Situated in the Welland Valley and overlooked by Rockingham Castle, the village of Great Easton is particularly attractive. Close to the Eyebrook reservoir, a noted haven for wildlife, the village nestles harmonically in the rolling Leicestershire countryside.Locally quarried ironstone has provided much of the building material and this has given the village its distinctive character with numerous honey coloured stone cottages. A variety of building styles can be observed and of particular note are the traditional roofing materials with Collyweston stone slates, pantiles, thatch and Welsh Slate.
For most of its life much of the village has been the property of the Church, being given by Ethelred, King of Mercia, to the Abbot of Peterborough about the year 700. This ownership, which in part continues to this day, has meant that Great Easton has never had the traditional local squire, but merely tenants.
