From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Whitwell, Rutland
Whitwell, Rutland
Coordinates: 52°40′12″N 0°38′10″W / 52.670°N 0.636°W / Whitwell is a village in the county of Rutland in the East
52.670; -0.636 Midlands of England.
Whitwell It is located about four miles (6 km) east of Oakham,
on the north shore of Rutland Water. A pleasure boat
known as the Rutland Belle operates from Whitwell Har-
bour. It is also a popular sailing and water sports area.
Whitwell claims to be twinned with Paris, France. In
the 1970s, regulars from the pub, the Noel Arms wrote
to the then Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac proposing the
link and with a tight deadline for a response. As no an-
swer arrived from the Mayor’s office by the set date,
the village unilaterally declared itself to be twinned and
erected road signs to that effect. The original wooden
signs were later replaced in metal by Rutland County
Council.
Whitwell is one of the smallest villages in Rutland. It
Whitwell only has 19 houses, plus a pub and hotel nestled amongst
Whitwell shown within Rutland
those. Both are located on the main A606 opposite each
other.
Area 0.98 sq mi (2.5 km2) [1]
Population
- Density
41 2001 Census[2]
42 /sq mi (16 /km2)
References
OS grid reference SK923088 [1] "A vision of Britain through time". University of
- London 84 miles (135 km) SSE Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/
data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_ARE
Unitary authority Rutland
Retrieved 21 March 2009.
Shire county Rutland
[2] "Rutland Civil Parish Populations". Rutland County
Ceremonial county Rutland
Region East Midlands
Council. 2001. http://www.rutland.gov.uk/
Country England ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF. Retrieved 21
Sovereign state United Kingdom March 2009.
Post town OAKHAM
Postcode district LE15 External links
Dialling code 01572
• Official story of how Whitwell came to be twinned
Police Leicestershire with Paris, as told to Parliament. (Scroll down to
Fire Leicestershire bottom of "Column 1137").
Ambulance East Midlands • A story from the Guardian covering the story of how
EU Parliament East Midlands Whitwell became twinned with Paris. (about 2/3 of
UK Parliament Rutland and Melton the way down).
List of places: UK • England • Rutland
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Categories: Villages in Rutland, Rutland geography stubs
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