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Recommended Towns & Villages near Broughton

Squires hill just off the High street, Rothwell, Northamptonshire

Rothwell (15 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Northamptonshire (3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction N)

Interesting market town, with a long history, its market charter was granted in 1204...

All Saints Church

Rushton (13 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (4.3 miles, 7.0 km, direction N)

The picturesque village of Rushton set between Desborough and Rothwell is famous for the Rushton Triangular Lodge built in 1593 by Roman Catholic Sir Thomas Tresham to symbolise the Holy Trinity...

Coton Manor, Near Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

Guilsborough (4 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction W)

Hidden amongst leafy lanes and glorious poppy fields of the undulating Northamptonshire countryside, lies the peaceful village of Guilsborough...

Sixfields - Flood Storage Reservoir

Northampton (161 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Northamptonshire (10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction SW)

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.....

Foxton Locks, looking down into the basin, Near Market Harborough

Foxton (21 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Leicestershire (12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction NW)

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Hallaton, Leicestershire

Hallaton (18 Pictures)

in the county of Leicestershire (13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction N)

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

A picture of Stanford on Avon

Stanford on Avon (9 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction W)

Picturesque village straddling the banks of the River Avon...

Bisbrooke Church, Rutland - Completely re-built 1871. Tower built 1914. Grade II listed.

Bisbrooke (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Rutland (15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction N)

Bisbrooke lies amidst a landscape of gentle hills dotted with rolling farmlands, rivers, reservoirs and woodland...

Olney, Buckinghamshire

Olney (62 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (15.5 miles, 25.0 km, direction S)

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...

Grand Union Canal Lock at Stoke Bruerne

Stoke Bruerne (38 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Northamptonshire (17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction S)

Lying just south of Northampton this beautiful canal village offers a wealth of interest to any boating enthusiast or any country lover...

Apethorpe

Apethorpe (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Northamptonshire (17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction NE)

Apethorpe is a small, picturesque, East Northamptonshire village, a mile and a half from Kings Cliffe. St Leonard is an attractive looking church in a nice setting. Trees.....

A picture of Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay (27 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (17.9 miles, 28.7 km, direction NE)

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...

Everdon Church

Everdon (29 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (18.7 miles, 30.1 km, direction SW)

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Tilton on the Hill

Tilton on the Hill (4 Pictures)

in the county of Leicestershire (19.2 miles, 31.0 km, direction N)

This is a quiet rural village situated in one of the highest parts of the rolling Leicestershire countryside...

Edith Weston

Edith Weston (13 Pictures)

in the county of Rutland (19.3 miles, 31.1 km, direction N)

The village lies on the southern shores of Rutland Water, one of Europe's largest man-made reservoirs, and England's premier fly fishing waters...

St Matthew's, Normanton

Normanton (29 Pictures)

in the county of Rutland (19.8 miles, 31.8 km, direction N)

Normanton lies in a landscape of rolling farmlands, broken only by rivers and patches of woodland. It is a tranquil place, with the waters offering scope for sailing and other water-sports, bird-watching, fishing, and cycling...

A picture of Newport Pagnell

Newport Pagnell (20 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (19.9 miles, 32.0 km, direction S)

Visitors here can find plenty to interest them, the town has the worlds oldest iron-bridge still in use for motorised traffic...

Bluebells

Badby (24 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Northamptonshire (20.1 miles, 32.3 km, direction SW)

Badby is an attractive village spread around a hillside. It shows a confection of pretty cottages, some of which are thickly thatched with creeper climbing up to pretty dormer windows...

Oakham

Oakham (86 Pictures)

in the county of Rutland (20.5 miles, 33.0 km, direction N)

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...

St Andrew's Parish Church, Rugby

Rugby (86 Pictures)

in the county of Warwickshire (20.6 miles, 33.1 km, direction W)

This town is the home of Rugby public school, the place where William Webb Ellis carried the ball instead of kicking it, and thus, in 1823 the game of Rugby football was born...

Recommended attractions near Broughton

Tree in the park

Wicksteed Park (8 Pictures)

(3.1 miles, 4.9 km, direction E)

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Rushton Triangular Lodge, Northamptonshire

Rushton Triangular Lodge (9 Pictures)

(4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction N)

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Billing Aquadrome in Great Billing, Northamptonshire

Billing Aquadrome (2 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction S)

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The Museum, Abington Park, Northampton

Abington Park Museum (10 Pictures)

(9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction S)

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Rockingham Castle Gardens, Corby, Northamptonshire

Rockingham Castle Gardens (3 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction N)

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View from Rockingham Castle, Corby, Northamptonshire

Rockingham Castle (7 Pictures)

(9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction N)

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Castle Ashby House, Northamptonshire

Castle Ashby House (4 Pictures)

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction S)

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

Lyveden New Bield

Lyveden New Bield (33 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction NE)

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

Coton Manor Wildlife Garden

Coton Manor Wildlife Garden (22 Pictures)

(11.4 miles, 18.4 km, direction W)

"This is a beautifully maintained garden of exceptional charm...there is something for everyone here. This garden could not fail.....

Althorp House near Northampton, Northamptonshire

Althorp (6 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction SW)

Althorp (said Althrup) has been in the Spencer family since 1508. It has undergone many major changes over the generations and.....

Kirby Hall

Kirby Hall (30 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction NE)

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

Foxton Locks, Near Market Harborough, 'Narrow Boat coming down'

Foxton Locks (37 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction NW)

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Deene Park, Corby, Northamptonshire

Deene Park (5 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction NE)

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Salcey Forest, the Elephant Ponds

Salcey Forest (1 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction S)

Beautiful forest, with massive oaks over 500 years old, situated a short distance from Ravenstone, close to Stoke Goldington. .....

Stanford Hall near Lutterworth, Leicestershire

Stanford Hall (6 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction W)

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Rutland Water

Rutland Water (128 Pictures)

(19.3 miles, 31.1 km, direction N)

Rutland Water is the largest reservoir in England (by surface area) and one of the largest artificial lakes in Europe. Its.....

Canons Ashby House, Northamptonshire

Canons Ashby House (44 Pictures)

(22.2 miles, 35.8 km, direction SW)

This house was originally part of an Augustinian Priory, it was only converted into a charming Elizabethan manor house during the.....

Burghley House

Burghley House (72 Pictures)

(23.2 miles, 37.3 km, direction NE)

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

Leicester Cathedral, Leicester

Leicester Cathedral (16 Pictures)

(23.4 miles, 37.6 km, direction NW)

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

Ferry Meadows Country Park (47 Pictures)

(23.6 miles, 38.0 km, direction NE)

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