The Plens, Kettering
#11 among attractions in Kettering
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Facts and practical information
The Plens is a 5 hectare nature reserve in Desborough in Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. ()
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The Plens – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Market Harborough Library, Rushton Triangular Lodge, St Mary the Virgin, St Mary in Arden Church.
5.1 miNWLibraryMarket Harborough Library, Market Harborough
130 min walk • Market Harborough Town Hall is an historic building in the High Street in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. The building, which originally contained assembly rooms on the upper floors that have subsequently been converted for commercial use, is a Grade II listed building.
1.4 miEHistorical place, Vernacular architecture, Forts and castlesRushton Triangular Lodge, Kettering
37 min walk • The Triangular Lodge is a folly, designed by Sir Thomas Tresham and constructed between 1593 and 1597 near Rushton, Northamptonshire, England. It is now in the care of English Heritage. The stone used for the construction was alternating bands of dark and light limestone.
4.5 miNChurchSt Mary the Virgin, Kettering
116 min walk • The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a church in Ashley, Northamptonshire.
4.8 miNWChurchSt Mary in Arden Church, Market Harborough
122 min walk • St Mary in Arden Church is a ruined church on Bowden Road in Market Harborough, England. Although it was established before the 13th century, the Grade II listed remains are part of the later 17th-century church built on the same site.
2.6 miNWChurchSt. Mary the Virgin Church, Kettering
66 min walk • St. Mary the Virgin is the local Church of England parish church for Brampton Ash, Northamptonshire. Sitting in the Diocese of Peterborough, the ironstone church boasts fine carvings of lions.
4.6 miWChurch, Bars and clubs, NightlifeSt Helen's
116 min walk • St Helen's Church is an Anglican Church and the parish church of Oxendon. It is a Grade II* listed building and stands on the west side of Harborough Road, to the north of the village of Great Oxendon.
3.8 miNE 5 miSEChurchSt Peter and St Paul's Church, Kettering
127 min walk • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Kettering is a Church of England parish church in Kettering, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
5.1 miNWChurchSt Dionysius' Church, Market Harborough
131 min walk • St Dionysius' Church, Market Harborough is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
5 miSELibraryKettering Library, Kettering
127 min walk • Kettering Borough Council was a local authority in Kettering Borough, composed of 36 local councillors and most recently controlled by the Conservatives, who controlled the Council since the 2003 local elections, where they gained control from Labour with a majority of 15.
4.7 miSHistorical place, Architecture, ParkCransley Hall, Kettering
120 min walk • Cransley Hall is a Grade II* listed country manor house in the village of Great Cransley, near Kettering in Northamptonshire. It is set in its own grounds which include a lake created by monks in the fifteenth century.