Desborough

Worth seeing in and around Desborough

9 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.

1. 01
   Rushton Hall

   Rushton Hall in Rushton, Northamptonshire, England, was the ancestral home of the Tresham family from 1438, when William Tresham, a veteran of the Battle of Agincourt and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster bought the estate. In the 20th century the house became a private school and it has now been converted to a luxury hotel.

   3.2 km · country house hotel in Northamptonshire, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Church of St Andrew, Arthingworth

   St Andrew's Church is an Anglican Church and the parish church of Arthingworth. It is a Grade II* listed building and stands on the north side of Braybrooke Road.

   5.3 km · church in Arthingworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Rothwell Market House

   The Market House is a historic building on Market Hill in Rothwell, a town in Northamptonshire, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Rothwell Town Council, is a Grade I listed building.

   2.2 km · Grade I listed house in Rothwell, North Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of All Saints

   The Church of St Leonard is a Grade II* listed English parish church in Thorpe Malsor, Northamptonshire. Renovations carried out in 1877 by Clapton Rolfe of Reading somewhat altered the character of its mediaeval structures.

   5 km · church in Thorpe Malsor, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Pipewell Hall And Wall Attached To Right

   Pipewell Hall in Northamptonshire, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built near the ruins of a Cistercian abbey in 1675.

   4.1 km · building in Wilbarston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Alder Wood and Meadow

   Alder Wood and Meadow is a 13.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Corby in Northamptonshire. The semi-natural ancient broadleaved woodland is a surviving fragment of the Royal Forest of Rockingham.

   3.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St Peter and Paul

   St Peter & St Paul's Church is an Anglican Church and the parish church of Harrington.

   3.7 km · church in Harrington, North Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods

   Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods is a 36.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Corby in Northamptonshire. The eastern half of Stoke Wood is managed by the Woodland Trust, a triangular area of 0.7 hectares which stretches south from the middle is the Stoke Wood End Quarter, a nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, and the remaining western part of the wood is private property.

   3.4 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Northamptonshire, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St. Mary the Virgin, Brampton Ash

   St. Mary the Virgin is the local Church of England parish church for Brampton Ash, Northamptonshire.

   4.7 km · Grade I listed church in Brampton Ash, North Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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