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.

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

There are a several good villages in the Hackleton area like Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

Don't miss Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle's castles if visiting the area around Hackleton.

Hackleton has some unmissable towns nearby like 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.

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

There are a number of historic buildings near Hackleton including Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton).

Hackleton has some unmissable parks nearby like Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

The area around Hackleton boasts some of the best country parks including Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

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

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

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

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

Brampton Valley Way at Northampton is a great place to visit close to Hackleton if you like disused railway lines.

Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve are some of Hackleton best nature reserves to visit near Hackleton.

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

Museums to visit near Hackleton include Rushden Museum.

Hackleton History

There are some historic monuments around Hackleton:

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