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Battle of Northampton

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The Battle of Northampton was fought here in 1460. The site is one of three registered battlefields in Northamptonshire, of 47 in England. The registered area covers 1.9 km². The nearest railway station is Northampton, 2.2 km to the north-west.

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More places to visit near Battle of Northampton

Photo of the River Nene, a 91-mile river navigation running from Northampton to near Wisbech, England.Highlight

River Nene

River navigation

Guillotine-gated locks and water meadows from Northampton to Peterborough, where the Nene slips out into the Fens.

0.9 km NE · Northamptonshire & Cambridgeshire

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

5.7 km SW · spans 9 counties

Photo of Harlestone Firs, a visitor attraction in Northamptonshire, central England.Highlight

Harlestone Firs

Attraction near Northampton

Pine and mixed woodland on the Althorp estate edge west of Northampton, laced with easy forest walking and cycling paths.

6.7 km NW

Photo of Salcey Forest, a visitor attraction near Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, central England.Highlight

Salcey Forest

Attraction near Stoke Bruerne

Ancient royal hunting forest of 600-year-old oaks south of Northampton, with waymarked trails through the ancient woodland.

7.9 km SE

Photo of Stoke Bruerne, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.Highlight

Stoke Bruerne

Village

Canal village on the Grand Union where locks, a towpath and the old corn mill turned Canal Museum draw walkers and boaters to its waterside pubs.

9 km S · Northamptonshire

Photo of Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum, a visitor attraction in Northamptonshire, central England.Highlight

Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum

Attraction near Stoke Bruerne

Three-storey former corn mill by the locks telling 200 years of narrowboat life on the Grand Union Canal.

9.2 km S