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Walk distances in Km Badby to Newnham 2.2 km Newnham to Little Everdon 2.6 km Little Everdon to Weedon 4.1 km Weedon to Flore 2.5 km Flore to Nether Heyford 2.7 km Nether Heyford to Kislingbury 4.3 km All distances are approximate Key of Services Pub Telephone Nene Way Towns and Villages Church Toilets Rivers and Forests and Streams Woodland Post Office Places of Roads Lakes and Historical Interest Reservoirs National Cycle Chemist Park Motorways Network Route 6 Nene Way Shopping Parking A ‘A’ Roads Regional Route 71 This Information can be provided in other languages and formats upon Badby to Kislingbury request, such as large Print, Braille and CD. Contact 01604 236236 Transport & Highways, Northamptonshire County Council, 18.4kms/11.4miles Riverside House, Bedford Road, Northampton NN1 5NX. Telephone: 01604 236236. Email: [email protected] For more information on where to stay and sightseeing please visit www.letyourselfgrow.com © RNRP This leaflet was part funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, for more information please visit www.naturalengland.org.uk Thanks to RNRP for use of photography www.riverneneregionalpark.org All photographs copyright © of Northamptonshire County Council unless stated. Published March 2010 egin your journey of the Nene Way at one breakfast using local produce for you to enjoy. of the sources of the River Nene, which is B From there, head to the village of Flore, known for one mile west of Badby. For a relaxing start its American historical connections, as the parents to your weekend break, Meadows Farm at of John Adams, the second American president Badby provides the ideal opportunity for an hailed from the village of Flore as well as the overnight stay in a converted stone barn, grandparents of John Quincy, the sixth President of which commands superb views of the rolling America. countryside. A leisurely drink and bite to eat can be found at The Maltsters Country Inn For a refreshing where a large selection of lunchtime and drink, The Wharf Inn, evening meals are available. Bugbrooke is ideally located beside the Alternatively you can begin the walk in the Grand Union Canal, ancient woodland just outside the village of which is well used Badby, famous for its vivid bluebells, which by leisure boaters. carpet the ground between May and June every year. The natural beauty of the Take the opportunity woodland scene provides the perfect setting for relaxation and escape from the to sample some stresses of everyday life. If you can pull yourself away from the calming atmosphere, Northamptonshire the country lane towards Newnham gives you plenty of stunning views of the produced beers, Northamptonshire countryside. As you walk down Manor Lane, you can wander including the local into the unique Newnham Nuttery one of the few hazelnut orchards in the county. “Frog Island”. Continue along the route leading to the peaceful village of Everdon, where you will find Threeways House a comfortable bed and breakfast offering a full English Broad Meadow is crossed by the Nene Way, a footpath from Upper Heyford, and a new 400m walk has been created alongside the meadow and the River Nene to join a byway from Upper Heyford and the road to Nether Heyford This type of wet, species rich grassland, a Northants Biodiversity Action Plan habitat, has dramatically reduced in the last 100 years with over 95% being lost nationally. In Northamptonshire only approximately 60 hectares remain and much of that has suffered some from agricultural improvement. In April 2008 the site was sown with a range of native species such as meadow foxtail, sweet vernal grass, common knapweed, meadowsweet, yellow rattle and great burnet. A new hedge divided the site along an old boundary, and the meadows are now at their best with a range of native wildflowers and grasses in flower for the first time in nearly 40 years. For more information please visit www.rnrp.org If you enjoyed this section why not download our other popular local circular routes for Badby, Newnham and Everdon and Byfield and Boddington Reservoir. © RNRP Thornhaugh A47 A47 Wansford Ailsworth A1 Stibbington Old Sulehay Forest Castor Stibbington House Nene lleyVa Railwa y Yarwell Wansford Railway Station Yarwell Mill Yarwell Junction Station Nassington Newton Elton Elton Hall Fotheringhay Elton Park A605 Castle Eaglethorpe Tansor Warmington Cotterstock Tansor Grange A605 Roman Road OUNDLE Ashton A427 Manor House Weir Weir Barnwell Polebrook Country Park Hall Barnwell Manor House A605 Pilton Hall Norman Road The Linches Barnwell Lodge Farm Wadenhoe Mill Achurch Sudborough Aldwincle Thorpe Waterville Marina Titchmarsh A6116 LNR Harpers Brook A605 Titchmarsh Mill Slipton Islip THRAPSTON Twywell A14 A14 Woodwell Woodford Weir A45 Denford Keyston Great Addington Ringstead Kinewell Lake Little A45 Addington Hill Farm Estate RAUNDS Stanwick Lakes A6 A45 Stanwick IRTHLINGBOROUGH A6 Ditchford Bridge WELLINGBOROUGH HIGHAM FERRERS 14 Arches Weir Viaduct A45 Wellingborough Embankment Mears Ashby Town End ROUTE Farm RUSHDEN SPLITS Chester A45 House Little Irchester Irchester Country Park Wilby A46 A45 Little Great Hard Water Wymington Doddington Mill Irchester A509 Wymington Summer Leys LNR Badby to Kislingbury 18.4kms/11.4miles Bridge Ecton Earls Barton A45 Wollaston Podington A45 Grand Union Canal Weir Abington Hinwick NORTHAMPTON Riverside Retail Park Cogenhoe Billing Castle Aquadrome Ashby Newnham A508 Whiston Hall A45 M1 Cogenhoe Mill A45 Dodford Harpole Clifford Holiday Park Hill A45 The Washlands Newnham Upton Carlberg Flood Storage Reservoir Lodge Brewery Flore A45 Beckett’s Little Newnham House Weedon Park Houghton Bec Broad Meadow Upper Duston Mill Weir Newnham Reservoir Heyford A428 Newnham Kislingbury LowerWeedon Lodge Great A508 Bugbrooke Far Hotel Houghton Badby Everdon Upper Weedon Nether Mill M1 Cotton Hall Heyford A5 Brackmills Badby Wood Little A45 Everdon Hardingstone Church G r Stowe a n d U Everdon n Wootton io n Bugbrooke C a n a l Upper Stowe Countryside Code The Countryside is a living, working environment, so please respect, protect and enjoy the countryside by: • Be safe - plan ahead and follow any signs • Leave gates and property as you find them • Protect plants and animals, and take your litter home • Keep dogs under close control This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of • Consider other people Ordnance Survey on behalf the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office Crown www.naturalengland.org.uk for more information Copyright. 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