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id="toc-Structural_changes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Structural_changes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Structural changes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Structural_changes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_representation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_representation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>National representation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_representation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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id="toc-University-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Healthcare" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Healthcare"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Healthcare</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Healthcare-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Healthcare subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Healthcare-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hospitals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hospitals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Hospitals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hospitals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Water_contamination" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Water_contamination"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Water contamination</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Water_contamination-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Roads" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roads"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Roads</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivers_and_canals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivers_and_canals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Rivers and canals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rivers_and_canals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Railways" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Railways"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Railways</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Buses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Buses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Buses</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Buses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Airports" class="vector-toc-list-item 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<span>Northampton Town F.C.</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Northampton_Town_F.C.-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_clubs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_clubs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.2</span> <span>Other clubs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_clubs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cricket" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cricket"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Cricket</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cricket-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Motor_sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Motor_sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Motor sport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Motor_sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Swimming_and_diving" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Swimming_and_diving"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.5</span> <span>Swimming and diving</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Swimming_and_diving-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Places_of_interest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Places_of_interest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Places of interest</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Places_of_interest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Annual_events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Annual_events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Annual events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Annual_events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1" title="نورثامبتونشير – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="نورثامبتونشير" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8B%D1%80" title="Нартгемптаншыр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Нартгемптаншыр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B3%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8B%D1%80" title="Нортгэмптаншыр – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Нортгэмптаншыр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Нортхамптъншър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Нортхамптъншър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swydd_Northampton" title="Swydd Northampton – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Swydd Northampton" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D8%B1" title="نورث‌همپتون‌شر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نورث‌همپتون‌شر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%85%B8%EC%83%98%ED%94%84%ED%84%B4%EC%85%94%EC%A3%BC" title="노샘프턴셔주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="노샘프턴셔주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%B4%D6%83%D5%A9%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%B7%D5%AB%D6%80" title="Նորթհեմփթոնշիր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Նորթհեմփթոնշիր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0" title="नॉर्थहैम्पटनशायर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नॉर्थहैम्पटनशायर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire_(grofovija)" title="Northamptonshire (grofovija) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Northamptonshire (grofovija)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80" title="Нортгемптоншир – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Нортгемптоншир" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA%27%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8" title="נורת'האמפטונשייר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נורת'האמפטונשייר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptoniensis_comitatus" title="Northamptoniensis comitatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Northamptoniensis comitatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northempton%C5%A1%C4%ABra" title="Northemptonšīra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Northemptonšīra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nortampton%C5%A1yras" title="Nortamptonšyras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Nortamptonšyras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BA%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC" title="നോർത്താംപ്റ്റൺഷയർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="നോർത്താംപ്റ്റൺഷയർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0" title="नॉरदॅम्प्टनशायर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="नॉरदॅम्प्टनशायर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1" title="نورثهامبتونشير – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نورثهامبتونشير" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC" title="ノーサンプトンシャー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ノーサンプトンシャー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schire_de_Norhamtoune" title="Schire de Norhamtoune – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Schire de Norhamtoune" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%B9%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1" title="نارتھیمپٹنشائر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="نارتھیمپٹنشائر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80" title="Нортгемптоншир – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Нортгемптоншир" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Northamptonshire" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80" title="Нортхемптоншир – Serbian" 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.ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Northamptonshire</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Northants</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output 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.trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="multiimageinner" style="width:262px;max-width:262px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:260px;max-width:260px"><div style="height:143px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirby_Hall_(9972807555).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kirby_Hall_%289972807555%29.jpg/258px-Kirby_Hall_%289972807555%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="258" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kirby_Hall_%289972807555%29.jpg/387px-Kirby_Hall_%289972807555%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kirby_Hall_%289972807555%29.jpg/516px-Kirby_Hall_%289972807555%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2997" data-file-height="1669" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:87px;max-width:87px"><div style="height:112px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:All_Saints_Church,_Northampton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/All_Saints_Church%2C_Northampton.jpg/85px-All_Saints_Church%2C_Northampton.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/All_Saints_Church%2C_Northampton.jpg/128px-All_Saints_Church%2C_Northampton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/All_Saints_Church%2C_Northampton.jpg/170px-All_Saints_Church%2C_Northampton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:171px;max-width:171px"><div style="height:112px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fotheringhay_Northamptonshire._Narrow_boat_on_River_Nene_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Fotheringhay_Northamptonshire._Narrow_boat_on_River_Nene_-_panoramio.jpg/169px-Fotheringhay_Northamptonshire._Narrow_boat_on_River_Nene_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="169" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Fotheringhay_Northamptonshire._Narrow_boat_on_River_Nene_-_panoramio.jpg/254px-Fotheringhay_Northamptonshire._Narrow_boat_on_River_Nene_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Fotheringhay_Northamptonshire._Narrow_boat_on_River_Nene_-_panoramio.jpg/338px-Fotheringhay_Northamptonshire._Narrow_boat_on_River_Nene_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3935" data-file-height="2623" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/Kirby_Hall" title="Kirby Hall">Kirby Hall</a>; <a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Northampton" title="All Saints' Church, Northampton">All Saints' Church, Northampton</a>; <a href="/wiki/Fotheringhay" title="Fotheringhay">Fotheringhay</a> on the <a href="/wiki/River_Nene" title="River Nene">River Nene</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northamptonshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Northamptonshire within England"><img alt="Northamptonshire within England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Northamptonshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg/250px-Northamptonshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Northamptonshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg/375px-Northamptonshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Northamptonshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg/500px-Northamptonshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1108" data-file-height="1345" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Northamptonshire&params=52_18_N_0_48_W_region:GB-NTT_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°18′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°48′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.300°N 0.800°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.300; -0.800</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent country</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Time in the United Kingdom">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">UK Parliament</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_in_Northamptonshire" title="List of parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire">7 MPs</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Police</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Police" title="Northamptonshire Police">Northamptonshire Police</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color: #cddeff; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Northamptonshire" title="Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire">Lord Lieutenant</a></th><td class="infobox-data">David Laing<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Northamptonshire" title="High Sheriff of Northamptonshire">High Sheriff</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Paul Parsons<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2020/21)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">2,364 km<sup>2</sup> (913 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ceremonial counties of England">24th of 48</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<span class="nowrap"> </span><div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">792,421</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ceremonial counties of England">31st of 48</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Density</th><td class="infobox-data">335/km<sup>2</sup> (870/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnicity<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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class="infobox-label">Councils</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Northamptonshire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="West Northamptonshire Council">West Northamptonshire Council</a><br /><a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="North Northamptonshire Council">North Northamptonshire Council</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color: #cddeff; font-weight: bold;">Districts</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg/200px-Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg/300px-Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg/400px-Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span><br />Districts of Northamptonshire<br /><b><span style="display:inline-block;border:1.62px solid black;vertical-align:text-top;" title="#fefe77"><span class="mw-no-invert" style="display:block;padding:0;width:1em;height:1em;background:#FEFE77;color:inherit;"> </span></span> Unitary:</b><br /> <div><ol style="margin-left:0;"><li style="list-style-position:inside;"><a href="/wiki/West_Northamptonshire" title="West Northamptonshire">West Northamptonshire</a></li><li style="list-style-position:inside;"><a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire" title="North Northamptonshire">North Northamptonshire</a></li></ol></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Northamptonshire</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'">θ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">nor-<span style="font-size:90%">THAMP</span>-tən-shər, -⁠sheer</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> abbreviated <b>Northants.