in the county of Northamptonshire
(4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction NE)The lantern tower of the Church of St. Mary and All Saints at Fotheringhay shines through the deepening shadows of the great trees that frame it, shadows matched in darkness by those less visible that haunt the village where the final tragedy of Mary, Queen of Scots was enacted...
a Historic Market Town in the county of Lincolnshire
(12.3 miles, 19.9 km, direction N)Of the 17 churches, only 6 now remain in Stamford, which is without doubt, one of the finest medieval towns in the British Isles, if not in Europe...
a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire
(12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction NE)The magic of Peterborough lies in the richness of its beautiful Cathedral. It is a glorious historical treasure house, it is unique and quite beyond compare...
in the county of Leicestershire
(15.9 miles, 25.6 km, direction W)Easter Monday sees the villages of Hallaton and Medbourne engaged in a riotous 'bottle kicking' contest which is said to have pagan origins...
in the county of Rutland
(17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction NW)For centuries the countryside around Oakham has echoed to the sound of hunting horns, for the vales and rolling farmland surrounding this sedate market town, have been the stamping ground for the counties hunting fraternity...
All towns in Northamptonshire
This magnificent ruin is a rare romantic survival from the great Elizabethan period. The landscape on which the relic of this.....
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Looking around the romantic ruin of Kirby Hall it is easy to imagine the splendour of an age when romance was all, and great.....
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