Greetham: Golf, Nature and History

Golf, nature, walking and historic buildings give Greetham a varied character. If you are considering the village as a destination, these themes can serve as a starting point for planning your visit. Greetham Valley Golf Club offers several course and practice formats; north of the village are flower-rich grassland and rare orchids, and the Viking Way passes through Greetham as a long-distance walking route. Historic houses and archaeological traces of a medieval settlement add to the picture.

Golf courses and practice areas

Greetham Valley Golf Club has two 18-hole championship courses. It also has a driving range, a putting green, a nine-hole par-3 course and a golf academy. The course formats are distinct: two 18-hole championship courses contrast with a nine-hole par-3 course; the range and putting green provide additional practice areas. Check the club’s latest operating information before your trip.

Nature and walking route

Merry’s Meadows lies 1.5 km north of Greetham village. Its flower-rich grassland is home to rare orchids and a preserved medieval ridge-and-furrow field pattern. Ridge and furrow describes the field’s elongated structure, with raised ridges and hollows in between. Botanical features and a historic form of field layout therefore come together in one area.

The Viking Way is a signposted long-distance walking route covering 147 miles that passes through Greetham along field paths and narrow country lanes. The distance refers to the long-distance route as a whole; around Greetham, it is characterised by field paths and country lanes. The two nature attractions are therefore distinct: the Viking Way is a route, while Merry’s Meadows is grassland north of the village, with orchids and ridge-and-furrow earthworks.

Architecture and local history

Ivy Farmhouse has chamfered beams, an open fireplace with a curved beam, a small staircase dating from the late 17th or 18th century, and a cellar cut into the rock. Chamfered beams have bevelled edges. The staircase, fireplace and cellar add further specific features of the historic building fabric to this timber detail.

The house at 46 Great Lane was built around 1850 by Thomas Charity Halliday. Fragments of Romanesque sculpture are set into its south wall. It is a private residence.

A well-preserved medieval manor settlement lies near St Mary’s Church in Greetham. Significant archaeological deposits preserve evidence of the settlement’s establishment, layout, use and abandonment. The focus is therefore not on a single house, but on the history of a settlement and the different phases of its existence.

St Mary’s Church in Greetham welcomes visitors to rest, reflect and refresh themselves. Check local arrangements before your visit.

Discover more destinations: Lyddington, Oakham, Cottesmore, Seaton, Uppingham, Clipsham, Langham, North Luffenham.

For the main travel overview: Rutland.