Quinton is a Village in the county of Northamptonshire.

Retail in Quinton

There are great places to visit near Quinton 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 some of Quinton best ruins to visit near Quinton.

Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton are some of Quinton best villages to visit near Quinton.

Quinton has some unmissable castles nearby like Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle.

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

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

Hiking Areas to visit near Quinton include Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton) are great places to visit near Quinton if you like historic buildings.

Parks to visit near Quinton include Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

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

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

Quinton is near some unmissable bluebell woods like Coton Manor Garden,

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

Places near Quinton feature a number of interesting gardens including Cottesbrooke Hall.

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Quinton include Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

There are a several good nature reserves in the Quinton area like Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

The area close to Quinton boasts some of the best historic monuments including Wellingborough War Memorial.

Don't miss Rushden Museum's museums if visiting the area around Quinton.

Quinton History

There are some historic monuments around Quinton:

• Moor End Castle moated site and fish pond
• Upton medieval village and C17 garden earthworks
• Northampton Castle, remains of
• Settlement remains of the medieval village of Horton, to the east and south of the church, including possible C18 militia works..
• Settlement site 330yds (300m) N of mill
• Upton bowl barrow
• Saxon palace complex and Saxon and medieval urban deposits in the centre of Northampton
• Romano-British settlement and pottery kilns W of Ecton North Lodge
• The Berry ringwork
• Motte NW of the parish church
• Ashton Manor moated site
• The Mount ringwork at Alderton
• Clifford Hill motte castle
• Bowl barrow 530m north east of Rose Farm
• Castlethorpe Castle: a motte and bailey, possible ringwork and associated earthworks 200m south-east of Castlethorpe Lodge
• Churchyard cross base in St Michael's churchyard
• Roman villa SE of Stokegap Lodge
• Multivallate hillfort at Hunsbury Hill
• Churchyard cross base in St John the Baptist's churchyard
• Eleanor Cross 1km south west of Delapre Abbey
• Moated site 70m south of Long Plantation, Hanslope Park