Castle Ashby House

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Castle Ashby House is a country house at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, England. It is one of the seats of the Marquess of Northampton. The house, church, formal gardens and landscaped park are Grade I listed. ()

Coordinates: 52°13'29"N, 0°44'18"W

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Castle Ashby House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nene Whitewater Centre, Billing Aquadrome, All Saints' Church, Cowper and Newton Museum.

5.4 miW
Kayak rentals, Kayaking, Rafting
Nene Whitewater Centre, Northampton
139 min walk • The Nene Whitewater Centre was the UK's first pumped artificial whitewater course. It is located on the River Nene in Northampton. The 300m course was designed by slalom designers, Proper Channels Ltd and built in 1999 by Wrekin Construction. Water can be partially diverted around a weir via an automatically controlled sluice gate.
3.4 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Theme park
Billing Aquadrome
88 min walk • Nestled in the picturesque Northamptonshire countryside, Billing Aquadrome is a premier leisure resort renowned for its extensive range of outdoor sports and family activities. Spanning over 235 acres of lush parkland, this sport venue offers a unique getaway...
2.9 miN
Church, Romanesque architecture, Architecture
All Saints' Church, Northampton
75 min walk • All Saints' Church, Earls Barton is a noted Anglo-Saxon Church of England parish church in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire. It is estimated that the building dates from the later tenth century, shortly after Danish raids on England.
5.2 miS
Museum, Specialty museum, Garden
Cowper and Newton Museum, Milton Keynes
134 min walk • The Cowper and Newton Museum is a museum in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, in the Borough of Milton Keynes. Celebrating the work and lives of two famous local residents: William Cowper a celebrated 18th-century poet; and John Newton, a prominent slave trader who was curate in the local church.
5.5 miW
Museum, Park, Lake
Abington Park, Northampton
140 min walk • Abington Park, in the Abington district of Northampton, has lakes, aviaries, and a museum, as well as trees and grassy open spaces.
4.3 miNW
Park
Sywell Country Park
110 min walk • Sywell Country Park exists on the site of a former drinking water reservoir near the village of Sywell in East Northamptonshire, England. The reservoir was built at the turn of the 20th century to supply water to the Higham Ferrers and Rushden areas.
5 miNE
Museum
Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Wellingborough
127 min walk • The Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum is a small railway museum and metre gauge railway near Irchester, in the Wellingborough district of Northamptonshire, England.
3.1 miNE
Park
Summer Leys
80 min walk • Summer Leys is a local nature reserve at Wollaston in the Upper Nene Valley, in Northamptonshire, England. It is owned by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
5.5 miN
City hall
Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough
142 min walk • Croyland Abbey is a Grade II-listed manor house, in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
4.7 miNW
Park
Lings Wood Nature Reserve, Northampton
120 min walk • Lings Wood is a 20.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in eastern Northampton. It is owned by Northampton Borough Council and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
4.6 miSW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Piddington Roman Villa
118 min walk • Piddington Roman Villa is the remains of a large Roman villa at Piddington, Northamptonshire, about 6 miles south-east of Northampton, a county in the East Midlands of England.