The Plens, Kettering

Name: The Plens
Address: Pipewell Road, Desborough, Kettering, United Kingdom

#11 among attractions in Kettering

Nature and wildlife, Forest, Relax in park, Park

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The Plens is a 5 hectare nature reserve in Desborough in Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. ()

Elevation: 446 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°26'49"N, 0°48'40"W

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Pipewell Road, DesboroughKettering United Kingdom

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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 miNW
Library
Market 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 miE
Historical place, Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles
Rushton 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 miN
Church
St Mary the Virgin, Kettering
116 min walk • The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a church in Ashley, Northamptonshire.
4.8 miNW
Church
St 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 miNW
Church
St. 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 miW
Church, Bars and clubs, Nightlife
St 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
52°29'49"N • 0°46'15"W
East Carlton Country Park, Corby
98 min walk • Nature and wildlife, Park
5 miSE
Church
St 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 miNW
Church
St 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 miSE
Library
Kettering 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 miS
Historical place, Architecture, Park
Cransley 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.