Woodford Halse is a Village in the county of Northamptonshire.

Woodford Halse postcode: NN11 3NS

Retail in Woodford Halse

There are great places to visit near Woodford Halse 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.

Don't miss Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin)'s ruins if visiting the area around Woodford Halse.

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

Castles to visit near Woodford Halse include Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle.

Towns to visit near Woodford Halse include Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

Woodlands to visit near Woodford Halse include Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Woodford Halse area like Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

There are a number of historic buildings near Woodford Halse including 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 Woodford Halse area like Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

The area around Woodford Halse features a number of interesting country parks including Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

Woodford Halse's best nearby lakes can be found at Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir.

The area around Woodford Halse's best bluebell woods can be found at Coton Manor Garden.

There are a number of rivers and streams near to Woodford Halse including Northampton Marina.

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

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

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

There are a number of historic monuments near to Woodford Halse including Wellingborough War Memorial.

There are a number of museums near to Woodford Halse including Rushden Museum.

Woodford Halse History

There are some historic monuments around Woodford Halse:

• Arbury Banks
• Remains of a moated monastic retreat house, manorial courthouse and inn
• Medieval settlement immediately north and 170m south of St John the Baptist's Church, Lower Shuckburgh
• Canons Ashby: the remains of a medieval monastery, castle, settlement and fields, post-medieval houses, gardens and park, and a series of five dams
• Lower Thorpe bowl barrow
• Castle Hill ringwork west of St James's Church
• Byfield market cross
• Castle Hill ringwork, Weedon Lois
• Roman villa
• Astwell Castle Farm (uninhabited portions)
• Preston Capes motte and bailey castle
• 'Burnt Walls' earthworks
• Everdon Bridge
• Site of the medieval village, Cistercian Priory and post-Dissolution house and gardens of Lower Catesby, with associated ridge and furrow
• Upper Shuckburgh medieval settlement to the south and east of Shuckburgh Park
• Medieval settlement remains at Flecknoe
• Site of medieval village of Stutchbury
• Charwelton Bridge
• The Castle ringwork, Berry Hill
• Dower House, Fawsley Park
• Borough Hill: two Iron Age hillforts and a defended enclosure, two Bronze Age barrows, a Roman building complex and barrow cemetery
• Market cross 45m north of church
• Sulgrave bowl barrow