Uppingham

Uppingham is a typical English market town in Rutland. It has a market square (market day is on Fridays), a wide variety of independent shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants. The town is also known for antiques; It is home to a number of antique shops, craft, jewellery, and clothes shops, as well as a modern art gallery and a picture framer.

Understand
Uppingham is perhaps best known for its public school, which was founded in 1584.

The town's academic heritage enables two or three quality second-hand bookshops to prosper.

In contrast, the Sycamore garage is home to a Harley Davidson and Ducati dealership and showroom - a very popular stop-off point with bikers at weekends.

Get in
Uppingham is located around the A6003 main road between Corby to the south and Oakham to the north. The A47 bypasses just to the north of the town and intersects the A6003 at a roundabout.

There is no longer a railway station, but the RF1 "Rutland Flyer" bus service runs to and from Corby and Oakham every hour during the day. The 747 also connects Uppingham with Leicester every hour during the day from Monday to Saturday. A service also exists connecting Uppingham with Stamford. A tourist bus service linking Uppingham and Oakham with various points around Rutland Water was due to commence in summer 2013.

There is free 2-hour on-street parking in the town centre, though on Fridays (market day), many drivers resort to using the Co-op supermarket's car park, or the pay and display car park - both on North Street East.

Get around
Uppingham is a small town, and easily traversable on foot.

Taxi services are available throughout Rutland and beyond from Berridge Taxis - the main taxi firm in Rutland, and highly regarded. There is no taxi rank in Uppingham, so taxis must be ordered by phone.

Drink
There are six public houses in Uppingham:



Go next
To the north Oakham, along A6003. To the east Stanford, along A47.