Motorhome Friendly and Unfriendly Parking in Rutland.

On 1st October 2008, in response to a follow-up request, Rutland County Council provided a spreadsheet (update of one initially provided on 5th October 2006) containing car parking information. This can be download in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format from here.
The last line of the notes at the foot of the spreadsheet was truncated whilst generating the pdf file. In full it reads:
Vehicles pulling caravans and trailers may park in tandem bays on Church Street car park, Oakham and North Street East Long Stay, Uppingham providing a ticket for each bay taken up is displayed. Weight and length restrictions for each bay used still apply.

Rutland County Council have parking details/links for the county on their web site.
Users of this web site have provided the following information:
1) You can stop in car parks round Rutland Water. (Thanks to AP for providing this information on 25 March 2007).
2) I was in an extremely positive discussion with Rutland Council carpark officer two years ago about lack of any motorhome parking in Oakham. I was prompted to see if anything had happened after following your links and am awaiting phone call! Will let you know.
I have had further talks stimulated by your website and they are in active discussion over the problem. We went to the Kilburn Road coach park mentioned by the council. Fairly isolated and covered in broken window glass - a member of the public advised not to use it! We didn't. (Thanks to TB for providing this information on 7th & 19th November 2007).
3) Parking around Rutland Water. Some information you might like to add: Motorhome 23 feet / 3,500kg.
Whitwell Bay - Very large parking area adjacent to reservoir with large open grass areas. Easy access. No marked bays, so no length/width restrictions. Open 9:00 am until 7:30 pm (summer). Operated by Anglian Water. Parking £3 all day (peak season - ticket transferrable to other Anglian Water car parks). Direct access to path/cycle track around reservoir.
Normanton - smaller car park than Whitwell, but still plenty of spaces. Adjacent to reservoir/cycle path. Easy access. Marked bays - larger motorhomes seem to just occupy two bays (I couldn't find any guidance about paying for one bay or two). Operated by Anglian Water.
Lyndon Hill Nature Reserve - free, non-tarmac car park at the bottom of a steepish hill. Access road narrows and curves toward the bottom and is definitely one vehicle at a time. Provided it is not too busy, there are places to fit larger motorhomes (I was parked with two other 7 metre MHs) but watch out for overhanging branches.
Egleton Nature Reserve - small car park with restricted access. Not for large vehicles.
Oakham - As at July 2010, Church Street car park maintains a 5.5 metre length restriction. Overhanging bays and/or parking across two bays is prohibited. (Thanks to MB for providing this information on 28 July 2010).

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Last updated: 28 July 2010