Top Things to do in Northamptonshire
Top Hotels in Northamptonshire
- 1. Mercure Daventry Court Hotel
- 2. Premier Inn Northampton Town Centre hotel
- 3. Kettering Park Hotel & Spa
- 4. Hopping Hare
- 5. The Saracens Head Hotel
- 6. Park Inn by Radisson Northampton Town Centre
- 7. Ibis Hotel Northampton Centre
- 8. Premier Inn Kettering hotel
- 9. The Poplars Hotel
- 10. Fawsley Hall Hotel & Spa
10 Monuments & Statues in Northamptonshire That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom including The Montagu Monuments, RAF Grafton Underwood Memorial, The Sundew Sculpture, Denford War Memorial, Steelmen Memorial Statue, Naseby War Memorial, Eleanor Cross, RAF Harrington War Memorial, RAF Deenethorpe War Memorial, Kettering Cenotaph.
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1. The Montagu Monuments
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5.0 based on 20 reviews
Members of the Montagu Family were buried, and often commemorated by contemporary monuments, in churches in two of the villages on the Boughton Estate. With Saxon origins and Norman remains, St Edmund's Church in the village of Warkton, to the south of Boughton House, is distinguished by its Chancel, containing an exceptional grouping of four world class monuments to the last three generations of the Montagu family of Boughton. It was designed and built, in 1751, by Louis Francois Roubiliac, the greatest sculptor active in England in the 18th century, to house his individual monuments to John, Duke of Montagu and his Duchess wife, Mary. The two other niches were subsequently filled by monuments to John and Mary's daughter and granddaughter. In 2014 - 2015 the Montagu Monuments Conservation Project undertook major works to all four of the principal monuments in St Edmund's church, Warkton, to secure and protect them from damage caused, possibly, by over zealous cleaning in the past and by environmental issues, including pollution and high humidity levels. These monuments have now been secured and restored to their former glory.
2. RAF Grafton Underwood Memorial
3. The Sundew Sculpture
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
4. Denford War Memorial
5. Steelmen Memorial Statue
6. Naseby War Memorial
7. Eleanor Cross
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4.5 based on 61 reviews
Reviewed By 487malcolmj
Geddington village is worth a visit for many reasons but it is also unique in having the only triangular-section Queen Eleanor Cross of the 12 or so erected in the 1290s (nearby Hardingstone Cross on the southern side of Northampton and Waltham Cross are the other sole survivors). The quality of the stone carving at Geddington is outstanding and much of the detail remains sharp after over 700 years exposure to the elements! Historians debate the stylistic forms of the carvings and they may or may not be Spanish or English Gothic in origin but this is all a bit academic really. Go visit and spend a quiet 30 minutes or so in the centre of a virtually unspoilt English village with a rich heritage. St Mary Magdalene church, The Star Inn and the medieval bridge over the River Ise (with adjacent ford) are also worth visiting as you wander around. NB. Check SatNav for Geddington location as village now off main road but approx. mid-way between towns of Kettering and Corby.
8. RAF Harrington War Memorial
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4.5 based on 5 reviews
9. RAF Deenethorpe War Memorial
10. Kettering Cenotaph
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