Heathrow Airport 1 hr 25
Abington Park Museum (22 min) Museum of the Northamptonshire Regiment and history of leather design in a 500-year-old manor house. 78 Derngate (20 min) Restaurant, shop and art gallery in a Georgian house with interiors by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Irchester Country Park (13 min) Adventure course with zip lines, a play area and a network of trails in a 200-acre area of woodland. Salcey Forest (26 min) Former royal hunting forest with walking & biking among centuries-old oaks, plus a cafe & play area. Castle Ashby Gardens (13 min) Landscaped lawns, an 1872 orangery & a butterfly garden, plus a menagerie with meerkats & marmosets. Billing Aquadrome (16 min) Leisure complex with amusement rides, escape rooms & a miniature train, plus play zones & a pool. Boughton House (37 min) French-style stately home with fine art & baroque state rooms, surrounded by formal gardens. Stanwick Lakes (21 min) This 750-acre site offers children's activities, nature education services & crafts courses. Delapre Abbey (24 min) Scenic gardens & parkland surround this historical abbey with guided tours, a cafe & gift shop. Sywell Country Park (18 min) This area around a former reservoir has walking paths & a butterfly garden, plus a cafe & play area. Pitsford water fishing lodge (25 min) Reservoir and birdwatching Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum (15 min) Summer Leys Nature Reserve (8 min) Nature reserve and nature Wicksteed Park (29 min) Fun park with around 30 rides, large playgrounds, lakeside walks and a narrow-gauge railway. |