Heathrow Airport 1 hr 40
Wicksteed Park (16 min)
Fun park with around 30 rides, large playgrounds, lakeside walks and a narrow-gauge railway. National Trust - Lyveden (25 min)
Enigmatic Elizabethan lodge, now National Trust, in a moated, terraced garden, with nature walks. Billing Aquadrome (24 min)
Leisure complex with amusement rides, escape rooms & a miniature train, plus play zones & a pool. Lamport Hall (18 min)
Classical-style country house packed with ancient artefacts set in rolling, landscaped parkland. Castle Ashby Gardens (29 min)
Landscaped lawns, an 1872 orangery & a butterfly garden, plus a menagerie with meerkats & marmosets. Kirby Hall (21 min)
17th-century English Heritage country house with tours of elaborate state rooms and formal gardens. Pitsford water fishing lodge (19 min)
Reservoir and birdwatching Stanwick Lakes (18 min)
This 750-acre site offers children's activities, nature education services & crafts courses. Boughton House (14 min)
French-style stately home with fine art & baroque state rooms, surrounded by formal gardens. Rushton Triangular Lodge (16 min)
Historic building designed by the father of a gunpowder plotter, with a gift shop and gardens. Irchester Country Park (24 min)
Adventure course with zip lines, a play area and a network of trails in a 200-acre area of woodland. Abington Park Museum (29 min)
Museum of the Northamptonshire Regiment and history of leather design in a 500-year-old manor house. Rockingham Castle (19 min)
Royal bastion with Tudor sitting rooms and grand halls, plus frequent events and private hire. Fermyn Woods Country Park (17 min)
Walking, wildlife spotting and fishing in a diverse landscape of meadows, marshes, forest and ponds. Sywell Country Park (20 min)
This area around a former reservoir has walking paths & a butterfly garden, plus a cafe & play area. | 
