Clipsham

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Village in Rutland, England

title: "Clipsham" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-rutland", "civil-parishes-in-rutland"] description: "Village in Rutland, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-rutland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipsham" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Rutland, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Clipsham
static_image_name	Church of St Mary, Clipsham - geograph.org.uk - 188940.jpg
static_image_caption	St Mary's Church, Clipsham
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SK969163
area_total_sq_mi	2.61
area_footnotes
population	120
population_ref	(2001 Census)
population_density	46 /sqmi
unitary_england	Rutland
lieutenancy_england	Rutland
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Rutland and Melton
post_town	OAKHAM
postcode_district	LE15
postcode_area	LE
dial_code	01572
london_distance	88 mi SSE
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St Mary's Church is a Grade II* listed building. Clipsham Hall of is a Grade II* listed mansion, set in a landscaped park.

The Olive Branch is one of the very few pubs to hold a Michelin star and in 2008 was chosen as winner of the Michelin Pub of the Year.

The village is well known for its limestone quarries. Clipsham stone, part of the Upper Lincolnshire Limestone Formation, can be found in many of Britain's most famous buildings including King's College Chapel (Cambridge), the Examination Schools in Oxford, York Minster, and in repairs to the Houses of Parliament. The earliest recorded use of Clipsham stone was for Windsor Castle between 1363 and 1368. The London Stone is made of it, however, and dates back at least to about 1100.

Yew Tree Avenue

The topiary Yew Tree Avenue, once the carriage drive to Clipsham Hall, has been maintained by the Forestry Commission. The avenue stretches for 500 metres, with some 150 shaped yew trees leading towards the Hall. Many of the trees are over 200 years old and have been trimmed since the late 19th-century into various shapes depicting birds and animals on the tops and designs in relief on the sides.

After 2010, Forest Enterprise could not fund the annual trimming and the trees became overgrown and diseased. The Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue Trust, a registered charity set up in 2018, has signed a 20-year agreement with the Forestry Commission to take over the management of the avenue. In 2024 the trust was awarded a grant of £114,650 in 2024 to preserve the trees and restore lost topiary designs. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Clipsham_Yew_Tree_Avenue_-Windmill-geograph.org.uk-_1533703.jpg" caption="A topiary windmill"] ::

References

"A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth.
(2001). "Rutland Civil Parish Populations". Rutland County Council.
"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
"Key to English Place-names".
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[http://www.theolivebranchpub.com/ The Olive Branch], Clipsham, UK.
[http://www.clipshamstone.co.uk/ Clipsham Quarry Company website]
[http://www.stamfordstone.co.uk/home.html The Stamford Stone Company] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-06-21 operates Clipsham Medwells Quarry)
"Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue (England)".
{{EW charity. 1178614. Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue Trust
"Yew Tree Avenue in Clipsham to be restored to former glory".
(15 December 2024). "Future of free topiary attraction safeguarded". BBC News.

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