Hardingstone is a Village in the county of Northamptonshire.

Retail in Hardingstone

There are great places to visit near Hardingstone 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.

The area around Hardingstone boasts some of the best ruins including Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

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

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

The area around Hardingstone boasts some of the best towns including Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden are great places to visit near Hardingstone if you like woodlands.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Hardingstone area 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 Hardingstone.

The area around Hardingstone boasts some of the best parks including Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

There are a several good country parks in the Hardingstone area like Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

Hardingstone has some unmissable lakes nearby like Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir.

Coton Manor Garden is a great place to visit close to Hardingstone if you like bluebell woods.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Hardingstone include Northampton Marina.

Cottesbrooke Hall is one of Hardingstone's best, nearby gardens to visit in Hardingstone.

The area around Hardingstone's best disused railway lines can be found at Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

There are a number of nature reserves near Hardingstone including Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

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

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

Hardingstone History

There are some historic monuments around Hardingstone:

• Saxon palace complex and Saxon and medieval urban deposits in the centre of Northampton
• Settlement remains of the medieval village of Horton, to the east and south of the church, including possible C18 militia works..
• Boughton bowl barrow
• Upton medieval village and C17 garden earthworks
• Eleanor Cross 1km south west of Delapre Abbey
• Northampton Castle, remains of
• Motte NW of the parish church
• Settlement site 330yds (300m) N of mill
• Multivallate hillfort at Hunsbury Hill
• Roman villa SE of Stokegap Lodge
• Old St John's Church
• Churchyard cross base in St John the Baptist's churchyard
• Ashton Manor moated site
• Clifford Hill motte castle
• Longmans Hill long barrow
• Churchyard cross base in St Michael's churchyard
• Romano-British settlement and pottery kilns W of Ecton North Lodge
• The Berry ringwork
• The Mount ringwork at Alderton
• Upton bowl barrow