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Bedford river scene. Feb 2007

Bedford (71 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire

(12.0 miles, 19.4 km, direction S of Shelton)

Bedford is the historic County town of Bedfordshire with a beautiful riverside setting on the great River Ouse. John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's has strong associations with this town...

Olney, Buckinghamshire

Olney (62 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire

(14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction SW of Shelton)

Amongst other things the small town of Olney in Buckinghamshire is famous for its hymns - Amazing Grace was one of the so-called Olney Hymns written by the rector John Newton, and William Cowper, the poet...

Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay (27 Pictures) in the county of Northamptonshire

(15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction N of Shelton)

The lantern tower of the Church of St. Mary and All Saints at Fotheringhay shines through the deepening shadows of the great trees that frame it, shadows matched in darkness by those less visible that haunt the village where the final tragedy of Mary, Queen of Scots was enacted...

Old Warden, Bedfordshire

Old Warden (23 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire

(17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction S of Shelton)

Old Warden is a sleepy Bedfordshire village with pretty honey-coloured thatched cottages and a wealth of other interesting buildings...

Northampton, Northamptonshire

Northampton (161 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Northamptonshire

(18.5 miles, 29.7 km, direction W of Shelton)

The landscape of Northampton is dotted with reminders of its illustrious history. Despite the great fire of 1675 when much of Northampton was destroyed, it was rebuilt in such a.....

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Lyveden New Bield

Lyveden New Bield (33 Pictures)

(10.9 miles, 17.6 km, direction N)

This magnificent ruin is a rare romantic survival from the great Elizabethan period. The landscape on which the relic of this.....

Castle Ashby House, Northamptonshire

Castle Ashby House (4 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction SW)

The magnificent building of Castle Ashby House is guarded by a pair of splendid 18th-century wrought iron gates. The castle was.....

Billing Aquadrome in Great Billing, Northamptonshire

Billing Aquadrome (2 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.4 km, direction W)

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Rushton Triangular Lodge, Northamptonshire

Rushton Triangular Lodge (9 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction NW)

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Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire

Houghton Mill (18 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction E)

Houghton is a beautifully restored water mill from the 17th century. It can be found in the delightful village of Houghton,.....

Deene Park, Corby, Northamptonshire

Deene Park (5 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction N)

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Kirby Hall

Kirby Hall (30 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.4 km, direction NW)

Looking around the romantic ruin of Kirby Hall it is easy to imagine the splendour of an age when romance was all, and great.....


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