Museums · East Midlands
Northamptonshire
In or near Overstone.
Northamptonshire — a museum in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
Humphrey Bolton — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Wellingborough · 8.4 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Northamptonshire is a museum in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom, listed in the Wikipedia register of British heritage and tourism sites. See the linked Wikipedia article for full details.
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Official information
West Northamptonshire offers a variety of parks and open spaces for residents and visitors to enjoy. The area hosts events and activities, including sports roadshows and community conversations about social care.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
Place summary
Northamptonshire is a museum located in the West Midlands. It showcases the region's rich history and culture, featuring a variety of exhibits that reflect its heritage. The museum is an important resource for understanding the local community and its developments over time.
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Background
History
Much of Northamptonshire's countryside appears to have remained somewhat intractable as regards early human occupation, resulting in an apparently sparse population and relatively few finds from the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. In about 500 BC the Iron Age was introduced into the area by a continental people in the form of the Hallstatt culture, and over the next century a series of hill-forts were constructed at Arbury Banks (Arbury Camp), Rainsborough camp, Borough Hill, Castle Dykes, Guilsborough, Irthlingborough, and most notably of all, Hunsbury Hill. There are two more possible hill-forts at Arbury Hill (Badby) and Thenford. In the 1st century BC, most of what later…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.3000, -0.8000
- District
- North Northamptonshire
- Parish
- Sywell
- Postcode
- NN6 0FJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Daventry
- Nearest railway station
- Wellingborough — 8.4 km
- Official site
- westnorthants.gov.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Northamptonshire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Villages · 0.2 km
Sywell
Museums · 0.7 km
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Mears Ashby
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Overstone Park School
Parks · 2.3 km
Sywell Reservoir
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Ecton Hill
Mountains & hills · 2.7 km
Billing Hill
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Holcot War Memorial
Memorials & monuments · 3.4 km
Holcot
Villages · 3.4 km
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Northamptonshire?
- Northamptonshire is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode NN6 0FJ), in the parish of Sywell.
- What is Northamptonshire?
- Northamptonshire — a museum in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Northamptonshire?
- The nearest railway station is Wellingborough, about 8.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode NN6 0FJ.
- Is Northamptonshire a protected site?
- Yes — Northamptonshire is part of the Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Northamptonshire?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NN6 0FJ. It sits within the Daventry parliamentary constituency.