Twywell is a Village in the county of Northamptonshire.

Twywell postcode: NN14 3AH

Retail in Twywell

There are great places to visit near Twywell including some great ruins, villages, castles, towns, woodlands, hiking areas, historic buildings, parks, country parks, lakes, bluebell woods, rivers and streams, gardens, nature reserves, historic monuments and museums.

There are a number of ruins near Twywell including Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

There are a number of villages near Twywell including Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

Places near Twywell feature a number of interesting castles including Lilbourne Castle.

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

Twywell has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Cotton Manor Garden.

Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Ravensthorpe Reservoir are some of Twywell best hiking areas to visit near Twywell.

The area around Twywell boasts some of the best historic buildings including Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton).

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

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

Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir are great places to visit near Twywell if you like lakes.

Places near Twywell feature a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cotton Manor Garden.

Twywell is near some unmissable rivers and streams like Northampton Marina,

Gardens to visit near Twywell include Cottesbrooke Hall.

Twywell has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

Wellingborough War Memorial is a great place to visit close to Twywell if you like historic monuments.

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

Twywell History

There are some historic monuments around Twywell:

• Geddington Bridge
• Barton Seagrave moats, fishponds and shrunken medieval village remains
• Lyveden New Building and garden
• A late 16th century house, gardens and dovecote, 300m west of Mill Farm
• Roman timber bridge over Harper Brook
• Roman villa
• Tithe barn
• Irthlingborough Bridge
• Market cross 44m north of the Town Hall
• Ditchford Bridge
• Bowl barrow 700m north of Woodford Mill
• Geddington Cross: Eleanor cross and conduit house
• Raunds bowl barrow
• Benefield Castle
• Market cross 8m west of the Market House
• Thorpe End Iron Age, Saxon and Medieval settlement
• Crow Hill Iron Age hillfort with associated Iron Age, Roman and Medieval settlements
• Upper Lyveden moated site
• A late Anglo-Saxon or early medieval fortified manorial complex to the west of Wadenhoe village, including part of an associated deer park.
• Roman town of Irchester and preceding Iron Age settlement; including remains of the medieval hamlet of Chester on the Water
• Irthlingborough bowl barrow, 760m west of Rutland Lodge
• Medieval Settlement of West Cotton
• Churchyard cross in St Mary the Virgin churchyard
• Saffron moat at Higham Ferrers
• Churchyard cross in St Peter's churchyard
• Mallows Cotton deserted medieval village
• Slipton Lodge moated site.
• Higham Ferrers Motte and Bailey Castle, with Ponds, Warren and Dovecote
• Medieval settlement remains at Woodford
• North Raunds Saxon and Medieval Settlement
• 'Chichele College': the remains of the medieval college of Higham Ferrers
• Remains of manor house and garden
• Three Hills round barrows