Langham, St Peter St Paul churchyard
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
The A606 road passes through the village. Take either Burley Road or Bridge Street from the A606, and drive through the village until Church Street. There are two hand gates into the church yard from Church Street. Access is also via Well Street to the north.
Roadside parking is available around the village, but please be mindful of residents and narrow lanes.
A number of bus services pass through the village, and the nearest stop is Burley Road by the Primary School and Wheatsheaf pub.
More details can be found here: https://www.rutland.gov.uk/my-community/transport/bus-times-and-travel/
Churchyard
The annual cut of the wildlife meadow is done in early August.
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The church of St Peter & St Paul, Langham is a Grade I listed large medieval parish church, principally of late 13th century to mid 14th century, with some 15th century alterations.
The churchyard is closed to new burials, being managed by Rutland County Council. An area with older, unattended graves was commenced as a wildlife meadow in 2019 to focus on conservation of native plants and insects. It holds a mosaic of no-mow and annual cut meadow with footpaths mown through the meadow.
Langham features in Steve Woodward’s top three Rutland churchyards with over 100 vascular plant species.
- 3 buttercup species
- Long-eared Bat, Common and Soprano Pipistrelle Bats
- Marsh and Hedge Bedstraw
- Hairy St John's-wort
- Yellow Meadow Ants
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