Northampton Museum & Art Gallery
(2 Miles)*
Fascinating footwear worn throughout the ages is just one of the many attractions in the museum.
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Abington Park Museum
(3 Miles)*
'The museum in the park' is a beautiful Grade 1 listed building.
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Holdenby House and Gardens
(5 Miles)*
Just across the fields from Althorp lies Holdenby, a house whose royal connections go back over 400 years. Built by Sir Christopher Hatton to entertain Elizabeth I, it became the Palace of James I and the prison of his son, Charles I.
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National Waterways Museum
(6 Miles)*
Housed in a restored cornmill in the picturesque village of Stoke Bruerne, the museum collection vividly portrays the heritage of 200 years of inland waterways.
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Sywell Aviation Museum
(7 Miles)*
Sywell Aviation Museum charts the history of the delightful Art Deco Sywell Aerodrome from 1928 to the present and aviation in Northamptonshire as a whole.
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Coton Manor Garden
(8 Miles)*
Coton Manor lies in peaceful Northamptonshire countryside and enjoys beautiful views providing an ideal setting for the garden.
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Lamport Hall
(9 Miles)*
Lamport Hall was the home of the Isham family for over four centuries.
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Canons Ashby House
(10 Miles)*
Canons Ashby is a romantic, 16th century Elizabethan manor house which has survived unaltered since 1710. Home of the Dryden family since it was first built, the house sits amongst beautiful gardens
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Cowper & Newton Museum
(11 Miles)*
Visit Orchard Side, home of the 18th century poet, translator and Letter-writer William Cowper. See displays of his works, portraits and memorabilia, plus those of his friend John Newton.
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Santa Pod Raceway
(11 Miles)*
Santa Pod is the best known drag racing track outside America, attracting the best drivers and race teams in European Drag Racing.
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Kelmarsh Hall and Gardens
(12 Miles)*
Kelmarsh is a 3,363 acre (1361ha) agricultural estate at the heart of which stands the eighteenth century Kelmarsh Hall, surrounded by its pleasure gardens and parkland.
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Sulgrave Manor
(13 Miles)*
Sulgrave Manor is a superb example of a modest manor and garden of the time of Shakespeare, and was home to the ancestors of George Washington.
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Wicksteed Park
(14 Miles)*
Wicksteed Park sited in 147 acres of landscaped English countryside and the only leisure park in the UK which offers the elements of a country and theme park in one.
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Manor House Museum (Kettering) & The Alfred East Art Gallery
(14 Miles)*
Explore Kettering's history at the Manor House Museum and view the constantly changing programme of exhibitions at the Alfred East Art Gallery.
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Stanford Hall
(14 Miles)*
Stanford, where Shakespeare's Avon flows gently through the Park, has been the home of the Cave family, ancestors of the present owner Lady Braye since 1430.
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