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Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay (27 Pictures) in the county of Northamptonshire

(3.3 miles, 5.3 km, direction N of Ashton)

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...

Peterborough

Peterborough (143 Pictures) a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire

(10.9 miles, 17.6 km, direction NE of Ashton)

The magic of Peterborough lies in the richness of its beautiful Cathedral. It is a glorious historical treasure house, it is unique and quite beyond compare...

River Welland

Stamford (246 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Lincolnshire

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction N of Ashton)

Of the 17 churches, only 6 now remain in Stamford, which is without doubt, one of the finest medieval towns in the British Isles, if not in Europe...

Hallaton, Leicestershire

Hallaton (18 Pictures) in the county of Leicestershire

(17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction W of Ashton)

Easter Monday sees the villages of Hallaton and Medbourne engaged in a riotous 'bottle kicking' contest which is said to have pagan origins...

Oakham

Oakham (86 Pictures) in the county of Rutland

(17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction NW of Ashton)

For centuries the countryside around Oakham has echoed to the sound of hunting horns, for the vales and rolling farmland surrounding this sedate market town, have been the stamping ground for the counties hunting fraternity...

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Lyveden New Bield

Lyveden New Bield (33 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.5 km, direction W)

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

Deene Park, Corby, Northamptonshire

Deene Park (5 Pictures)

(7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction NW)

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Nene Park (Ferry Meadows Country Park) Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

Ferry Meadows Country Park (47 Pictures)

(8.2 miles, 13.3 km, direction NE)

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Kirby Hall

Kirby Hall (30 Pictures)

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction W)

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

Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Peterborough Cathedral (68 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction NE)

The magnificent cathedral church in Peterborough was given cathedral status by Henry VIII in 1541. Formerly it had been one of.....

Burghley House

Burghley House (72 Pictures)

(11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction N)

This is a graceful house which perfectly epitomises the wealth of the prosperous Elizabethan period. Burghley was completed in.....

View from Rockingham Castle, Corby, Northamptonshire

Rockingham Castle (7 Pictures)

(11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction W)

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