Belton House is one of the trusts more visited properties and the car park is always heaving and today was no exception. The house is recognisable if you've seen an adaptation of Pride & Prejudice and it was built between 1685 and 1688. It has lovely gardens and nice walks with lakes. I will admit it is one of my favourite properties.
I hadn't been to Grimsthorpe Castle in about 10 years so I had to visit. There was originally a small castle on the site, what you see is a Tudor core with a redesign by John Vanburgh.
Oakham is a nice small market town. It contains a very fine church
and a "castle". Oakham Castle is actually the great hall of a fortified manor. Tradition states that peers of the realm should forfeit a horseshoe to the Lord of the Manor of Oakham on their first visit to the town. There are 230 now the oldest was presented by Edward IV in 1470
This post office caught my eye... very old fashioned.
Another of my favourite National Trust properties is Gunby Hall.
