Northamptonshire
Promoted Routes
Route Location Length
The Midshires Way Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, (Derbyshire) 225 miles 360km
Lower Boddington and Cropredy Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, (near Warwickshire border) 16 miles 26km
Clifton Reynes to Harrold Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire 20 miles 31km
Shuckburgh Park Warwickshire, Northamptonshire 13 miles 21km
The Arlingworth Loops Northamptonshire 7 miles 11km
Welford and Hothorpe Hills Northamptonshire 17 miles 27km
Cottesbroke Park Northamptonshire 12 miles 19km
Hemplow Hills Northamptonshire 14 miles 23km
Lamport & Cottesbrooke Hall Estates Northamptonshire 14 miles 23km
Chapel Brampton & Holdenby Northamptonshire 9 miles 14km
Woodland Ride - Harlestone & Dallington Heaths Northamptonshire 9 miles 14km
Harpole, Nobottle & Harlestone Northamptonshire 7 miles 11km
Claycoton, Telverton & Lilbourne Northamptonshire 14 miles 23km
Northamptonshire Long Distance Ride Northamptonshire, Leicestershire 53 miles 85km
Bucknell Wood Northamptonshire 4 1/2 miles 7km
Rainsborough, Kings Sutton & Aynho Northamptonshire 7 miles 11km
Castle Ashby Northamptonshire 4 miles 6km
Warmington, Ashton Wold, Polebrook Northamptonshire 10 miles 16km
Pattishall and Greens Norton Northamptonshire 13 miles 21km
Around Blisworth Tunnel Northamptonshire 11 miles 18km
Culworth, Sulgrave, Moreton Pinkney, Eydon Northamptonshire 9 miles 14km
Astwell, Falcutt and Radstone Northamptonshire 7 miles 11km
Duddington & Fineshades Northamptonshire, Rutland 9 miles 14km
Around Lyveden Northamptonshire 11 miles 18km
Barnwell Northamptonshire 9.5 miles 15km
Raunds Old Meadow, Hargrave Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire (just), Cambridgeshire (just) 11.5 miles 19km
Twywell Countryside Reserve and Cranford Northamptonshire 8 miles 13km
Other riding access opportunities
Where to stay
People wishing to try out the riding away from home may wish to know
where they can keep their horses overnight. A useful book entitled
Bed and Breakfast for Horses which lists places to keep a horse overnight
can be purchased from the British Horse Society. Entries include:
Mrs Harper, Crockwell Farm, Eydon, Daventry, Northants NN11 3QA .
Tel: 01327 361358
Fax: 01327 361573
Email
Website
Elizabeth Ward, The Chestnuts Farm, Priors Marston, Nr. Southam,
Warwickshire CV47 7RP .
Tel/Fax: 01327 260739
Maps
Anyone riding in the area or wishing to plan a long distance or
circular bridleroute may wish to use these 1:50,000 Landranger
Ordnance Survey maps.
Landranger Map 140: Leicester: Coventry and Rugby
Landranger Map 141: Kettering and Corby
Landranger Map 142: Peterborough, Market Deeping & Chatteris
Landranger Map 151: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick and Banbury
Landranger Map 152: Northampton & Milton Keynes, Buckingham & Daventry
Development
If you know of, or are planning, any promoted routes,
please let us know. We will record them here so
that work is not duplicated!
Development is currently underway on several routes.
Email the BHS Access Office with details.
© 2001 The British Horse Society .
Updated: 30 May 05.
Reference: EM-NR