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Little Irchester Northamptonshire Map

Traditional county: Northamptonshire · Unitary authority: North Northamptonshire · Region: East Midlands

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Place	Little Irchester
Traditional County	Northamptonshire
Unitary Authority	North Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	52.287492
Longitude	-0.676858
Place Type	Village

About Little Irchester

Little Irchester keeps a watchful, low-slung vigil over the Nene Valley, where the horizon broadens into a pale, wide-skied expanse of Northamptonshire. It lies 1.2 miles south-south-east of Wellingborough (from Wellingborough: bearing 148°T, OS grid SP 903 663). The land here carries a quiet, stubborn weight, marked by the lingering ghosts of Roman occupation that rest just beneath the modern surface. To the east, the sprawling earthworks of the Roman Town of Irchester suggest a vanished density, a silent predecessor to the current road-side lines of houses. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Wollaston Brook slip through the fields, providing a cooling, silver thread that binds the local topography together. The light in Little Irchester often gathers in long, thin ribbons across the tarmac and verge, catching the ironstone hues that distinguish the architecture of this corner of the East Midlands. Residents move with a measured pace, mindful of the industrial echoes left by the nearby railway lines that once hammered a frantic rhythm into the valley floor. History here is not a museum piece but a layer of soil, felt most acutely when the evening mist rises to obscure the boundary between the present day and the ancient, buried foundations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Irchester Railway Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 149° SSE
Wollaston Brook (River) — 0.5 mi, 184° S
Trails (Public Artwork) — 0.5 mi, 110° ESE
Irchester Country Park (Park) — 0.6 mi, 109° ESE
Castle Fields (Park) — 0.8 mi, 352° N
Roman Villa (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 187° S · 3 ha
Roman Town Of Irchester And Preceding Iron Age Settlement; Including Remains Of The Medieval Hamlet Of Chester On The Water (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 077° ENE · 40 ha
Irchester Roman Town (Historic Ruins) — 0.9 mi, 074° ENE
Wollaston Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 203° SSW · 14 ha
The Quarry Face (Viewpoint) — 1.0 mi, 104° ESE
The Dragline View Point (Viewpoint) — 1.0 mi, 108° ESE
Wellingborough Museum (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 329° NNW
Tithe Barn (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 322° NW
Irchester Old Lodge Pit Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.2 mi, 142° SE
Swanspool Brook (River) — 1.2 mi, 291° WNW
Cenetaph (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 321° NW
Summer Leys (Wetland) — 2.0 mi, 213° SSW
Wollaston and Strixton War Memorial (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 174° S
Wollaston Museum (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 173° S
Beacon Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.2 mi, 171° S
Discover Northamptonshire (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 066° ENE
Skew Bridge Ski Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 064° ENE
Red Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.0 mi, 333° NNW
Great Harrowden Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.2 mi, 341° NNW · 56 ha
Hinwick Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.2 mi, 143° SE · 15 ha
Rushden Hall and Museum (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 091° E
Grendon Brook (Gibbards Arm) (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.4 mi, 202° SSW
Rushden Historical Transport Society (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 082° E
Chichele College (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 068° ENE
Darnell's Dene (Valley) — 4.2 mi, 122° ESE

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