- Collyweston
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Coordinates: 52°36′59″N 0°31′45″W / 52.61639°N 0.52917°W
Collyweston 
Collyweston
Collyweston
Collyweston shown within NorthamptonshirePopulation 425 (2001 Census) OS grid reference SK996030 Parish Collyweston District East Northamptonshire Shire county Northamptonshire Region East Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Stamford Postcode district PE9 Dialling code 01780 Police Northamptonshire Fire Northamptonshire Ambulance East Midlands EU Parliament East Midlands UK Parliament Corby List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire Collyweston is a village and civil parish about three miles south-west of Stamford on the road (A43 road) to Kettering.
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Geography
The village is on the southern side of the Welland valley east of Tixover. The River Welland, at the point nearby to the north-west, is the boundary between Rutland and Northamptonshire. British Railways closed Ketton and Collyweston railway station in 1966. Collyweston is currently served by buses on the Stamford to Peterborough via Duddington route. The Jurassic Way and Hereward Way pass through the village to the north, crossing the Welland at Collyweston Bridge, near Geeston.
The A47 passes through the parish to the south, with Collyweston Great Wood to the south. The road from the A47, continuing in a straight line to the village is called Kingscliffe Road.
Nature reserve
The local Wildlife Trust has a fifteen acre nature reserve at Collyweston Quarries where Lincolnshire limestone was quarried, to the north of the A43. This has the Pyramidal orchid, Common dodder, Greater knapweed, Common rock-rose, Common Bird's foor trefoil, and Clustered bellflower. Birds found there include the Green Woodpecker and Glowworms are found there in the summer.
There is also an SSSI at Collyweston Great Wood.
History
Collyweston Palace which had been the home of Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and mother of Henry VII, was dismantled about 1640.[1]
A pub there is called The Collyweston Slater, an Everard's pub, on Main Road. New houses have been built down a road called Collyns Way. The parish church is St Andrew.
See also
- Collyweston stone slate
- RAF Collyweston
References
- ^ RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p33
External links
Categories:- Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
- Villages in Northamptonshire
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Northamptonshire
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