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Whittlewood Forest

Photo of Whittlewood Forest, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Stony Stratford, Northamptonshire, central England.

Whittlewood Forest

© Ian Rob / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Ian Rob / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Whittlewood Forest

Open accessin a National Nature Reserve open to the public

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Whittlewood Forest is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Northamptonshire, covering 4 km². It is one of 54 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. Only two of the county's SSSIs are larger.

The nearest other SSSI is Bucknell Wood Meadows, 7.8 km to the west. For arrivals by rail, Wolverton Station is about 7.5 km to the east.

More places to visit near Whittlewood Forest

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.

5.3 km NE · spans 9 counties

Photo of Stowe, a Grade I registered house & garden in Buckinghamshire, south east England.Iconic

Stowe

House & garden near Buckingham

Sublime Georgian landscape garden of temples and lakes.

6.6 km SW

Photo of Stony Stratford, a village in Buckinghamshire, south east England.

Stony Stratford

Village

Old Watling Street coaching town now within Milton Keynes, whose rival inns the Cock and the Bull are said to have given us the cock-and-bull story.

7.1 km E · Buckinghamshire

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.

7.5 km N

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.

7.8 km N · Northamptonshire

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.

11.6 km NE