Rushden

Worth seeing in and around Rushden

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.

1. 01
   Podington Castle

   Castle in the United Kingdom

   3.8 km · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Yielden Castle

   Castle in Yielden, Bedfordshire, England, UK

   5.9 km · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of St Margaret, Knotting, Bedfordshire

   Grade I listed church in Knotting and Souldrop, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

   5.6 km · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St Mary the Virgin, Yielden

   Grade I listed church in Melchbourne and Yielden, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

   5.6 km · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St Lawrence, Wymington

   Grade I listed church in Wymington, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

   2.1 km · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Mary the Virgin

   Church in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, UK

   5.6 km · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum

   Railway museum in Irchester, England

   5 km · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St. Mary's Church, Higham Ferrers

   Church in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, UK

   2.2 km · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of St Lawrence

   Church in Stanwick, Northamptonshire, England, UK

   5.6 km · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Rushden Council Buildings

    Municipal Building in England

    400 m · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Chichele College

   College Street, Higham Ferrers NN10 8DZ,.

2. 02
   Rushden Historic Transport Museum

   Station Approach, NN10 0AW, museum@rhts.co.uk.

3. 03
   Rushden Museum

   The Old Stable Block, Hall Avenue, NN10 9EP (Vehicle access is to the rear of Rushden Hall in the grounds of Hall Park.

4. 04
   Santa Pod Raceway

   A racetrack in the village of Podington to the south.

5. 05
   Rushden Hall

   Historic house, HQ of town council and sometimes open for exhibitions.

6. 06
   St Mary's Church

   A medieval church with a 200-foot-tall (60-m) spire located in the centre of Rushden.

From Wikivoyage: Rushden, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Thainn, 26 High Street South, NN10 0QX,. Thai The Curry Garden, 24 Church Street, NN10 9YT,. Cafe Bangla, 86 High Street, NN10 0PQ,. Indian. Pizzeria Venezia, 28 Church Street, NN10 9YT,. Italian

From Wikivoyage: Rushden, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Rushden

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 49 km · London Stansted (STN), 73 km · East Midlands (EMA), 78 km

Stations

Wellingborough railway station, 5.4 km · Rushden railway station, 800 m

• Luton, Luton → Rushden

  47 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £4.5–6
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• London → Rushden

  93 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £10–14
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• London, Essex → Rushden

  93 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £10–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rushden

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 Rushden. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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