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Small cafe serving drinks, cakes, pastries and snacks. Seating indoors and outdoors. Toilet. Check opening times and menu on Instagram @chapel_andco Also a selection of gifts.

Just a lovely road.

Tough climb, starts off a bit easier, but ramps up further into the climb, so don't go too hard to start with!

....an honour shared with The Countryman in Staverton, both a lofty 172m

....an honour shared with The Red Lion at Hellidon, both a lofty 172m by my reckoning

Great to walk around looks very impressive

Decent gradient for the whole climb, just settle in and spin to the top.

"A tranquil Tudor manor house set in rare terraced gardens, with the 'antient' Dryden family at its heart Built by the Drydens using the remains of a medieval priory, the house and gardens have survived largely unaltered since 1710 and are presented as they were during the Victorian era. The warm, welcoming house features grand rooms, stunning tapestries and Jacobean plasterwork, contrasting with the domestic detail of the servants' quarters. Stroll in the historic parkland and catch glimpses of early medieval landscapes, while a wander through the priory church reveals the story of the canons of Canons Ashby." Cit. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/canons-ashby#Overview

Great place to stop and fuel up 🍔🍺 with great canal side seating in garden.

Best going from Farthingstone towards Litchborough.

Superb traditional village pub which has managed to retain it's character. Great place in the summer as the beer garden is nothing if not unique! Definately worth a quick beer or snack even if it's just to sit in the garden next to the bottle tree or one other the unusual additions. It's an amazing place in the autum and winter when it's cold outside as there is a roaring open fire and a couple of snug areas with books to read and countless pictures of the village and characters that live there.

Pub and restaurant right on the Grand Union Canal, serves great food a little on the pricier side and has a large garden looking out onto the canal and towpath

A picturesque church and a lovely place to have a short drink or snack break!

Canons Ashby House is a Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house located in the village of Canons Ashby, about 11 miles (17.7 km) south of the town of Daventry in the county of Northamptonshire, England. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1981 when the house was close to collapse and the gardens had turned into a meadow. "The Tower" of the building is in the care of the Landmark Trust and available for holiday lets. History. The house had been the home of the Dryden family since its construction in the 16th century; the manor house was built in approximately 1550 with additions in the 1590s, in the 1630s and 1710. John Dryden had married Elizabeth Cope in 1551 and inherited, through his wife, an L-shaped farmhouse which he gradually extended. In the 1590s his son, Sir Erasmus Dryden completed the final north range of the house which enclosed the Pebble Courtyard. Interior of Canons Ashby House The interior of Canons Ashby House is noted for its Elizabethan wall paintings and its Jacobean plasterwork. It has remained essentially unchanged since 1710 and is presented as it was during the time of Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden (1818–1899), a Victorian antiquary with an interest in history. His daughter, the historian and photographer Alice Dryden (1866–1956) was born in the house and lived there for 33 years. She moved away after her father died, since a woman could not inherit the estate and it went to her uncle, Sir Alfred Erasmus Dryden (1821–1912). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canons_Ashby_House https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/canons-ashby/features/explore-and-discover-canons-ashby

Panoramic view from Church grounds.