Towcester

Worth seeing in and around Towcester

8 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
   Easton Neston

   Easton Neston is a large grade I listed country house in the parish of Easton Neston near Towcester in Northamptonshire, England. It was built by William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster, in the Baroque style to the design of the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor.

   1.3 km · country house near Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bury Mount

   Bury Mount Motte is the remains of an earthwork motte and bailey fortification or ancient castle in Towcester in Northamptonshire, and has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The Motte probably dates back to the 11th century when it was a Norman fortification, but over time it has been subject to neglect.

   400 m · castle in the UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Blisworth Tunnel

   Blisworth Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire, England, between the villages of Stoke Bruerne at the southern end and Blisworth at the northern end.

   5.1 km · tunnel on the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Tiffield St. John the Baptist Church

   Tiffield St. John the Baptist Church is a church in the small village of Tiffield in Northamptonshire, England.

   3.3 km · church in Tiffield, Northamptonshire, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St Botolph

   The Church of St Botolph, Slapton, also referred to as Slapton, St Botolph, is the ancient parish church of the village of Slapton near Towcester in West Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. Constructed sometime around the late 12th and early 13th centuries the church is notable for its almost complete surviving set of late medieval wall paintings, widely considered the finest in Northamptonshire.

   5.4 km · church in Slapton, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Greens Norton Pocket Park

   Greens Norton Pocket Park is a 2-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Greens Norton in Northamptonshire. It is owned and managed by Green Norton Parish Council.

   2.9 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Canal Museum, Stoke Bruerne

   The Canal Museum, formerly known as the National Waterways Museum at Stoke Bruerne and The Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne, is a canal museum located next to the Grand Union Canal just south of the Blisworth Tunnel, near the village of Stoke Bruerne in Northamptonshire. It is about 10 miles north of Milton Keynes and 7 miles south of Northampton near junction 15 of the M1 motorway.

   5.3 km · museum in Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Tiffield Pocket Park

   Tiffield Pocket Park is a 2.6 hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Tiffield in West Northamptonshire. It is leased by a private owner to Tiffield Parish Council and managed by The Tiffield Pocketeers.

   3.8 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   St Lawrence's Church

   Old town hall.

2. 02
   Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
3. 03
   Bury Mount
4. 04
   Towcester Museum

   163-165 Watling St.

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Things to do

Towcester racecourse has closed. It held National Hunt races (jumps, in winter) from 1928 to 2018 but then went bust, and in 2019 it was announced that it won't be re-opening.

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Where to eat

1. 01
   Brave Old Oak

   Watling St, NN12 6BT.

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Getting to Towcester

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 51 km · Birmingham (BHX), 63 km · East Midlands (EMA), 81 km

• Luton, Luton → Towcester

  48 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £5–7
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  91 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £10–13
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Towcester

  73 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £9–12
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