Heathrow Airport 1 hr 50
Rockingham Castle (15 min)
Royal bastion with Tudor sitting rooms and grand halls, plus frequent events and private hire. Boughton House (28 min)
French-style stately home with fine art & baroque state rooms, surrounded by formal gardens. Wistow Maze (17 min) Kirby Hall (21 min)
17th-century English Heritage country house with tours of elaborate state rooms and formal gardens. Lamport Hall (19 min)
Classical-style country house packed with ancient artefacts set in rolling, landscaped parkland. West Lodge Rural Centre (12 min) Rushton Triangular Lodge (15 min)
Historic building designed by the father of a gunpowder plotter, with a gift shop and gardens. Foxton Locks (15 min)
Two staircases of five locks each make this the largest staircase on the British canal system. East Carlton country Park (11 min) Harborough Museum (9 min)
Historical exhibits in a former corset factory, featuring Victorian antiquities & period clothing. Cottesbrooke Hall & Gardens (30 min)
Collection of fine furniture, porcelain and sporting art in a Queen Anne house with gardens. Wicksteed Park (21 min)
Fun park with around 30 rides, large playgrounds, lakeside walks and a narrow-gauge railway. West Lodge Farm Park (12 min) Eye Brook Reservoir (18 min)
This 201-hectare reservoir surrounded by trees & farmland features birds & a footpath on the shore. | 
