Greetham, Rutland
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Greetham is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England with a population of about 450.
It lies on the B668 between the county town of Oakham and the A1 and on the north-south Viking Way long distance footpath running between the Humber Bridge and Oakham.
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin has a fine spire, which can be seen from some distance.
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust owns Merry's Meadows nature reserve, a SSSI in the parish which is important for species characteristic of unimproved grassland. To the east of the village just before the Sewstern Lane junction, just north of the B668 is Greetham Lime Quarry owned by the Dickerson Group of Waterbeach. .
The village is home to three pubs, the Plough, the Black Horse Inn and the Wheatsheaf, all on the B668. A garden centre lies to the west of the village and to the east is the Greetham Valley golf course. On the A1 near Stretton, was a former pub called the Olde Greetham Inn, now owned by Construction Interior Design. Towards Cottesmore on the right is the Greetham Garden Centre with Penny's Tearoom.
