Fotheringhay
Fotheringhay is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England.
Fotheringhay is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Oundle and around 13 miles (21 km) west of Peterborough. It is most noted for being the site of Fotheringhay Castle which was razed in 1627. There is nothing left of the castle to be seen today other than the motte on which it was built that provides excellent views of the River Nene. The Nene Way long distance footpath runs through the village.
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Worth seeing in and around Fotheringhay
5 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.
- 01Fotheringhay Castle
Fotheringhay Castle, also known as Fotheringay Castle, was a High Middle Age Norman Motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Fotheringhay 3+1⁄2 miles to the north of the market town of Oundle, Northamptonshire, England. It was probably founded around 1100 by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton.
900 m · ruined castle in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Elton Hall
Elton Hall is a country house in Elton, Cambridgeshire. It has been the ancestral home of the Proby family since 1660.
3.4 km · Grade I listed country house in Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay
The Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay is a parish church in the Church of England in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire. It is noted for containing a mausoleum to leading members of the Yorkist dynasty of the Wars of the Roses.
600 m · church in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St 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.
3.7 km · church in Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, UK · Wikipedia - 05Apethorpe 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.
3.7 km · country house in Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Fotheringhay
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 68 km · London Luton (LTN), 73 km · London Stansted (STN), 85 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Fotheringhay68 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Fotheringhay72 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £8–10
- London, Essex → Fotheringhay115 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Fotheringhay
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 Fotheringhay. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Fotheringhay
Fotheringhay is 48 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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