Abington Park (Northampton)

While living in Northampton,i loved taking a long relaxing stroll around Abington Park just off of Wellingborough road. The park is very open and although there are plenty of people around, there is always plenty of space to set up a picnic. There are plenty of trees and flowers to see and it feels as if your miles and miles away from any town! There is a small lake/pond to walk around with plenty of ducks for the kids to feed! there are no barriers so keep an eye of the kids! There is a nice museum to explore with plenty of displays abour Northamptonshire! The museum is free entry and open Thursday to Sunday. In the park there is a ...  Read the complete review

Abington Park Northampton Abington on the whole is a lovely park but as well as all its plus points it does have some bad points The park is located about a 5min drive or 20 minute walk for the centre of Northampton. Abington park a huge park and has some thing for every one. The swing park is very big and some thing for all ages the only problem is at the minute is that the park has a mini train for the children to play on but it keeps getting destroyed and every time it is replaced this happens again, which is such a same because all the children love the train. There are two lakes in the park where you can walk round or feed ...  Read the complete review

I thought I'd take a little break from all my India and Bhutan reviews and write about somewhere much closer to home. I've lived not far from Northampton for over 4 years now and it's fair to say that I'm generally pretty rude about what the town has to offer. I don't venture into the centre very often - it always seems to be full of yobby kids and there's not a lot to excite me on the shopping front. However, if you take a small trip just out of the centre, there's a park that's well worth a visit. I lived in the area for over a year before discovering that Abington Park even existed and even then, only because my husband signed our cats up with a ...  Read the complete review