</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">ceremonial county</a> in the <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a> of England. It is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rutland" title="Rutland">Rutland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a> to the south and <a href="/wiki/Warwickshire" title="Warwickshire">Warwickshire</a> to the west. <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> is the largest settlement and the <a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">county town</a>. </p><p>The county has an area of 2,364 km<sup>2</sup> (913 sq mi) and a population of 747,622. The latter is concentrated in the centre of the county, which contains the county's largest towns: Northampton (249,093), <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a> (75,571), <a href="/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering">Kettering</a> (63,150), and <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a> (56,564).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The northeast and southwest are rural. The county contains two local government <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">districts</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire" title="North Northamptonshire">North Northamptonshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Northamptonshire" title="West Northamptonshire">West Northamptonshire</a>, which are both <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authority areas</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">historic county</a> included the <a href="/wiki/Soke_of_Peterborough" title="Soke of Peterborough">Soke of Peterborough</a>. </p><p>The county is characterised by low, undulating hills, particularly to the west. They are the source of several rivers, including the <a href="/wiki/River_Avon,_Warwickshire" title="River Avon, Warwickshire">Avon</a> and <a href="/wiki/River_Welland" title="River Welland">Welland</a>, which form much of the northern border; the <a href="/wiki/River_Cherwell" title="River Cherwell">Cherwell</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/River_Great_Ouse" title="River Great Ouse">Great Ouse</a>. The <a href="/wiki/River_Nene" title="River Nene">River Nene</a> is the principal river within the county, having its source in the southwest and flowing northeast past Northampton and Wellingborough. The highest point is <a href="/wiki/Arbury_Hill" title="Arbury Hill">Arbury Hill</a> southwest of <a href="/wiki/Daventry" title="Daventry">Daventry</a>, at 225 m (738 ft). </p><p>There are <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman</a> remains in the county, and in the seventh century it was settled by the <a href="/wiki/Angles_(tribe)" title="Angles (tribe)">Angles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxons</a>, becoming part of <a href="/wiki/Mercia" title="Mercia">Mercia</a>. The county likely has its origin in the <a href="/wiki/Danelaw" title="Danelaw">Danelaw</a> as the area controlled from Northampton, which was one of the <a href="/wiki/Five_Boroughs_of_the_Danelaw" title="Five Boroughs of the Danelaw">Five Boroughs</a>. In the later Middle Ages and Early Modern Period the county was relatively settled, although Northampton was the location of engagements during the <a href="/wiki/First_Barons%27_War" title="First Barons' War">First</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Northampton_(1264)" title="Battle of Northampton (1264)">Second Barons' Wars</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Northampton_(1460)" title="Battle of Northampton (1460)">Wars of the Roses</a>, and during the <a href="/wiki/First_English_Civil_War" title="First English Civil War">First English Civil War</a> <a href="/wiki/Naseby" title="Naseby">Naseby</a> was the site of a <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Naseby" title="Battle of Naseby">decisive battle</a> which destroyed the main <a href="/wiki/Royalist_(cavalier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Royalist (cavalier)">Royalist</a> army. During the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> Northamptonshire became known for its footwear, and the contemporary county has a number of small industrial centres which specialise in engineering and food processing.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Northamptonshire" title="History of Northamptonshire">History of Northamptonshire</a></div> <p>Much of Northamptonshire's countryside appears to have remained somewhat intractable as regards early human occupation, resulting in an apparently sparse population and relatively few finds from the <a href="/wiki/Palaeolithic" class="mw-redirect" title="Palaeolithic">Palaeolithic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mesolithic" title="Mesolithic">Mesolithic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> periods.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreenall197919_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreenall197919-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In about 500 BC the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> was introduced into the area by a continental people in the form of the <a href="/wiki/Hallstatt_culture" title="Hallstatt culture">Hallstatt culture</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreenall197920_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreenall197920-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and over the next century a series of hill-forts were constructed at <a href="/wiki/Arbury" title="Arbury">Arbury</a> Camp, <a href="/wiki/Rainsborough" title="Rainsborough">Rainsborough</a> camp, <a href="/wiki/Borough_Hill" title="Borough Hill">Borough Hill</a>, Castle Dykes, <a href="/wiki/Guilsborough" title="Guilsborough">Guilsborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irthlingborough" title="Irthlingborough">Irthlingborough</a>, and most notably of all, <a href="/wiki/Hunsbury_Hill" title="Hunsbury Hill">Hunsbury Hill</a>. There are two more possible hill-forts at <a href="/wiki/Arbury_Hill" title="Arbury Hill">Arbury Hill</a> (<a href="/wiki/Badby" title="Badby">Badby</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Thenford" title="Thenford">Thenford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreenall197920_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreenall197920-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Northamptonshire.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Northamptonshire.svg/220px-Flag_of_Northamptonshire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Northamptonshire.svg/330px-Flag_of_Northamptonshire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Northamptonshire.svg/440px-Flag_of_Northamptonshire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="360" /></a><figcaption>Northamptonshire's historic-county flag</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1st century BC, most of what later became Northamptonshire became part of the territory of the <a href="/wiki/Catuvellauni" title="Catuvellauni">Catuvellauni</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Belgic_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgic tribe">Belgic tribe</a>, the Northamptonshire area forming their most northerly possession.