Langham lies a mile and a half north-west of Oakham, sheltered below the ridge that carries Burley-on-the-Hill parkland to the east. It is historically associated with the Ruddles Brewery, whose malt and hops once filled the village air — the brewery building still stands at the village edge. The mature parkland limes and horse chestnuts of the Burley estate, together with the hedged pastures and orchard gardens around the village, give honey bees here an excellent June flow and a long summer season on white clover, field maple and bramble.
Local collectors handle swarms in the estate limes and parkland oaks along the Burley Road, in the mature garden trees and stone chimney stacks of the older village properties, in the hawthorn hedgerows on the Ashwell and Market Overton lanes, and around the churchyard of SS Peter and Paul at the top of the village.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
PE9 4HZ· approx. 19 km
Visit websiteNG318JS· approx. 28 km
Visit websitePE7 3BN· approx. 39 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
The season opens on blackthorn and hawthorn along the ancient limestone hedgerows, followed by sycamore and oilseed rape across the arable fields east of Oakham and Ketton. Lime flowers well in both market towns in June; white clover and field margins carry colonies through July. The reservoir shore at Rutland Water supports willowherb and wild angelica into late summer, and field maple, bramble and ivy on the churchyard walls close the year through October and November.
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