Best walks to Northampton

Market Harborough Station to Northampton Station

29km.

Rolling hills of the south east Midlands. Brampton Valley Way: former railway opened 1859, closed 1981, converted to multipurpose path in 1993; one of the longest ex-trackbed paths in the UK; runs through former ironstone quarrying area. Two unlit tunnels (Oxendon Tunnel and Kelmarsh Tunnel).

Documented by Walk Midlands — download GPX route

Wellingborough Station to Northampton Station

24km.

Riverside paths along the Nene, meadows, quarry lakes, arable fields, villages, urban riverside, nature reserve, and raised flood embankments. Prone to flooding.

Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.

Wolverton Station to Northampton Station

30km.

Fields, meadows, riverside cycle paths, medieval hunting forest, parkland, university campus, and riverside town approach. Can be muddy.

Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.