Next time you are stuck for somewhere to go maybe check out one of these. All country parks are open all day, every day. Parking is £3.00 daily. Country parks annual car park passes are available. The cost of an annual season ticket is £49.00 to cover all five parks or £36.00 for parking in one named park.
All country parks have car parks and facilities. The parking charges are currently £3 for up to 4 hours and £5 for over. For more information click on the link https://www.northamptonshireparks.co.uk/Pages/home.aspx
Sywell Country Park
Sywell has a beautiful reservoir to walk around, sand pit outdoor play area, woodland play area with tunnels/big slide and an indoor play area for the little ones which is attached to the case and open 10am to 3pm.
Brixworth Country Park
Brixworth sits beside Pitsford Reservoir and you regularly see boats sailing/canoes/windsurfing. There's signposted easy walks, play area and cycle routes. For the more active you can do the 7.5 mile Pitsford water trail.
- Free admission
- Free WiFi
- Cycle hire
- Willow Tree Café open 10am to 4.30 pm (5pm Saturday and Sunday)
Irchester Country Park
Former Ironstone quarry with lovely walks around the trees, big play area, jungle parc high ropes and Narrow Gauge Railway Museum.
Fermyn Woods Country Park
By Rockingham Forest this country park is slightly smaller with a great play area.
- Skylark Café - Open 10:00am to 4:45pm daily March to October
- Open 11:00am to 3:00pm weekdays November to February
- Open 10:30am to 4:00pm weekends November to February
- Toilets - Open 8:30pm to 5:30pm daily (except Christmas Day and New Year's Day
Barnwell Country Park
This country park is located in Nene Valley. 3 waterside trails, boules court, play area and lots of ducks to feed.
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