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

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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 Castor

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