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NEWS & EVENTS
Birdfair WILL be back in 2022...
NEW CONSERVATION FESTIVAL AT THE RUTLAND SHOWGROUND FROM 15th-17th JULY RUTLAND Birdwatchers across Rutland are in for a boost this July as Global Birdfair, a new worldwide conservation festival, will be held at the Rutland Showground, Oakham. Tim Appleton, who founded the original British Birdwatching Fair back in 1989 said “I am delighted to announce that the new Global Birdfair will continue have a home in Rutland.” The benefits brought to Rutland by hosting Global Birdfair will give a massive boost to the many hospitality providers and other businesses within the county. Visitors and exhibitors spending locally at the fair has, historically, generated around £1.2 million for the local economy. Tim added: “If there has been one benefit throughout the pandemic, it has been a huge increase in many people’s
appreciation and awareness of their local environment. I hope newcomers will enjoy the fair which will showcase everything the birding and wildlife industry has to offer.”
Our ‘posh’ local villages... SURVEY IN THE TELEGRAPH PRAISES ‘POSH’ BURLEY ON THE HILL AND UFFINGTON...
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Exhibitors will include conservation organisations and eco-tourism companies alongside exhibitors selling books, art, optical equipment, bird food and local produce.
There will be a variety of activities including lectures by guest speakers discussing topics relating to wildlife around the world. n See www.globalbirdfair.org.
RUTLAND & STAMFORD Residents who live in Uffington near Stamford or at Burley on The Hill have fresh bragging rights according to a new survey in The Telegraph which names the two places among the ‘poshest’ villages in the UK. The survey examined 6,116 villages across the UK and determined that both the Stamford and Rutland villages were in the top 1% of the country’s villages in terms of property price and quality of life. The average price of property in Uffington is just under £475,000 whilst a house at Burley on the Hill
will set upwardly-mobile Rutlanders back nearly £740,000. Curiously no mention in the list is made of property in the village of Hambleton, which is regarded as one of the most soughtafter villages in the area. Of the most desirable addresses in Burley on the Hill is a residence in the area’s 250-room Palladian mansion which was split up into 20 separate homes by Kit Martin in the early 1980 and today, the mansion sits within 3,000 impressive acres and amongst 67 acres of beautifully maintained parkland. n
