Brixworth Country Park
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Brixworth Country Park lies next to Pitsford Water
in Northamptonshire
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Opened in 1997 it includes cycle hire, cafeteria and WCs. The site has easy access to the 7.5 miles (12.1 km) footpath/cyclepath that circumnavigates the water, as well as bird-watching facilities and picnic areas. There is also a small privately run cycle shop which hires out bikes for people who would like to cycle around Pitsford Reservoir. The park is run by Northamptonshire County Council.
Pitsford Water
Pitsford Water is a reservoir in Northamptonshire, England. The reservoir was built in 1956 to supply the town of Northampton, which is about 6 miles to the south. The water is the third-largest in the United Kingdom, with a surface area of 2.85 square miles. Operated by Anglian Water, the...
in Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
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Opened in 1997 it includes cycle hire, cafeteria and WCs. The site has easy access to the 7.5 miles (12.1 km) footpath/cyclepath that circumnavigates the water, as well as bird-watching facilities and picnic areas. There is also a small privately run cycle shop which hires out bikes for people who would like to cycle around Pitsford Reservoir. The park is run by Northamptonshire County Council.