The Wheatsheaf (Dallington)

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

0.8 km NE · Northamptonshire & Cambridgeshire

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

2.9 km NW

Spencer estate and burial place of Princess Diana.

6.3 km NW

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

6.8 km S · spans 9 counties

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

7.5 km NW

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

8.5 km NE