Rockingham Forest
Rockingham Forest is a former royal hunting forest primarily located in the English county of Northamptonshire, with a small section extending into neighbouring Cambridgeshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary Magdalene, Geddington and Newton Field Centre.
St Mary Magdalene, Geddington
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary Magdalene is a Church of England church in Geddington, Northamptonshire, England. It is a grade I listed building. In 2017 it was wrongly thought to be the Shrine of Hagius until the belief was found to be based on an error in transcription.
Newton Field Centre
Community center
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newton Field Centre is a community center, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Rockingham Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Geddington and Newton.
Geddington
Village
Geddington is a village and civil parish on the A4300, previously A43, in North Northamptonshire between Kettering and Corby. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,503, virtually unchanged from 1,504 at the 2001 census.
Newton
Village
Photo: John Stolarski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newton, sometimes called Newton in the Willows, is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton and Little Oakley, in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. Newton is situated 1½ miles west of Rockingham Forest.
Corby
Photo: Tom walker, CC BY 3.0.
Corby is a town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, 23 miles northeast of Northampton. In 2021 it had a population of 68,164. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of Corby; at the 2021 Census, the former borough had a population of 75,571.
Rockingham Forest
- Type: Area
- Description: forest in Northamptonshire, England, UK
- Category: royal forest
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Russian—“Rockingham Forest” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ロッキンガムの森”
- Russian: “Рокингемский лес”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Little Oakley and Stanion.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Boughton Park and Corby railway station.
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