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About Badby

Badby is an attractive village spread around a hillside. It shows a confection of pretty cottages, some of which are thickly thatched with creeper climbing up to pretty dormer windows, it also has the most wonderful Chestnut trees, some over 250 years old!

The village was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086, it is believed to be the site of a monastic abbey owned by Evesham Abbey, the ruins of which can still be seen. A steep walk from the green takes you to the 14th-century church dedicated to St.Mary the Virgin. The climb is well worth it, for the church reveals a wealth of historic treasures including Victorian stained glass and early 18th-century carved alter rails. In the hillside churchyard there are tombs and graves from past centuries.

Other buildings in the village include the attractive thatched Windmill Inn Hotel of 17th-century date, and the atmospheric Maltsers Arms which dates from 1772.

Fawsley Park, which was the home of the Knightley family for over 400 years, lies two miles south of Badby. The Hall is now converted to provide luxury hotel accommodation but the parkland, where Charles I hunted deer, still has the magnificent series of lakes and landscaping that was the work of Capability Brown.

Arbury Hill is one and a half miles south-west, here you can see the earthworks of a Roman camp. Badby Wood is an ancient woodland covering 180 acres. It is a picturesque place in every season, particularly autumn when it is a rainbow of glorious greens, gold's, orange and reds. In the spring, visitors to the woods stroll amongst a carpet of fragile looking, beautiful bluebells.

This is well known walking and cycling country, both the Knightley Way and the Nene Way lead from the village.

Places to visit nearby include; Althorp, home of the late Dianna, Princess of Wales, and Sulgrave Manor.

Planning a visit? Please see below for other recommended towns, attractions and recommended hotels nearby.

Distances and directions below are approximate. For true driving distances please visit the AA Route Planner

Recommended attractions near Badby

Daventry Country Park	(3.4 miles, 5.4 km, direction N)	Pictures
Canons Ashby House	(4.9 miles, 8.0 km, direction S)	Pictures
Sulgrave Manor	(8.2 miles, 13.3 km, direction S)	Pictures
Althorp	(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Draycote Water	(9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction NW)	Pictures
Coton Manor Wildlife Garden	(10.2 miles, 16.5 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Burton Dassett Hills Country Park	(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction SW)	Pictures
Silverstone Motor Racing Circuit	(12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction SE)	Pictures
Stanford Hall	(13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction N)	Pictures
Banbury Museum	(13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction SW)	Pictures
Abington Park Museum	(13.6 miles, 21.9 km, direction E)	Pictures
Brixworth Country Park	(14.3 miles, 23.1 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Upton House	(14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction SW)	Pictures
Pitsford Reservoir	(14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Brook Cottage Gardens, Alkerton	(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction SW)	Pictures

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Recommended towns near Badby

Everdon, in the county of Northamptonshire (2.4 miles, 3.8 km, direction E)
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Culworth, in the county of Northamptonshire (7.4 miles, 12.0 km, direction S)
Sweet Northamptonshire village set amid delightful open countryside which centuries ago was sufficiently important to have it's own fair and market.
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Sulgrave, in the county of Northamptonshire (8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction S)
USA President George Washington's ancestral home in England.
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Dunchurch, in the county of Warwickshire (9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction NW)
Dunchurch is located south of Rugby and just a short distance from the pleasures of the Oxford Canal. It was once famous as a stopping point for the coach travellers of the 18th century.
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Cropredy, in the county of Oxfordshire (9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction SW)
Famous for the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, which took place in 1644 when on the 29th of June King Charles I was victorious over Waller, leader of the Cromwellian troops.
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Farnborough, in the county of Warwickshire (9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction SW)
Traditionally known as the last outpost of the Cotswolds.
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Rugby, in the county of Warwickshire (10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction N)
This town is the home of Rugby public school, the place where William Webb Ellis carried the ball instead of kicking it, and thus, in 1823 the game of Rugby football was born.
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Burton Dassett, in the county of Warwickshire (11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SW)
Delightful place in pleasant Warwickshire countryside.
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Guilsborough, in the county of Northamptonshire (11.4 miles, 18.4 km, direction NE)
Hidden amongst leafy lanes and glorious poppy fields of the undulating Northamptonshire countryside, lies the peaceful village of Guilsborough.
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Northampton, in the county of Northamptonshire (12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction E)
The landscape of Northampton is dotted with reminders of its illustrious history. Despite the great fire of 1675 when much of...
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Stanford on Avon, in the county of Northamptonshire (12.6 miles, 20.2 km, direction N)
Picturesque village straddling the banks of the River Avon.
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Stoke Bruerne, in the county of Northamptonshire (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction SE)
Lying just south of Northampton this beautiful canal village offers a wealth of interest to any boating enthusiast or any country lover.
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Banbury, a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (13.0 miles, 21.0 km, direction SW)
This is one of the best known town's in England. It was made famous by its celebrated cross of 1859, built in honour of the...
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Edgehill, in the county of Warwickshire (13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction SW)
Historic Warwickshire spot where Charles I raised his standard in 1642.
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Wroxton, in the county of Oxfordshire (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction SW)
Quintessential pretty Oxfordshire village showing a wealth of attractive thatched cottages, built mostly following a fire which struck the village during the latter half of the 17th-century.
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Nearby travel help

Long Buckby Station	(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction NE)
M1 Junction 16	(7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction E)
M1 Junction 17	(7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction N)
Rugby Station	(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction N)
Birmingham International Airport	(28.3 miles, 45.5 km, direction NW)
London Luton Airport	(42.2 miles, 67.9 km, direction SE)
Badby to London	(67.1 miles, 107.9 km, direction SE)

Hotels & Accommodation in Badby

Hotel Name	Approximate distance from Badby center
De Vere Venues Staverton Park	(1.8 miles, 2.9 km, direction NW)
Paramount Daventry Hotel	(2.8 miles, 4.5 km, direction N)
Hellidon Lakes - A QHotel	(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction W)
The Globe Hotel	(4.6 miles, 7.3 km, direction E)
Holiday Inn Northampton West M1 Junc 16	(5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction E)
Dunchurch Park	(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction NW)
Village Green Hotel	(9.0 miles, 14.4 km, direction NW)
Draycote Hotel And Whitefields Golf Course	(10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction NW)
Saracens Head Hotel	(10.5 miles, 16.8 km, direction SE)
Diamond House Hotel	(10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction N)
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