Hackleton is a Village in the county of Northamptonshire.

Hackleton postcode: NN7 2AD

Retail in Hackleton

There are great places to visit near Hackleton including some great ruins, villages, castles, towns, woodlands, hiking areas, historic buildings, parks, country parks, lakes, bluebell woods, rivers and streams, gardens, disused railway lines, nature reserves, historic monuments and museums.

The area around Hackleton features a number of interesting ruins including Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

Hackleton's best nearby villages can be found at Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle are great places to visit near Hackleton if you like castles.

Hackleton's best nearby towns can be found at Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

There are a several good woodlands in the Hackleton area like Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.

Hackleton's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Hackleton area like Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton).

There are a several good parks in the Hackleton area like Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

Hackleton's best nearby country parks can be found at Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

There are a several good lakes in the Hackleton area like Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the area around Hackleton like Coton Manor Garden.

The area around Hackleton's best rivers and streams can be found at Northampton Marina.

There are a number of gardens near to Hackleton including Cottesbrooke Hall.

Brampton Valley Way at Northampton is one of Hackleton's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Hackleton.

Hackleton's best nearby nature reserves can be found at Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Hackleton like Wellingborough War Memorial.

The area close to Hackleton boasts some of the best museums including Rushden Museum.

Hackleton History

There are some historic monuments around Hackleton:

• Boughton bowl barrow
• Roman villa SE of Stokegap Lodge
• Northampton Castle, remains of
• Castlethorpe Castle: a motte and bailey, possible ringwork and associated earthworks 200m south-east of Castlethorpe Lodge
• Saxon palace complex and Saxon and medieval urban deposits in the centre of Northampton
• Old St John's Church
• Clifford Hill motte castle
• The Mount ringwork at Alderton
• Group of ring ditches and enclosures at Tyringham
• Tyringham Bridge
• Eleanor Cross 1km south west of Delapre Abbey
• Romano-British settlement and pottery kilns W of Ecton North Lodge
• Moor End Castle moated site and fish pond
• Roman villa 200m W of Doddington Mill
• Moated site and fishponds 280m south-east of St Lawrence's Church
• Ravenstone Priory, moats and fishponds
• Ashton Manor moated site
• Place House moat and fishpond
• Civil War defences in Bury Field
• Bowl barrow 530m north east of Rose Farm
• Moated site 70m south of Long Plantation, Hanslope Park
• Earls Barton motte castle
• Settlement remains of the medieval village of Horton, to the east and south of the church, including possible C18 militia works..