Great Casterton
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| Great Casterton | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | TF005090 |
| Administration | |
| District: | Rutland |
| Shire county: | Rutland |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Rutland |
| Historic county: | Rutland |
| Services | |
| Police force: | {{{Police}}} |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} |
| Ambulance: | East Midlands |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | STAMFORD |
| Postal district: | PE9 |
| Dialling code: | 01780 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Rutland and Melton |
| European Parliament: | East Midlands |
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Great Casterton is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located at the crossing of the original Ermine Street and the River Gwash.
The village is approximately 3 miles to the North West of Stamford and very close to the county border with Lincolnshire.
The A1 road which follows the path of Ermine Street, ran through the centre of the village until the construction of the Stamford bypass in 1960.
The earliest recorded settlement was a Roman fort in the year 44.
The village has both a primary school (Great Casterton Church of England Primary School) and a secondary school (Casterton Community College).
The village church (St Peter and St Paul) is entered via an arched war memorial remembering both the First and Second world wars.
There are two pubs in the village, The Plough Inn and The Crown Inn.
There is a very small nature reserve, Great Casterton Road Banks, to the South of the village containing examples of rare plants such as sulphur clover and greater broomrape.
