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Abingdon Museum & Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Catch up on Northampton's
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Althorp - Experience 500 years
of history at Althorp, home of the Spencer Family.
Explore the wonderful house - Discover beautiful interiors and one
of Europe’s finest private collections of furniture, pictures and
ceramics. Be touched by the award winning
exhibition, Diana: A Celebration
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British Waterways - visit the pretty canals near Northampton |
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Blisworth is a small Northamptonshire
village alongside the Grand Union canal just north of the famous Blisworth
Tunnel
Mill Wharf Boat Co &
Blisworth Tunnel
- Rent a boat. |
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Boughton House
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Northamptonshire home of the Dukes of
Buccleuch and Queensberry |
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Castle Ashby
Gardens,
Castle Ashby. The
house is not open to the public but the
wonderful gardens are. The park
surrounding Castle Ashby was landscaped
by 'Capability' Brown. 5 miles
east of Northampton, north of the A428
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Canons Ashby House,
Canons Ashby, Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 3SD
Nat Trust
Telephone: 01327 860044 (Infoline
Tranquil Elizabethan manor house set in beautiful gardens
Photo: View of the Book Room at Canons
Ashby created by Sir
Henry Dryden the Antiquary, with neo-Gothic bookshelves, built in
the 1840s and 50s. |
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Cottesbrooke Hall
Reputed to be the inspiration for Jane
Austen's 'Mansfield Park', Cottesbrooke
Hall represents a near-perfect example
of Queen Anne architecture located in a
quite stunning parkland setting. The
building dates from 1702 and is home to
the Woolavington Collection, one of the
finest collections of sporting paintings
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Deene
Park -
Deene is a largely
sixteenth-century house incorporating a
medieval manor. It is built around a
courtyard and has important rooms added
during the reign of George 111. Deene
has belonged to the Brudenell family
since 1514 and was the seat of the Earls
of Cardigan, of whom the most notable
was the 7th who led the charge of the
Light Brigade at Balaklava in 1854.
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Grand Union Canal - The trunk route of
Britain's canal network, the picturesque Grand Union links London
through the Chilterns with Birmingham via the longest single canal
in Britain. |
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Holdenby
House - Just across the Northamptonshire fields from
Althorp lies Holdenby House, a stately home whose royal connections
go back over 400 years. Built by Sir Christopher Hatton to entertain
Elizabeth I, it became the Palace of James I and the prison of his
son, Charles I. Now a family home, the house is the splendid
backdrop to a beautiful garden and Falconry Centre, where visitors
can watch magnificent birds of prey soar over the scene of so much
history.
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Lyveden New Bield,
nr Oundle, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8 5AT
Nat Trust
Telephone: 01832 205358
Intriguing Elizabethan lodge and moated garden
Photo: A close view of one of the
projecting wings at Lyveden
New Bield, Northamptonshire. Sir Thomas Tresham started this
building in 1595 as a representation of his Catholic faith but
work stopped in 1605 on his death, and it remained incomplete.
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Northampton is a town but is
far bigger than your average town and is known as England's
largest town hence the hubbub of activity at all
hours of the day. It was famous for its
shoe manufacturing; even their football team is known as The
Cobblers. Times have changed and it is probably better known for its
close proximity to Silverstone Circuit and Santa Pod. The
historic Market Square is over 750 years
old. Open-air markets are still held there.
Better not miss out the premier league
rugby with `The Saints`, football at Sixfields and county cricket.
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Priest's House
Easton on the Hill, nr Stamford, Northamptonshire PE9 3LS
Telephone: 01780 762619
Small pre-Reformation stone building
Unmanned. Also open by appointment daily throughout the year.
Names of keyholders on property noticeboard |
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Rockingham
Castle - Market Harborough, This remarkable castle,
built on the instruction of William the Conqueror, has been my
family's home for 450 years. Prior to the Watson's ownership the
Castle was held by the monarch. There are very few other homes that
have been continuously occupied for nearly 1000 years and have had
just two owners
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Sulgrave
Manor - The ancestral home of the Washingtons in Britain. Tudor
to Georgian furniture and artefacts, displayed in their natural
settings. The largest UK collection of George Washington memorabilia
demonstrating the British contribution to the origins of the USA
with a separate exhibition on George's life and career in the US. |
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Staunton Harold Church,
Staunton Harold, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire LE65 1RW
Nat Trust
Telephone: 01332 863822 (Calke Abbey)
Imposing church built in 1653, with fine panelled interior
Photo: The exterior of Staunton Harold
Church, 17th century.
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Southwick Hall Peterborough |
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Ulverscroft Nature Reserve,
nr Loughborough, Leicestershire
Telephone: 01909 486411
Reserve in the care of the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife
Trust
Access by permit only from The Secretary, Leicestershire &
Rutland Wildlife Trust, Brocks Hill Environment Centre, Washbrook
Lane, Oadby, Leics LE2 5JJ. Tel. 0116 272 0444. Last admission
30mins before closing |
