The nearest shops and facilities are at Long Buckby – a thriving village approximately three miles away. Here there is a wide range of services including a post office, two supermarkets, a family run butchers shop, chemist and gift shop selling locally produced crafts. There are a number of good restaurants – Indian, Chinese, Italian – and take away fish and chips, pizza, Chinese and Indian.
Local towns such as Daventry, Rugby, Milton Keynes and Leicester are only a short drive away and there is also a mainline railway station at Long Buckby with direct services to London and Birmingham. We are only 8 miles from Northampton and 20 minutes from the M1, M6 and A14 offering easy access to the Midlands and beyond. Birmingham International is our nearest airport.
18th century English and French furniture. Fine English, continental and Chinese porcelain. 18th century landscaping, the gardens are of great variety with fine old cedars and specimen trees.
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Boughton Park, Boughton
Extensive remains of formal gardens of late 17th and early 18th century, including a lily pool set around a country house.
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Naseby Battlefield, Market Harborough
The decisive battle of the English Civil War was fought here on the morning of the 14th June 1645. After nearly three years of conflict, Parliament's New Model Army destroyed King Charles I's main field army.
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Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
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Old Dairy Farm Centre
Relaxed shopping and crafts in a lovely rural setting.
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National Space Centre, Leicester
The Space Centre offers a great day out for older children and teenagers. Please follow the link to see what is on offer.
50 minutes by car from our holiday cottages.
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