Uppingham Places to Stay
If you are visiting Uppingham there are a number of great places to stay and eat within very easy reach of Uppingham School.
The Lake Isle Hotel & Restaurant is approximately 3 minutes walk from the main entrance to Uppingham School and is a grade 2 listed building. Located at 16 High Street East it was built in the late eighteenth century although parts of the building namely the bar and cellar date back to around 1650. During the nineteenth century the property contained a number of businesses including a barber, hairdresser and wig maker for men. In the 1970’s the property was converted to a restaurant and accommodation including a seventeenth century cottage was added thereafter. Today the hotel offers twelve individually designed en-suite bedrooms and a fine dining restaurant.
Telephone +44(0)1572 822951
info@lakeisle.co.uk
The Garden Hotel at 16 High Street West is located directly opposite Uppingham School. Approached via a walled garden and a small archway, the hotel offers old fashioned charm and a very warm welcome from its proprietors. The bedrooms are quiet, comfortable and nicely decorated. The restaurant serves traditional fayre and the full English breakfast is particularly notable. Private parking is available to the rear of the hotel.
Telephone: +44(0)1572 822352
The Falcon Hotel, located at Market Place in the heart of Uppingham is just a short stroll to Uppingham School. The hotel has been completely renovated having been acquired by a local businessman. According to reports, the refurbished bedrooms are “stunning” having being beautifully designed and containing gorgeous soft furnishings and deluxe ensuite bathrooms with monsoon showers. The public rooms are apparently just as wonderful. The hotel is also notable for its fabulous terrace with covered tables looking out on to a pretty garden. The food is also very good according to reviews.
Telephone: +44(0)1572 823 535
reception@falcon-hotel.co.uk
If you are visiting your children at Uppingham School and have time for a meal outside of town then you might want to consider The Horse and Jockey, an award-winning privately owned freehouse situated in the very pretty village of Manton on the southern shore of Rutland Water, equidistant between the market towns of Oakham and Uppingham. The pub is about a ten minute drive from Uppingham School.
The recently refurbished seventeenth century pub offers all the charm of a traditional country inn with an open fire, stone floors and low beams. There is also a pretty patio garden..
Day visitors to Rutland water can engage in sailing, trout fishing and bird watching and if you fancy some exercise before a hearty lunch then there’s a 25-mile circular track for walking and cycling with cycle hire available locally. Helpfully the pub is situated at the half way mark.
The menu features typical pub favourites such as steaks, homemade steak and ale pie, grilled chicken, pork sausages and mash and beer-battered haddock and chips or if you just fancy a pint of ale and a sandwich they serve baguettes with a choice of fillings such as warm beef with horseradish, prawn marie rose and mature cheddar.
There is a good choice of cask-conditioned ales on offer with regularly-changing guest beers. Recently the pub was serving Fall at the First (ABV 5%) and Greene King IPA (ABV 3.6%)
Telephone +44(0)1572 737 335
enquiries@horseandjockeyrutland.co.uk