Local Attractions
The Broomhill Hotel in Northamptonshire is close to numerous places of interest – Warwick Castle, Rockingham Castle, William Shakespeare's birthplace - as well as activities - golf, sailing, fishing and of course Silverstone.
Market Harborough
Market Harborough is a delightful market town, created in the 12th century especially to be a market and promote local trade. Markets are still held in the town on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with an Antiques Market on Sundays. St. Dionysius Parish Church is a 14th century church, with a superb spire is one of the finest in
The nearby city of
Stamford
Stamford is a unique treasure trove of provincial English architecture built in the finest stone that this country has to offer. Today Stamford prospers as a small market town of around 18,000 inhabitants with a mixed economy based on industry, services, agriculture, and tourism.
Places of Interest
Althorp House (7m)
Althorp House, built in 1508, is the ancestral home of the Spencer family and the final resting place of Diana, The Princess of Wales. It now hosts an exhibition, celebrating the life and work of HRH Princess Diana.
Kelmarsh Hall (5m)
Kelmarsh Hall is a graceful 18 th century historic house, set in beautiful romantic gardens and surrounded by its own working estate in the rolling Northamptonshire and Leicestershire countryside.
Cottesbrooke Hall and Gardens
The inspiration for Jane Austen's '
The remarkable 18th century landscaping of the Park, its vistas and lakes, are by an unknown hand - much has recently been restored. The celebrated gardens are of great variety with fine old cedars and specimen trees.
Holdenby House and Falconry Centre (2m)
Holdenby House, a stately home whose royal connections go back over 400 years, was built by Sir Christopher Hatton to entertain Elizabeth I, It became the
The castle, built on the instruction of William the Conqueror, has a remarkable history. Many medieval Kings came to
A ten acre garden landscaped on different levels, comprises a series of distinctive smaller gardens, providing variety and interest throughout the season, and enhanced by flowing streams, fountains and ponds. There is a magical five acre bluebell wood and a colourful wildflower meadow at its best in June & July.
Elton Hall
Elton Hall stands in the midst of unspoilt landscaped parkland, on a site where these has been a house since the Norman Conquest.
Burghley House
Regarded by many as the finest Elizabethan House in England, Burghley House was built in the 16th Century by William Cecil, the first Lord Burghley. With its elaborate roofline of cupolas and obselick clock tower dominates arguably the grandest of all Elizabethan progidy houses. This stunning house has extensive grounds and sculpture park which are open to the public over the summer period and hosts "Burghley Horse Trails."
Designed in 1705 by Sir John Vanbrugh,
from Queen Anne and a grateful nation to the 1st Duke of Marlborough following the hugely significant Battle of Blenheim in 1704. Set in 2,100 acres of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown. IT is also the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.
Boughton House
Boughton House is the Northamptonshire home of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry.
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery
Fascinating footwear worn throughout the ages is just one of the many attractions in the museum.
Wicksteed Park
Wicksteed Park is situated in 147 acres of landscaped English countryside and offers the elements of a country and theme park in one.
Sywell Aviation Museum
Sywell Aviation Museum charts the history of the delightful Art Deco Sywell Aerodrome from 1928 to the present and aviation in Northamptonshire as a whole.
Activities HuntingdonGolf
Northamptonshire County (3m)
Bramton Heath (3m)
Castle Ashby (5m)Fishing
Ravensthorpe (3m)
Pitsford (5m)
Guilsborough (4m) Horse Riding
Brampton Stables (4m)Car Racing
SilverstoneHorse Racing