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Photo of Pitsford Water, a reservoir near Brixworth, Northamptonshire, central England.

Pitsford Water© Malc McDonald / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Northampton StationNorthampton

31 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 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.

0.2 km S · Northamptonshire & Cambridgeshire

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.

4.5 km NW

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.

6 km SW · spans 9 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.

7.8 km NW

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.

8.5 km W · spans 10 counties

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.

9.1 km NW

Photo of Pitsford Water, a reservoir near Brixworth, Northamptonshire, central England.Highlight

Pitsford Water

Reservoir near Brixworth

Large reservoir north of Northampton ringed by a nature reserve, cycle track and sailing water, with wide open views.

9.4 km N

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.

10 km SE

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Phipps NBC Brewery

Brewery near Northampton

Revived Victorian brewery in central Northampton with a brewhouse taproom and tours of classic town ales.

0.7 km E

Photo of Holy Sepulchre, Northampton, a church in Northamptonshire, central England.

Holy Sepulchre, Northampton

Church near Northampton

One of only four surviving round churches in England, its circular Norman nave modelled on the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

0.8 km NE

Delapré Abbey

Garden near Northampton

Former Cluniac nunnery on the edge of Northampton with walled gardens and parkland beside the site of the 1460 Battle of Northampton.

1.8 km SE

Photo of St Matthew, Northampton, a church in Northamptonshire, central England.

St Matthew, Northampton

Church near Northampton

A grand late-Victorian Gothic church built by brewer Pickering Phipps, later famed for its Henry Moore Madonna and Graham Sutherland Crucifixion.

2.6 km NE

Photo of The Whyte Melville, a pub near Boughton, Northamptonshire, central England.

The Whyte Melville

Pub near Boughton

Village pub in Boughton with a terrace and walled beer garden looking out over open countryside.

5.5 km N

Photo of Blisworth, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Blisworth

Village

Canal village of local Blisworth stone at the south mouth of the 3,000-yard Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union.

7.3 km S · Northamptonshire

Sywell Country Park

Country park near Earls Barton

A country park in Northamptonshire.

9.2 km NE

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.

9.2 km NW

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.

9.4 km NW · Northamptonshire

Everything else within 10 km (14) — 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.