Salcey Forest

#3310 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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Salcey Forest is a fragment of a former medieval hunting forest east of the village of Hartwell, between Northampton and Newport Pagnell in Northamptonshire. It is managed by Forestry England and to promote biodiversity, and is also commercially exploited for timber products. The eastern third of the forest, an area of 159.6 hectares, is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. ()

Coordinates: 52°9'20"N, 0°49'43"W

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Salcey Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nene Whitewater Centre, Delapré Abbey, The Canal Museum, Cowper and Newton Museum.

5.3 miN
Kayak rentals, Kayaking, Rafting
Nene Whitewater Centre, Northampton
136 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.
5.4 miNW
Historical landmark
Delapré Abbey, Northampton
139 min walk • Delapré Abbey is an English neo-classical mansion in Northamptonshire. The mansion and outbuildings incorporate remains of a former monastery, the Abbey of St Mary de la Pré, near the River Nene 1 mile south south-east of Northampton.
3.8 miW
History museum, Historical place, Museum
The Canal Museum, Towcester
97 min walk • The Canal Museum, formerly known as the "National Waterways Museum 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.
5.4 miE
Museum, Specialty museum, Garden
Cowper and Newton Museum, Milton Keynes
138 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 miNW
52°13'12"N • 0°52'55"W
Delapre Golf Centre, Northampton
128 min walk • Golf, Outdoor activities
5.2 miE
Park
Emberton, Milton Keynes
132 min walk • Emberton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire in England. The village is near the borders with Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, just to the south of Olney and four miles north of Newport Pagnell.
2 miN
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Piddington Roman Villa
51 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.
4.3 miS
Forts and castles
Castlethorpe Castle
109 min walk • Castlethorpe Castle stood in the village of Castlethorpe, to the north of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. This was originally a motte and bailey castle with a timber structure built by Winemar, the Flemish Lord of Hanslope in the 11th or 12th Century.
5.6 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Grafton Way, Milton Keynes
143 min walk • The Grafton Way is a 13-mile footpath in Northamptonshire, England. It runs south east from Greens Norton to Cosgrove, where it meets the Knightley Way. It is named after the Dukes of Grafton, major land-owners in the area in the 18th and 19th centuries.
2.8 miN
Church
St Peter and St Paul's Church
71 min walk • St Peter and St Paul's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the hamlet of Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
4.3 miS
Church
Church of St Simon and St Jude, Milton Keynes
111 min walk • Church of St Simon and St Jude Church is a late 12th century parish church in Castlethorpe, Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It was formerly a chapelry of Hanslope. Of note is the Norman font with figures at the corners. It was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966.