Badby Woods is famous for their bluebells in the spring, and is an ancient woodland that has been growing for over 700 years.

Five thousand years ago, there was a fort on the top of Borough Hill which overlooked Daventry. There's also evidence of a Roman villa having been there too. This is a good place to go for excellent views and a relaxing walk.

This former Northampton to Market Harborough Railway is now a car free ‘linear’ park surrounded by beautiful scenery and rich in natural and historical heritage. The Northampton and Lamport Railway Society also operate train rides along a short section of line at the former Pitsford and Brampton station.

Bucknell Wood is a semi-natural ancient woodland, with many mammals, birds and types of fauna. Though it consists mainly of mixed conifers, these are being reduced so to encourage the native broadleaved woodland.

The lake boasts a wide range of geese, ducks and water fowl. Complemented with a healthy population of fish. There are also herons, gulls and kingfishers that visit along with a host of woodland and garden birds.

Daventry Country Park was created in 1968 as part of the nationwide Countryside Act. This movement sought to provide communities with green spaces to use and enjoy.

Everdon Stubbs gets its name from the process of coppicing the trees, a process which has been reintroduced recently. Traditionally, wild boar roamed on the land but has long since given way to a variety of other wildlife such foxes and badgers.

Fieldside Covert lies 1.5 km to the East of Yelvertoft and is accessed for both management and by pedestrians from the Yelvertoft - Elkington road at SP616767. The wood straddles the Grand Union Canal which itself has been designated as County Wildlife site

Grendon Lakes is set in 150 acres of beautiful unspoilt Northamptonshire countryside, and is so little known as yet in Northamptonshire it is said to be the county’s best kept secret.

This former ironstone quarry has a network of long and short trails through 83 hectares of mixed woodland and is home to a wealth of wildlife as well as the Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway museum and the new Jungle Parc high ropes adventure course.

Kings Cliffe Millennium Wood is an 11.1 acre (4.5ha) woodland creation site planted in February 2000. It was planted as part of the Woodland Trust Woods On Your Doorstep initiative to celebrate the Millennium.

This internationally famous nature reserve is managed in partnership with Anglian Water and the Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust and provides one of the most important wildfowl sanctuaries in Great Britain, regularly holding in excess of 20,000 waterfowl.

Stanwick Lakes is a unique countryside attraction in the heart of the Nene Valley in Northamptonshire. It offers something for everyone: leisure opportunities, access to attractive countryside and abundant wildlife and an extensive adventure playground can all be found here. 

The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough are now the proud owners of Summer Leys Local Nature Reserve near Wellingborough, thanks to funding from Natural England through Defra’s Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund and the Department of Communities and Local Government through the River Nene Regional Park.

Telford way is situated on the western edge of Kettering, it is a very small fragment of developing mixed scrub woodland with small areas of rough grassland and some recent planting.

A newly established park (2001), with heavy planting programme which will become a haven for wildlife in years to come. A 40-acre area with grassland walks and adult fitness trail; bmx track, half pipe skateboard unit, junior football pitch; basketball pitch and 2 children's play areas.