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Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Tracts of ancient woodland around a large area of the region making up the Whittlewood Forest. Bluebells can be found in mid-spring.
Whittlewood Forest is a former medieval hunting forest south of Towcester and east of Silverstone in Northamptonshire in England. It is managed by the Forestry England. There are tracts of ancient woodland within it and old ditches can be found at the edges of several individual woods. The area has been the subject of extensive academic historical research. An area of 400 hectares in seven different patches has been designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), which is about half the size of an average English parish. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.
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previously the Silverstone Experience
It hosts the British Grand Prix / Formula One, with the next on 2-4 July 2027. Like many of England's racing circuits, Silverstone started life as an aerodrome. When the Second World War ended in 1945, England's other two circuits, Donington Park and the legendary Brooklands, had fallen into disrepair. And so it was that the outer taxiways and interconnecting runways of Silverstone became adopted by the Royal Automobile Club as the home for the British Grand Prix in 1948. The circuit was fast and challenging and in 1949 the shape was formed that remains the basis of the track to this day.
Golf, hotel and camping site during races.
Golf, hotel and camping site during races.