Train to Peterborough from Kings Cross 45 mins - connecting train to Oakham 25 mins. Oakham is 2-3 miles from Hambleton. It is possible to get a cab from Peterborough. You don't need a car to go out if you eat at the Finches Pub and Hambleton Hall hotel. Another train route would be St Pancras to Leicester and connecting train to Oakham but this is slightly longer or get off at Market Harbrough on the Leicester route. Europcar provides a meet and greet service from Peterborough station. Alternative routes are drive up the A1 to Peterborough and get the A606 road or A47 around Rutland water or alternatively drive up the M1 from London and come off at junction 15 at Northampton and drive via Kettering across country and through Rockingham to Uppingham journey time between 2 - 2.5 hours both routes depending on traffic and roadworks.