Potterspury is a Village in the county of Northamptonshire.

Retail in Potterspury

There are great places to visit near Potterspury 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.

Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin) are great places to visit near Potterspury if you like ruins.

Villages to visit near Potterspury include Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle are some of Potterspury best castles to visit near Potterspury.

The area around Potterspury features a number of interesting towns including Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden are some of Potterspury best woodlands to visit near Potterspury.

Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton are great places to visit near Potterspury if you like hiking areas.

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 Potterspury.

Don't miss Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park's parks if visiting the area around Potterspury.

Potterspury has some unmissable country parks nearby like Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

There are a number of lakes near Potterspury including Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir.

Places near Potterspury feature a number of interesting bluebell woods including Coton Manor Garden.

Don't miss Northampton Marina's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Potterspury.

Don't miss Cottesbrooke Hall's gardens if visiting the area around Potterspury.

There are a number of disused railway lines near to Potterspury including Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

The area around Potterspury boasts some of the best nature reserves including Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

Wellingborough War Memorial is one of Potterspury's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Potterspury.

Rushden Museum is one of Potterspury's best, nearby museums to visit in Potterspury.

Potterspury History

There are some historic monuments around Potterspury:

• Roman villa SE of Cosgrove Hall
• Moor End Castle moated site and fish pond
• Wolverton iron trunk aqueduct
• Ashton Manor moated site
• Motte and bailey castle, deserted village and monastic grange at Old Wolverton
• Churchyard cross base in St John the Baptist's churchyard
• The Grove Close moated site.
• The Mount ringwork at Alderton
• Settlement remains of the medieval village of Horton, to the east and south of the church, including possible C18 militia works..
• A bowl barrow on Church Hill 200m south of church
• Bank of Roman town 550ft (170m) in length N of Brackley Road and W of High Street
• Snelshall Benedictine Priory: a moated priory site and fishponds north of Briary Plantation
• Two Roman barrows 200m ENE of Thornborough Bridge
• Motte NW of the parish church
• Remains of the church and churchyard of St Mary Magdalen
• Bury Mount motte castle
• A medieval manorial complex comprising a twin moated site, fishpond and associated earthworks 750m west of St Mary's Church
• Castlethorpe Castle: a motte and bailey, possible ringwork and associated earthworks 200m south-east of Castlethorpe Lodge
• Moated site 70m south of Long Plantation, Hanslope Park
• Roman villa SE of Stokegap Lodge
• A slight univallate hillfort 600m south east of Home Farm
• Thornborough Bridge