Maidford is a Village in the county of Northamptonshire.

Retail in Maidford

There are great places to visit near Maidford 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.

There are a number of ruins near Maidford including Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

Maidford has some unmissable villages nearby like Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

The area around Maidford's best castles can be found at Lilbourne Castle.

Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston are great places to visit near Maidford if you like towns.

There are a number of woodlands near Maidford including Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.

Maidford has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

Don't miss Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton)'s historic buildings if visiting the area around Maidford.

Maidford's best nearby parks can be found at Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park are some of Maidford best country parks to visit near Maidford.

Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir are great places to visit near Maidford if you like lakes.

Coton Manor Garden is one of Maidford's best, nearby bluebell woods to visit in Maidford.

Northampton Marina is one of Maidford's best, nearby rivers and streams to visit in Maidford.

The area around Maidford's best gardens can be found at Cottesbrooke Hall.

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

Maidford has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

Wellingborough War Memorial is a great place to visit close to Maidford if you like historic monuments.

Places near Maidford feature a number of interesting museums including Rushden Museum.

Maidford History

There are some historic monuments around Maidford:

• Castle Hill ringwork, Weedon Lois
• Castle Dykes motte and bailey castle
• Old Mountains moat, fishpond and warren
• Borough Hill: two Iron Age hillforts and a defended enclosure, two Bronze Age barrows, a Roman building complex and barrow cemetery
• Remains of a moated monastic retreat house, manorial courthouse and inn
• Astwell Castle Farm (uninhabited portions)
• The Castle ringwork, Berry Hill
• 'Burnt Walls' earthworks
• Canons Ashby: the remains of a medieval monastery, castle, settlement and fields, post-medieval houses, gardens and park, and a series of five dams
• Site of medieval village of Stutchbury
• Muscott deserted medieval village and double moated site
• Preston Capes motte and bailey castle
• Windmill Pool moated site and associated water control features
• Univallate hillfort 250m south and a bowl barrow 300m south east of Castle Dykes Farm
• Everdon Bridge
• Dower House, Fawsley Park
• Castle Hill ringwork west of St James's Church
• Site of the medieval settlement of Kirby
• Earthworks
• Sulgrave bowl barrow