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Photo of Althorp, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Great Brington, Northamptonshire, central England.

Althorp© Philip Halling / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Long Buckby StationLong Buckby

21 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

1.7 km SW · spans 9 counties

Photo along the Macmillan Way, a 290-mile long-distance path running from Boston to Abbotsbury, England.Highlight

Macmillan Way

Long-distance path

Boston to Abbotsbury down the limestone belt — 290 miles waymarked in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

4.5 km SE · spans 10 counties

Photo of Althorp, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Great Brington, Northamptonshire, central England.Highlight

Althorp

House & garden near Great Brington

Spencer estate and burial place of Princess Diana.

6.1 km E

Photo of Holdenby House, a Grade I registered house & garden near Great Brington, Northamptonshire, central England.Highlight

Holdenby House

House & garden near Great Brington

Once England's largest house, finished in 1583 to lodge Elizabeth I.

6.8 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Great Brington, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Great Brington

Village

Thatched estate village beside Althorp, its church holding the Spencer family tombs and Washington ancestral memorials.

4.4 km SE · Northamptonshire

Photo of Althorp Coaching Inn, a pub near Great Brington, Northamptonshire, central England.

Althorp Coaching Inn

Pub near Great Brington

Five-century-old thatched coaching inn in Great Brington, its low beams and stone floors intact behind a careful refurbishment.

4.6 km SE

Photo of Daventry Country Park, a country park near Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire, central England.

Daventry Country Park

Country park near Ashby St Ledgers

A country park in Northamptonshire.

4.8 km SW

Photo of The Red Lion (East Haddon), a pub in Northamptonshire, central England.

The Red Lion (East Haddon)

Pub near East Haddon

Village pub in East Haddon with a lounge, dining room and manicured gardens, a couple of miles from Althorp.

4.9 km E

Ashby St Ledgers

Village

Estate village of thatch and stone where the Gunpowder Plot was hatched in the gatehouse above the manor, later a Lutyens showpiece.

5 km W · Northamptonshire

Photo of Coton Manor Garden, a garden near Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, central England.

Coton Manor Garden

Garden near Guilsborough

Ten acres of terraced flower gardens, ponds and a famous bluebell wood around a 17th-century manor near Guilsborough.

7 km NE

Photo of Admiral Nelson, a pub near Braunston, Northamptonshire, central England.

Admiral Nelson

Pub near Braunston

Family-run canalside pub beside the Braunston locks on the Grand Union, serving locally sourced food.

7.5 km W

Photo of the Oxford Canal, a 78-mile canal running from Oxford to Coventry, England.

Oxford Canal

Canal

A contour-hugging early canal wandering from Coventry's doorstep through empty Midlands countryside to the Thames at Oxford.

8.8 km W · spans 4 counties

Everything else within 10 km (9) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.