Uppingham is a market town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Rutland, England, off the A47 between Leicester and Peterborough, 6 miles (10 km) south of Oakham.

The workhouse closed in 1929 and the building was taken over by Uppingham School, which uses it as a girls' boarding house called Constables.

[7] The Eyebrook Reservoir near Uppingham was used by Avro Lancasters flying from RAF Scampton on the final practice run for Guy Gibson's 617 Squadron Dambusters before Operation Chastise, the attack on the Ruhr valley dams on the night of the 16–17 May 1943.

The event attracts farmers from the area to exhibit their prize livestock and then toast their acquaintances in The Falcon Hotel.

Also in 1974, Uppingham Parish Council bought the former Church Rooms at 49 High Street East, which had been built in 1932.

[citation needed] Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC East Midlands and ITV Central.

[19][20] The nearest railway station is Oakham – 6 miles (10 km) north – on the cross-country line between Birmingham, Leicester and Peterborough.

Alternatively, Corby station 9 miles (14 km) south on the Oakham branch of the Midland Main Line provides frequent services to London.

Although the operational railway line runs closest to Uppingham at Manton Junction, it has no station.

The main routes link the town with Oakham, Corby, Leicester (via the 747 Uppingham–Leicester), Peterborough and Stamford.

[23] Its volunteers organise annual events including "Uppingham Feast Day" (a live music festival with street entertainment, food and drink) held in June and Christmas in Uppingham[24] (a festive celebration with late night shopping in the local shops, visiting market-stalls and yuletide street entertainment).