Apethorpe
Apethorpe is a village, civil parish, former manor and ecclesiastical parish in Northamptonshire, England, situated 11 miles west of the City of Peterborough.
Apethorpe is a village, civil parish, former manor and ecclesiastical parish in Northamptonshire, England, situated 11 miles west of the City of Peterborough. The 2001 census records a population of 130, increasing to 160 at the 2011 census.
The manor of Apethorpe is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Patorp and has had various spellings over the past millennium, including Apetorp, Appetorp, Apthorp, Appethorpe and Apthorpe. The village's name means 'Api's outlying farm/settlement'. The village is compact, uniform and centred on Main Street. In the late 15th century the manor of Apethorpe was acquired by Sir Guy Wolston, an officer in the household of King Edward IV, who began the construction of the surviving Apethorpe Palace.
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Worth seeing in and around Apethorpe
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Leonard's Church, Apethorpe
St Leonard's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Apethorpe in Northamptonshire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Peterborough.
100 m · church in Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, UK · Wikipedia - 02King's Cliffe Banks
King's Cliffe Banks is a 7.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in King's Cliffe in Northamptonshire. This former quarry has undulating calcareous grassland which is grazed by rabbits and cattle.
1.8 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 03Apethorpe Hall
Apethorpe Palace, formerly known as Apethorpe Hall, is a Grade I listed country house, dating to the 15th century, close to Apethorpe, Northamptonshire. It was a "favourite royal residence" for James I. After restoration by English Heritage the house was sold in 2015 to Jean Christophe Iseux von Pfetten as his "private residence", under an arrangement where it is "open during July and August for pre-booked tours only", these managed by English Heritage.
300 m · country house in Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Apethorpe
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 64 km · London Luton (LTN), 76 km · Birmingham (BHX), 86 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Apethorpe63 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Apethorpe74 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Apethorpe95 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Apethorpe
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Apethorpe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Apethorpe
Apethorpe is 44 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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