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreenall197920_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreenall197920-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Catuvellauni" title="Catuvellauni">Catuvellauni</a> were in turn conquered by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Romans</a> in 43 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Roman road of <a href="/wiki/Watling_Street" title="Watling Street">Watling Street</a> passed through the county, and an important Roman settlement, <a href="/wiki/Lactodurum" title="Lactodurum">Lactodurum</a>, stood on the site of modern-day <a href="/wiki/Towcester" title="Towcester">Towcester</a>. There were other Roman settlements at <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering">Kettering</a> and along the <a href="/wiki/River_Nene" title="River Nene">Nene Valley</a> near <a href="/wiki/Raunds" title="Raunds">Raunds</a>. A large fort was built at <a href="/wiki/Longthorpe" title="Longthorpe">Longthorpe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreenall197920_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreenall197920-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Romans left, the area eventually became part of the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxons" title="Anglo-Saxons">Anglo-Saxon</a> kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Mercia" title="Mercia">Mercia</a>, and Northampton functioned as an administrative centre. The Mercians converted to Christianity in 654 AD with the death of the <a href="/wiki/Pagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan">pagan</a> king <a href="/wiki/Penda" class="mw-redirect" title="Penda">Penda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreenall197929_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreenall197929-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From about 889 the area was conquered by the <a href="/wiki/Danes" title="Danes">Danes</a> (as at one point almost all of England was, except for <a href="/wiki/Athelney" title="Athelney">Athelney</a> marsh in <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>) and became part of the <a href="/wiki/Danelaw" title="Danelaw">Danelaw</a> – with <a href="/wiki/Watling_Street" title="Watling Street">Watling Street</a> serving as the boundary – until being recaptured by the English under the <a href="/wiki/Wessex" title="Wessex">Wessex</a> king <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Elder" title="Edward the Elder">Edward the Elder</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Alfred_the_Great" title="Alfred the Great">Alfred the Great</a>, in 917. Northamptonshire was conquered again in 940, this time by the <a href="/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Vikings</a> of <a href="/wiki/York" title="York">York</a>, who devastated the area, only for the county to be retaken by the English in 942.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, it is one of the few counties in England to have both Saxon and Danish town-names and settlements.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The county was first recorded in the <i><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle" title="Anglo-Saxon Chronicle">Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</a></i> (1011), as <i>Hamtunscire</i>: the <i>scire</i> (<a href="/wiki/Shire" title="Shire">shire</a>) of <i>Hamtun</i> (the homestead). The "North" was added to distinguish Northampton from the other important <i>Hamtun</i> further south: <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> – though the origins of the two names are in fact different.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rockingham_Castle" title="Rockingham Castle">Rockingham Castle</a> was built for <a href="/wiki/William_the_Conqueror" title="William the Conqueror">William the Conqueror</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was used as a Royal fortress until <a href="/wiki/Elizabethan_era" title="Elizabethan era">Elizabethan</a> times. In 1460, during the <a href="/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses" title="Wars of the Roses">Wars of the Roses</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Northampton_(1460)" title="Battle of Northampton (1460)">Battle of Northampton</a> took place and King <a href="/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England" title="Henry VI of England">Henry VI</a> was captured.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The now-ruined <a href="/wiki/Fotheringhay_Castle" title="Fotheringhay Castle">Fotheringhay Castle</a> was used to imprison <a href="/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Mary, Queen of Scots</a>, before her execution.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Speed_Northampton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Speed_Northampton.jpg/350px-Speed_Northampton.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Speed_Northampton.jpg/525px-Speed_Northampton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Speed_Northampton.jpg/700px-Speed_Northampton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6240" data-file-height="4680" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">historic boundaries</a> of the county shown in <a href="/wiki/John_Speed" title="John Speed">John Speed</a>'s map of the county in his <i>Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine</i>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1611. A depiction of the town of Northampton is inset in the top left, and the city of Peterborough in the bottom right.</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>, Northamptonshire strongly supported the <a href="/wiki/Roundhead" title="Roundhead">Parliamentarian</a> cause, and the <a href="/wiki/Cavalier" title="Cavalier">Royalist</a> forces suffered a crushing defeat at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Naseby" title="Battle of Naseby">Battle of Naseby</a> in 1645 in the north of the county. King <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a> was imprisoned at <a href="/wiki/Holdenby_House" title="Holdenby House">Holdenby House</a> in 1647.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, the first President of the United States of America, was born into the Washington family who had migrated to America from Northamptonshire in 1656. <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>'s ancestor, Lawrence Washington, was Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> on several occasions and it was he who bought <a href="/wiki/Sulgrave_Manor" title="Sulgrave Manor">Sulgrave Manor</a> from <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a> in 1539. It was George Washington's great-grandfather, <a href="/wiki/John_Washington" title="John Washington">John Washington</a>, who emigrated in 1656 from Northamptonshire to <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. Before Washington's ancestors moved to <a href="/wiki/Sulgrave" title="Sulgrave">Sulgrave</a>, they lived in <a href="/wiki/Warton,_Lancaster" title="Warton, Lancaster">Warton</a>, Lancashire.