Higham Ferrers
Higham Ferrers is a market town and civil parish in the Nene Valley in North Northamptonshire, England, close to the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire borders.
Higham Ferrers is a market town and civil parish in the Nene Valley in North Northamptonshire, England, close to the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire borders. It forms a single built-up area with Rushden to the south and had a population of 8,827 at the 2021 census. The town centre contains many historic buildings around the Market Square and College Street.
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Worth seeing in and around Higham Ferrers
10 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.
- 01Raunds
Raunds is a market town in North Northamptonshire, England. It had a population of 9,379 at the 2021 census.
4.5 km · small market town in rural Northamptonshire, England · Wikipedia - 02Yielden Castle
Yielden Castle was a twelfth-century castle located in the village of Yelden in the county of Bedfordshire, England.
5 km · castle in Yielden, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Lawrence, Wymington
The Parish Church of Saint Lawrence, Wymington is a Grade I listed church in Wymington, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964.
4.2 km · Grade I listed church in Wymington, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St. Mary's Church, Higham Ferrers
St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
500 m · church in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Peter Parish Church of St Peter
St Peter's Church is the ancient parish church of the market town of Raunds in Northamptonshire, England. Noted for its exceptional wall paintings and its splendid tower and spire, St Peter’s is a Grade I listed building and stands in an elevated position in Church Street.
5.8 km · church in Raunds, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Lawrence
The Church of St Laurence is a Grade I listed building in the village of Stanwick in North Northamptonshire. It was originally within the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln but was transferred to the Diocese of Peterborough in 1541 towards the end of the Dissolution of the Monasteries during Henry VIII's reign.
3.3 km · church in Stanwick, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Mary the Virgin, Yielden
Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church in Yelden, Bedfordshire, England. It is a good example of a village church mainly in the Decorated style.
4.7 km · Grade I listed church in Melchbourne and Yielden, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Rushden Council Buildings
The Council Buildings are based in Newton Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. The structure, which was the headquarters of Rushden Urban District Council, is a locally listed building.
2 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia - 09Town Hall
Higham Ferrers Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England. The structure, which serves as the offices and meeting place of Higham Ferrers Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
600 m · town hall in Higham Ferrers, East Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway
The Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway is a branch line heritage railway operated by the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the town of Rushden in the county of Northamptonshire, England. The aim of the society was to reopen most of the former Midland Railway branch line from Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers, which had been closed completely in November 1969.
1.5 km · heritage railway in Northamptonshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Higham Ferrers
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 50 km · London Stansted (STN), 73 km · East Midlands (EMA), 77 km
- Stations
- Rushden railway station, 1.6 km
- Luton, Luton → Higham Ferrers49 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £5–7
- London → Higham Ferrers94 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £11–14
- London, Essex → Higham Ferrers94 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £11–14
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Higham Ferrers
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 Higham Ferrers. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Higham Ferrers – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Higham Ferrers
Higham Ferrers is 52 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Rushdentown and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England2.3 km
- Irthlingboroughtown and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom2.9 km
- Wymingtonvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK4.1 km
- Irchestervillage in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom5.7 km
- Stanwickvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England2.9 km
- Little Addingtonvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, UK5.2 km