St Peter & St Paul

The church sits quietly in the heart of Northamptonshire, a solid medieval structure that doesn't shout for attention but rewards those who step inside. St Peter & St Paul is the kind of place that anchors a village - proper old, with that particular smell of stone and history that never quite leaves your clothes.

What you're looking at is primarily a 13th-century build, though there's been tinkering and adding over the centuries, as happened with most parish churches. The interior has decent medieval features - some decent stonework, proper stained glass that actually tells a story rather than being modern abstract nonsense. It's the sort of church where you can spend twenty minutes pottering about or three hours if you're seriously into ecclesiastical architecture.

This works best for anyone with an interest in medieval churches or local history. Family groups won't find it thrilling unless the kids are already into that sort of thing - there's no interactive element, just the building itself and what you can read on various plaques. Solo walkers doing a circuit through the village will find it worth a quick visit.

Being only a few miles from Milton Keynes, it's an easy stop if you're based at The Home Farm CL and fancy exploring the quieter bits of the county. Northamptonshire has several churches worth seeing, so you could make a morning of it. Check locally for opening hours - many village churches operate on restricted schedules these days.