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Wellingborough is a market town in Northamptonshire, England, with a history dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period. It has a royal charter, a medieval church, a former abbey, and a railway station.
- Wellingborough Museum. The town’s museum whisks you through the history of Wellingborough and local villages. Starting in the basement you’ll discover the area’s prehistory and unusual ironstone geology, before travelling through Saxon, late-Medieval and Victorian times, up to the First World War.
- Town Heritage Trails. Wellingborough’s streets are a mix of the very old and rather new as the town was bombed in the Second World War. There’s enough history to keep an antiquarian interested for an hour or two, and a signposted heritage trail has been laid out following a Heritage Lottery Funded Townscape Heritage Initiative launched in 2012.
- Irchester Country Park. Winning a Forestry Centre of Excellence Award for the way it blends nature conservation with activities for visitors, Irchester Country Park is more than 200 acres of mixed woodland in a former iron ore quarry.
- Church of St Mary the Virgin. Much newer than it seems, St Mary’s Church, built from local ironstone, was completed in 1930 and is designed in a lavish Perpendicular Gothic style with some surprise Classical flourishes.
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Wellingborough has a rich Anglo-Saxon and medieval heritage, with a helmet and a crest as its symbols. It is a convenient base for exploring the River Nene and the nearby attractions of Northamptonshire.
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Wellingborough is a market town and borough in Northamptonshire, England, on the River Nene. Learn about its history, attractions, transport and accommodation options.
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