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The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House see the Mackintosh style through out this lovingly restored house. Remodelled in 1916-17 by renowned Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Northampton businessman Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke.

The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House
78 Derngate Street
Northampton

The museum holds the collection of Leathercraft and the history of the Northamptonshire Regiment and the Northamptonshire Yeomanry.

Abington Park Museum
Park Avenue South
Northampton
NN1 5LW

Telephone: +44 (0)1604 838 110

The Alfred East Gallery has a regular series of changing exhibitions by local artists as well as a permanent exhibition gallery displaying the work of Sir Alfred East, T C Gotch and other artists.

Alfred East Art Gallery
Sheep Street
Kettering
NN16 0AN
Northamptonshire
England

Telephone: +44 (0)1536 534 274

The British Grand Prix dates back to the 1950’s. Silverstone’s motor race course has continually been revised over the years to become one of the most exciting race circuits in the world.

Why not take a motorhome down and avoid the traffic jams. Sleep in the vehicle after watching the race all day and partying at the finish line.

Theres no need for you to have to driver after watching the car race.

Silverstone
Towcester
Northants
NN12 8TN

If you love a Bug Jam, then take your motor home to a celebration of the VW Beetle at Santa Pod Raceway. Drag racing and other competitions. View their website for more information.

Bug Jam 21
Santa Pod Raceway
Airfield Road
Podington
Wellingborough
Northamtonshire
NN29 7XA
England.

(Tickets & Info) Telephone: 01234 782828

If you are traveling in Northampyonshire at the weekend or bank holidays and you have an interest in famous aircraft then a trip to the Carpetbagger Aviation Museum will be a welcome visit. The museum is only open at the weekend and Bank holidays from 16th April to 30th October 2011, and there is a reasonable admission price. The Carpetbagger Aviation Museum was formed in 1993 for the 50th Anniversary reunion of the USAAF’s 801st / 492nd Bomb Group (The Carpetbaggers) at Harrington. It is located on the Administration Site of the former airfield at Harrington.The Carpetbagger project flew “Special Operations” to deliver supplies to resistance groups in enemy occupied countries. They also delivered personnel and occasionally brought people back from the field. This was incredibly dangerous work as aircraft flew over enemy occupied territory. They tried to avoid conflict with the enemy as the mission itself took priority. There is a great deal to see and learn about these courageous flyers. Then, in the late 1950′s the airfield became one of the RAF’s Thor missile sites. Travel in your midlands motorhome hire to the museums by a roadway from off the Harrington to Lamport road adjacent to the bridge over the A14 (M1-A1 link road). The Carpet Bagger museum is about a mile down the roadway from this junction. Although the roadway is relatively narrow it has several passing places and is suitable for your midland motorhome hire.

Carpetbagger Aviation Museum,
Sunnyvale Farm, off Lamport Road,
Harrington,
Northampton,
NN6 9PF,
England.

Displays a shoe workers cottage with local lace making and other exhibits.

Earls Barton Museum of Local Life
Barkers Factory Complex
Station Road
Northampton
NN6 0DH
Northamptonshire
England

Telephone:01604 811 735

The 2011 Northampton Balloon Festival will be the 22nd event , and held this year at Billing Aquadrome. It is all set to be a spectacular sight as the skies fill with balloons. The balloons will be flying at both 6am and 6pm on each of the three days of the event depending on weather conditions. At 9.00pm on Saturday eveningthey will also stage a “Balloon Glowâ€�. Watch the balloons turn into giant lanterns tethered to the ground, pulsating to the music, its an exciting spectacle! The Northampton Balloon Festival is located at Billing Aquadrome (by the side of the A45 to the East of Northampton Town Centre). Follow the yellow signs. Billing Aquadrome is huge holiday park with a huge array of facilities to interest the whole family. So if you are attending events at Billing Aquadrome will find  plenty of things at hand including bars, restaurants, cafe’s, take-aways, toilet amenities. For those of you camping there in your Northampton Motorhome Hire you can also have use of additional facilities such as the Aqua Flume & Splash Park.  There is are  900 touring caravan, motorhome, tent and camping pitches, set on an extensive level parkland. More than 400 of those pitches are offering electric hook-up points. For more information on Billing Aquadrome click the blue text.

Billing Aquadrome
Crow Lane
Great Billing
Northampton
NN3 9DA

The museum holds a World famous shoe collection. Prestigious Italian Art and British and Oriental Ceramics and Glass collection.

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Guildhall Road
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN1 1DP

Telephone: +44 (0)1604 838 111

As the name suggests Stanwick has lakes in abundance and it is just the spot for a walk by the water side. With plenty of wild life attracted to the lakes it’s a good idea to pack those binoculars in your Motorhome hire before you leave home. The former quarry was transformed into this stunning nature reserve some years ago and now houses a newly designed visitor centre. There is also a gift shop and the solar Café. The café sells light meals and snacks and its stunning setting close to the lakeside makes it the ideal spot for a cup of tea and a cake after all that walking! Look out for the events that take place here throughout the year. The events vary from wildlife talks to craft days and even to fishing tutorials. So you may need to pack additional equipment in your midlands Motorhome hire if you intend to go to the fishing event. Perhaps best of all for children and adventurous adults is the boat hire. Boat hire is available at the weekends from May onwards and from 25th July it is all week that week. After the excitement of sleeping in a midlands Motorhome hire, children will just love the chance to paddle their own canoe on the lakes. If you are in Northanptonshire  Stanwick lakes is the place to go for scenery and walking.
Stanwick Lakes,
Stanwick,
Northants
NN9 6GY

Telephone: 01933 625522

A restored corn mill beside the Grand Union Canal in the beautiful village of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, the National Waterways Museum Stoke Bruerne provides working models, videos, pictorial and three dimensional displays of the living canal.
Visitors can also now enjoy a cup of coffee whilst watching the boats go by in the museum’s new waterside café.

The National Waterways Museum Stoke Bruerne

The National Waterways Museum Stoke Bruerne is south of Northampton, 10 minutes from both the M1 (J15) and the A5, just off the A508.
Telephone: 01604 862229