Heathrow Airport 1 hr 24
Pitsford water fishing lodge (12 min) Reservoir and birdwatching Billing Aquadrome (10 min) Leisure complex with amusement rides, escape rooms & a miniature train, plus play zones & a pool. Castle Ashby Gardens (15 min) Landscaped lawns, an 1872 orangery & a butterfly garden, plus a menagerie with meerkats & marmosets. Summer Leys Nature Reserve (5 min) Nature reserve and nature Irchester Country Park (9 min) Adventure course with zip lines, a play area and a network of trails in a 200-acre area of woodland. Stanwick Lakes (13 min) This 750-acre site offers children's activities, nature education services & crafts courses. Abington Park Museum (15 min) Museum of the Northamptonshire Regiment and history of leather design in a 500-year-old manor house. Delapre Abbey (17 min) Scenic gardens & parkland surround this historical abbey with guided tours, a cafe & gift shop. Boughton House (28 min) French-style stately home with fine art & baroque state rooms, surrounded by formal gardens. Wicksteed Park (16 min) Fun park with around 30 rides, large playgrounds, lakeside walks and a narrow-gauge railway. 78 Derngate (14 min) Restaurant, shop and art gallery in a Georgian house with interiors by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Sywell Aviation Museum (8 min) Small showcase of local aviation history inside a Quonset hut, with some vintage planes outside. Sywell Country Park (6 min) This area around a former reservoir has walking paths & a butterfly garden, plus a cafe & play area. The Wellingborough Museum (8 min) |