Heathrow Airport 1 hr 19
Castle Ashby Gardens (11 min)
Landscaped lawns, an 1872 orangery & a butterfly garden, plus a menagerie with meerkats & marmosets. Billing Aquadrome (23 min)
Leisure complex with amusement rides, escape rooms & a miniature train, plus play zones & a pool. Stanwick Lakes (18 min)
This 750-acre site offers children's activities, nature education services & crafts courses. Delapre Abbey (11 min)
Scenic gardens & parkland surround this historical abbey with guided tours, a cafe & gift shop. 78 Derngate (8 min)
Restaurant, shop and art gallery in a Georgian house with interiors by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Abington Park Museum (9 min)
Museum of the Northamptonshire Regiment and history of leather design in a 500-year-old manor house. Pitsford water fishing lodge (15 min)
Reservoir and birdwatching Coton Manor Garden (29 min)
Garden and forest Sywell Country Park (8 min)
This area around a former reservoir has walking paths & a butterfly garden, plus a cafe & play area. Boost Trampoline Park Northampton (5 min) Wicksteed Park (23 min)
Fun park with around 30 rides, large playgrounds, lakeside walks and a narrow-gauge railway. Althorp Estate (25 min)
July-August access to the Spencer family estate, with Princess Diana's island grave and a museum. Salcey Forest (15 min)
Former royal hunting forest with walking & biking among centuries-old oaks, plus a cafe & play area. Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (9 min)
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