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Photo of Foxton Locks, a landmark in Leicestershire, central England.

Foxton LocksPhoto Archie McDougall / Unsplash

Places to explore near Market Harborough StationMarket Harborough

33 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

3.5 km SE · spans 10 counties

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.

5.4 km W · spans 9 counties

Photo of Foxton Locks, a landmark in Leicestershire, central England.Iconic

Foxton Locks

Landmark near Foxton

A staircase of ten locks climbing the Grand Union Canal, with the remains of a Victorian boat-lift inclined plane.

5.5 km NW

Photo of Kelmarsh Gardens and Parkland, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, central England.Highlight

Kelmarsh Gardens and Parkland

House & garden near Braybrooke

An Anglo-Palladian house by James Gibbs, with borders planted by Nancy Lancaster.

7.9 km S

Photo of East Carlton Countryside Park, a country park near Rockingham, Northamptonshire, central England.Highlight

East Carlton Countryside Park

Country park near Rockingham

Wooded parkland with a heritage centre and trails on a ridge overlooking the Welland valley near Corby.

9.4 km E

Photo of the site of the Battle of Naseby, fought in 1645 in Northamptonshire, central England.Highlight

Battle of Naseby

Battlefield near Naseby

The site of a 17th-century battle in Northamptonshire.

9.6 km SW

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.

10 km S · Northamptonshire & Cambridgeshire

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Market Harborough

Village

Elegant Welland-valley market town, its old grammar school on stilts beside the church's soaring broach spire.

0.8 km W · Leicestershire

Photo of St Dionysius, Market Harborough, a church in Leicestershire, central England.

St Dionysius, Market Harborough

Church near Market Harborough

Town-centre church with a soaring 14th-century broach spire and, unusually, no churchyard.

0.8 km W

Photo along the Leicestershire Round, a 100-mile long-distance path in central England.

Leicestershire Round

Long-distance path

A hundred miles around Leicester, devised for the Footpath Association's hundredth year — Charnwood, Burrough Hill and Bosworth on the circuit.

3.7 km NW · Leicestershire & Rutland

Photo of The Baker's Arms, a pub near Thorpe Langton, Leicestershire, central England.

The Baker's Arms

Pub near Thorpe Langton

Thatched Harborough gastropub at Thorpe Langton, a fixture on national good-pub lists.

5.1 km N

Photo of The Tollemache Arms, a pub near Harrington, Northamptonshire, central England.

The Tollemache Arms

Pub near Harrington

Thatched village dining pub in Harrington with a garden looking out over rolling countryside.

7.9 km SE

Warner's Distillery

Distillery near Harrington

Field-to-bottle gin distillery on a working family farm at Harrington, offering tours, tastings and a botanical garden.

8 km SE

Photo of Medbourne, a village in Leicestershire, central England.

Medbourne

Village

Welland Valley village on a Roman road, with a medieval packhorse bridge and the Nevill Arms by the brook.

8.4 km NE · Leicestershire

Kibworth Harcourt Windmill

Windmill near Kibworth Harcourt

The last surviving post mill in Leicestershire, an 18th-century timber mill owned by the SPAB and open on set days.

8.8 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (18) — 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.