Northamptonshire Round
A 54-mile circular walk making a circuit of the town of Northampton through pretty villages and stunning countryside. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SP 753 695
Distance: 54 miles (87 km)
Time: 22–27 hours
Duration: 4–5 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
207 Newport Pagnell and Northampton South
223 Northampton, Market Harborough, Brixworth and Pitsford
224 Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and Rockingham Forest
Summary
The Northamptonshire Round is a 54-mile circular route taking in some of the prettiest villages and countryside around the town of Northampton. The walk officially starts at Brixworth Country Park and, when followed in an anti-clockwise direction (as provided in the accompanying route files), visits Church Brampton, Harlestone, Harpole, Bugbrooke, Gayton, Blisworth, Shutlanger, Ashton, Salcey Forest, Piddington, Horton, Yardley Hastings, Chadstone, Cogenhoe, Ecton, Mears Ashby, Holcot, and Pitsford Water before finishing back at Brixworth Country Park.