ALTHORP HOUSE
www.althorp.com

Built in 1508 Althorp has been home to the Spencer family for nearly 500 years. It became the focus of world attention following the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales in September 1997.

COTON MANOR GARDEN
www.cotonmanor.co.uk

This peaceful 10 acre garden occupies a hillside position extending down from the 17th century manor house, constructed of mellow Northamptonshire stone.

 COTTESBROOKE HALL
www.cottesbrookehall.co.uk

Reputed to be the inspiration for Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park', Cottesbrooke Hall represents a near perfect example of Queen Anne architecture located in a quite stunning parkland setting.

LAMPORT HALL & GARDENS
www.lamporthall.co.uk

Reputed Lamport Hall was the home of the Isham family from 1560 to 1976 and is one of the finest examples of Grade 1 Listed Houses.

KELMARSH HALL & GARDENS
www.kelmarsh.com

Reputed Kelmarsh Hall is a graceful 18th century historic house, set in beautiful romantic gardens and surrounded by it's own working estate in the rolling Northamptonshire and Leicestershire countryside.

ROCKINGHAM CASTLE
www.rockinghamcastle.com

This remarkable castle, built on the instruction of William the Conqueror, has been the Watson's family home for 450 years. Prior to the Watson's ownership the Castle was held by the monarch.

STANFORD HALL
www.stanfordhall.co.uk

Stanford Hall, built in the 1690's for Sir Roger Cave, is still home to his descendents and is one of the most exquisite examples of the architecture of the period.

SILVERSTONE
www.silverstone.co.uk

Silverstone Circuit has come a long way since it was turned from a wartime airfield into a motor racing circuit. It is now one of the world's most famous motor sport venues.

THE NASEBY BATTLEFIELD PROJECT
www.naseby.com
The battle of Naseby was fought on the morning of the 14th June 1645. In the open fields of that small Northamptonshire village, parliament's New Model Army destroyed the main field army of King Charles I. After nearly three years of conflict, this was the decisive battle of the Civil War.

DERNGATE 78
www.78derngate.org.uk
78 Derngate is a Grade II* listed Georgian house in the Derngate area of Northampton, England, originally built in the 1820's. It's noted for its interior, which was extensively remodelled in 1916 and 1917 by noted architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

MACMILLAN WAY
www.ramblers.org.uk

A network of attractive routes linking the South Coast, Bristol Channel and North Sea coast of England, taking in the Cotswolds, the Quantocks and the Fens. Largely great tracts of rolling pastoral countryside with some steep climbs.

http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/paths/macmillan.html

MIDSHIRES WAY

A route linking southern and northern England, connecting the Ridgeway in the Chilterns with the Trans Pennine Trail on the edge of the Pennines via historic estates, farmland and the Peal District National Park

http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/paths/midshires.html