Hambleton Peninsula

{{Short description|Peninsula in Rutland, England}}

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File:Cmglee_Normanton_Church_from_Hambleton_Peninsula.jpg viewed from Hambleton Peninsula.]]

The Hambleton Peninsula lies within the reservoir Rutland Water, in Rutland, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 141 Kettering & Corby (Market Harborough & Stamford)|ISBN= 9780319229866 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}} When the Gwash Valley was dammed in 1975, the area surrounding what was then a ridge was submerged, including a small number of properties in the hamlets of Nether Hambleton and Middle Hambleton.{{cite web|last1=Ovens|first1=Robert|last2=Sleath|first2=Sheila|title=Rutland History: Rutland Waters|url=http://www.rutlandhistory.org/HRW/chapter-014|website=www.rutlandhistory.org|accessdate=18 March 2016|page=325}} The village of Upper Hambleton survived, and now sits on the peninsula, which is some 3500 metres in length and 1000 metres in width.

The area of the peninsula lies in the parish of Hambleton with the exception of a small detached area of Exton parish on the north shore.

The Hambleton Peninsula and its surroundings feature heavily in British author Robert Goddard’s fictional mystery thriller Set in Stone (1999).

{{wide image|Rutland_Water_aerial.jpg|400px|Aerial view of Rutland Water with Hambleton Peninsula in the middle}}{{Clear}}

File:cmglee_Upper_Hambleton_high_street.jpg|The high street of Upper Hambleton

File:cmglee_Hambleton_Peninsula_north_view.jpg|View of the north shore of Rutland Water from Hambleton Peninsula