Forty Acre Spinney

Forty Acre Spinney is a forest in Rushton, Kettering District, England. Forty Acre Spinney is situated nearby to the village Rushton, as well as near the hamlet Pipewell.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rushton Triangular Lodge and King’s Wood.

Rushton Triangular Lodge

Castle

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The Triangular Lodge is a folly, designed by Sir Thomas Tresham and constructed between 1593 and 1597 near Rushton, Northamptonshire, England. It is now in the care of English Heritage.

King’s Wood

Nature reserve

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King's Wood is a 31.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Corby in Northamptonshire. It managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corby and Kettering.

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.

Kettering

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Kettering is a town of 60,749 people in north Northamptonshire. Kettering owes much of its heritage and growth to the arrival of the railway during the mid-1800s.

Rothwell

Town

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Rothwell is a market town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. It is situated 4 miles northwest of Kettering, 7 miles southeast of Market Harborough, and 8 miles southwest of Corby.