in the county of Leicestershire
(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction NW)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 Northamptonshire
(12.3 miles, 19.8 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...
in the county of Northamptonshire
(15.1 miles, 24.2 km, direction W)Hidden amongst leafy lanes and glorious poppy fields of the undulating Northamptonshire countryside, lies the peaceful village of Guilsborough...
a Historic Market Town in the county of Northamptonshire
(15.9 miles, 25.6 km, direction SW)The landscape of Northampton is dotted with reminders of its illustrious history. Despite the great fire of 1675 when much of Northampton was destroyed, it was rebuilt in such a.....
in the county of Rutland
(17.2 miles, 27.6 km, direction N)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
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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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