wing to Rockingham via historic Uppingham and scenic Eyebrook.
Route distance 24 miles (39 km) view and download HERE (Ride with GPS)
Option 7. Wing to Rockingham via Uppingham (1900 ft climb)
Wing to Rockingham via historic Uppingham.
Route distance 32 miles (52 km) view and download HERE (Ride with GPS)
Plenty to see in Oakham, including a visit to the Norman great hall of Oakham Castle. Open 10 am - 4 pm (closed Tuesday)
In past years we've enjoyed routes to Stamford:
Routes to Stamford
Option 1.
WING - STAMFORD - WING (short) Possibility of a visit to Burghley House for refreshments
Route distance 31 miles (50 km). View and download route HERE (OS) and HERE (Ride with GPS)
Option 2.
WING - STAMFORD - WING (medium) Possibility of a visit to Burghley House for refreshments
Route distance 44 miles (72 km). View and download route HERE (OS) and HERE (Ride with GPS)
Option 3.
WING - STAMFORD - WING (long) Possibility of a visit to Burghley House for refreshments
Route distance 52 miles (84 km). View and download route HERE (OS) and HERE (Ride with GPS)
Option 4.
RUTLAND HILLY (a longer, more challenging ride with 2,900 ft climb) - The Rutland CiCLE Tour with a visit to the Giant Store
Route distance miles 53 miles (86 km). View and download route HERE (OS) and HERE (Ride with GPS)
HISTORY OF WING
Wing comes from "vengi", an old Norse or Viking word meaning field. The name is likely to refer to the village's location on a plateau between two river valleys. With the village dating from the 9th Century there's also a fascinating Labyrinth or Maze. It is cut out of turf and it's reputed to be of Medieval origin, possibly after one of a similar design in Chatres. It is one of only eight turf cut mazes left in Britain.
WING HALL
Perched up at a little over 400 ft (123 m) on a brow of a hill overlooking the River Charter, Wing Campsite lies just 2 miles
(3 km) from Rutland Water and is set in a magnificent rural landscape. Cycling UK Louth will be visiting from Thursday 15th August till Saturday 17th August (2 nights) for their Summer Camp.
Wing Hall is a beautiful Victorian country house, built between 1885 - 1891 by Edward Worrall, a Victorian gentleman whose family made its fortune developing a technique for dyeing velvet.
Wing Maze
Wing Hall
Button Hole Cafe
Picks Barn Cafe
Oakham Great Hall
