Badby Plantation

Badby Plantation is a forest in Badby, Daventry District, England. Badby Plantation is situated near the village Fawsley, as well as near Catesby.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Arbury Hill and Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fawsley.

Arbury Hill

Peak

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Arbury Hill, at 225 m, is the joint highest point in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is 9 km southwest of the town of Daventry. The slopes of Arbury Hill are a drainage divide between three major river catchment areas, with the Nene to the north, east and south, the Cherwell to the south-west and the Leam to the west and north-west.

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fawsley

Church

Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England. It serves the parish of Fawsley under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Peterborough.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

Church

Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Daventry and Catesby.

Daventry

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Daventry is a market town and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, close to Northamptonshire's border with Warwickshire. At the 2021 Census, Daventry had a population of 28,123, making it the sixth-largest town in Northamptonshire.

Catesby

Village

Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Catesby is a civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. There are two hamlets, Lower Catesby and Upper Catesby, each of which is a shrunken village.

Hinton

Village

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Hinton is a village about 6.5 miles south of Daventry in Northamptonshire. The village is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Woodford cum Membris, the others being the village of Woodford Halse and hamlet of West Farndon.

Badby Plantation

Type: Forest
Location: Badby, Daventry District, West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.2206° or 52° 13′ 14″ north

Longitude

-1.1907° or 1° 11′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C4W6RC5+6P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 30669996

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Badby and Fawsley.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Badby Down and Badby School.

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