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SEFUL NFORMATION WALKING YOUR WAY TO A U I TFC N ORTHAMPTONSHIRE ROUND EALTHY IFE TYLE Detailed individual village layouts and For further information or illustrated H L S facilities, as well as links with other talks email: [email protected] leisure routes and paths are available COUNTRYSIDE WALKS on: www.tenfootclub.org.uk It is possible to follow the N.R. using this Walking is set to play a bigger role in You may wish to join a local walking leaflet and the distinctive waymarkers AROUND THE TOWN OF creating a healthier nation. group, a list of groups can be obtained Short strolls and walking routes keep but we do recommend the use of the Described by health experts as ‘almost from Northamptonshire library service being added to the Northamptonshire appropriate Ordnance Survey map: NORTHAMPTON perfect exercise’, it is the ideal way for www.libraries.northamptonshire.gov.uk Round (N.R.) referred to as ‘petals’ Explorer 207, 223, 224. most people to become active. Seven or contact Natural England who are visit: www.tenfootclubwalks.org.uk out of ten people in this country are not promoting ‘Walking the way to Health’ physically active enough to benefit their www.whi.org.uk health. USEFUL CONTACT INFORMATION To report a problem or fault along the THE COUNTRYSIDE CODE Northamptonshire County Council public footpaths and Bridleways or this You could change your life style, and
Be safe - plan ahead and follow Customer Services route please report the issue to Street become healthier, by taking a brisk any signs. Tel: 01604 236236 Doctor on 0845 601 1113 (local rate walk with a friend or colleague, even
Leave gates and property as you www.northamptonshire.gov.uk number) or email: change the world socialising whilst find them. [email protected] enjoying the Northamptonshire
Protect plants and animals, and Northamptonshire Tourism Countryside. take your litter home. Information: PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES
Keep dogs under close control. www.letyourselfgrow.co.uk Traveline East Midlands No minimum distance is prescribed, just
Consider other people. Tel: 0871 200 2223 start with a distance you feel Brixworth Country Park www.travelineeastmidlands.org.uk comfortable with, this may be around Tel: 01604 883920 www.transportdirect.co.uk one of the villages described in this leaflet, you can then explore further as Sywell Country Park For the latest information about the your confidence grows. Tel: 01604 810970 Northamptonshire Round, village maps and walking section maps, visit: Forestry Commission Salcey Forest www.tenfootclub.org.uk Tel: 01780 444920 www.foresty.gov.uk/salceyforest Leave only footsteps TFC and a good impression THE TEN FOOT CLUB TFC N ORTHAMPTONSHIRE ROUND A F IFTY MILE COUNTRYSIDE WALK AROUND THE TOWN OF NORTHAMPTON

Brixworth Holcot Sywell Country Park St. Mary and All Saints Church. Probably founded Country Park in the 12th century. Contains 14th century wall Overlooking Pitsford Reservoir Run by Northamptonshire paintings. which is the base for County Council. Northampton Sailing Club. Good fishing available. Facilities include cycle hire.

Althorp House & Althorp Estate Mears Ashby Estate lands and woodlands are an attractive walking All Saints’ Church dates back to the 12th area. century. Wonderful location in the centre of the village. Mears Ashby Hall, parts built in Church Brampton the 16th century, an imposing building. The famous Northamptonshire County Golf Course adjoins this village.

Ecton St. Mary Magdalene. A large stone church built in the 13th century with an unusual tower.

Harpole All Saints’ Church with Harlestone parts dating back to the A village of two parts, upper and lower joined by lovely 12th century. parkland and the Harlestone Golf Course. Cogenhoe Mill A pleasant resting place in the Nene Valley, and a Salcey Forest haven for bird watchers, Castle Ashby Estate Run by the Forestry anglers and boating The house was built in the 15th Enterprise, an ancient enthusiasts. century and the gardens were woodland that can designed by Capability Brown. The be explored. Rangers gardens are open to the public. organise special events. J15A

Bugbrooke St. Michaels Church dating from the 13th century. Pleasant walks through the village following a Nene J15 tributary. Bugbrooke Mill A mill for over 1000 years and first mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Gayton An interesting village with many attractive buildings. Yardley Hastings Horton A delightful Northamptonshire village. St. Andrew’s Horton House has now been demolished but Church built in the 13th century. The remains of the interesting architectural features remain; manor house are close by. lodges, menagerie, the arches and the temple. Stoke Bruerne An attractive village with a Blisworth canal museum that welcomes canal enhusiasts and visitors. Ashton Situated at the northern end of Blisworth St. Michaels Church built in the 13th century and contains Canal Tunnel 1.5 miles long. Canal boat the earliest alabaster effigy in the county. base. . 9 0 0 AVAILABLE FACILITIES EY O ACILITIES EY O AP 2 K T F K T M d e h s i l BB ed & breakfast accommodation b AREA FACILITIES B u P . 7

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