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View of Launde Abbey
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Adie
August 15, 2022
Road cycling
If you're enjoying a view of Launde Abbey - a Christian retreat and conference centre, you're about to work for it - enjoy the climb up and out!
Alice Baddeley
January 13, 2024
Hiking
Nestled in a serene valley above the river Chater, this grand Tudor house was originally commissioned by Thomas Cromwell on the site of a former priory.
Cromwell acquired the estate during the Dissolution of the Monasteries but enjoyed it only briefly before his execution in 1540.
Known as Launde, indicating a clearing in the Rutland forest, the house currently serves as a Christian retreat and conference centre for the Leicester and Peterborough dioceses of the Church of England.
Cromwell acquired the estate during the Dissolution of the Monasteries but enjoyed it only briefly before his execution in 1540.
Known as Launde, indicating a clearing in the Rutland forest, the house currently serves as a Christian retreat and conference centre for the Leicester and Peterborough dioceses of the Church of England.
Russ
October 22, 2022
Road cycling
Interesting history & a good climb in either direction.
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Elevation 150 m
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Location: Launde, Harborough, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom