Rutland

:This article is about the county in England. For other articles on subjects named Rutland, see Rutland (disambiguation).

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Rutland is traditionally England's smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire.

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Its greatest length north to south is only 18 miles; greatest breadth east to west, 17 miles. It is the smallest (in terms of area) normal unitary authority in mainland England (only the City of London is smaller), and is 345th of the 350 districts in terms of population.

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The two principal towns are Oakham, the county town, and Uppingham. At the centre of the county is a large reservoir, Rutland Water, which is an important nature reserve, serving as an overwintering site for wildfowl and a breeding site for Ospreys. The town of Stamford is just over the border in a protruding part of Lincolnshire.

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The highest point of the county is Cold Overton Park at 646 ft. (197 m).

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The county's small size led ex-Monty Python man, Eric Idle to name his "solo" series Rutland Weekend Television. The most successful spinoff of this is The Rutles which mentions Rutland frequently as an injoke.

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Rutland related Images and Photos (experimental)

Violet Duchess of Rutland

Portrait of the High Sheriff of the County of Rutland on His Bay Hunter Before Hambleton Hall 1889