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 18th and 19th centuries, parts of Northamptonshire and the surrounding area became industrialised. The local specialisation was shoemaking and the leather industry and became one of Britain's major centres for these crafts by the 19th century. In the north of the county a large <a href="/wiki/Ironstone" title="Ironstone">ironstone</a> <a href="/wiki/Quarry" title="Quarry">quarrying</a> industry developed from 1850.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1823 Northamptonshire was said to "[enjoy] a very pure and wholesome air" because of its dryness and distance from the sea. Its livestock were celebrated: "Horned cattle, and other animals, are fed to extraordinary sizes: and many horses of the large black breed are reared."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nine years later, the county was described as "a county enjoying the reputation of being one of the healthiest and pleasantest parts of England" although the towns were "of small importance" with the exceptions of Peterborough and Northampton. In summer, the county hosted "a great number of wealthy families... country seats and villas are to be seen at every step."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northamptonshire is still referred to as the county of "spires and squires" because of the numbers of stately homes and ancient churches.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to 1901 the ancient <a href="/wiki/Hundred_(county_division)" title="Hundred (county division)">hundreds</a> were disused. Northamptonshire was administered as four major divisions: Northern, Eastern, Mid, and Southern.<sup id="cite_ref-UKGA_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKGA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1930s, the town of <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a> was established as a major centre of the steel industry. Much of Northamptonshire nevertheless remains rural.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Corby was designated a <a href="/wiki/New_town" class="mw-redirect" title="New town">new town</a> in 1950<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Northampton followed in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2005<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the government is encouraging development in the <a href="/wiki/South_Midlands" title="South Midlands">South Midlands</a> area, including Northamptonshire.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peterborough">Peterborough</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Peterborough"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Peterborough" title="Peterborough">city</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soke_of_Peterborough" title="Soke of Peterborough">Soke of Peterborough</a> were part of the historic county of Northamptonshire; from the time that formal county boundaries were established by the Normans in the 11th century, to 1965. The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Peterborough" title="Anglican Diocese of Peterborough">Diocese of Peterborough</a> that covers Northamptonshire is still centred at <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_Cathedral" title="Peterborough Cathedral">Peterborough Cathedral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city of Peterborough had its own <a href="/wiki/Quarter_Sessions" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarter Sessions">courts of quarter sessions</a> and, later, the Soke had its own <a href="/wiki/County_council" title="County council">county council</a>, making it an autonomous district of Northamptonshire. </p><p>In 1965, the ancient Soke of Peterborough was abolished by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Boundary_Commission_(1945%E2%80%931949)" title="Local Government Boundary Commission (1945–1949)">Local Government Boundary Commission</a>; the city of Peterborough and the surrounding villages that were previously part of the Soke, were transferred to the newly created county of <a href="/wiki/Huntingdon_and_Peterborough" title="Huntingdon and Peterborough">Huntingdon and Peterborough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new county of Huntingdon and Peterborough was short lived; it was abolished in 1974. Upon its abolishment, the city of Peterborough and the other settlements that were once part of the former Soke, were transferred to the county of Cambridgeshire, instead of being transferred back to Northamptonshire. Additionally, the former historical county of <a href="/wiki/Huntingdonshire" title="Huntingdonshire">Huntingdonshire</a>, which had been abolished along with the Soke of Peterborough in 1965 to create the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough, was not reinstated as a Shire county in its own right in 1974. Instead, Huntingdonshire was transferred to and became a district of Cambridgeshire. </p><p>Since 1965, Northamptonshire has been one of the small number of English counties that does not contain a city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Little_Bowden">Little Bowden</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Little Bowden"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1879, a <a href="/wiki/Local_board_of_health" title="Local board of health">local government district</a> was created covering the three parishes of <a href="/wiki/Market_Harborough" title="Market Harborough">Market Harborough</a> and Great Bowden and <a href="/wiki/Little_Bowden" title="Little Bowden">Little Bowden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When elected county councils were established in 1889, local government districts were placed entirely in one county, and thus the parish of Little Bowden, a neighbourhood of Market Harborough, was transferred from Northamptonshire to <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stamford">Stamford</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Stamford"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 1832 and 1835, <a href="/wiki/Stamford_Baron_St_Martin" title="Stamford Baron St Martin">Stamford Baron St Martin</a> which forms the southern part of the town of <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Lincolnshire" title="Stamford, Lincolnshire">Stamford</a> in Lincolnshire was part of Northamptonshire as <a href="/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Without" title="St Martin's Without">St Martin Without</a>. It was later incorporated into the then Municipal Borough of Stamford under the then <a href="/wiki/Kesteven" title="Kesteven">Parts of Kesteven</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Northamptonshire" title="List of places in Northamptonshire">List of places in Northamptonshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Northamptonshire_settlements_by_population" 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title="Irthlingborough">Irthlingborough</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:88.63%;left:7.255%;font-size:70%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kings Sutton"><img alt="Kings Sutton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Kings_Sutton" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings Sutton">Kings Sutton</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:46.671%;left:43.745%;font-size:70%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Brixworth"><img alt="Brixworth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Brixworth" title="Brixworth">Brixworth</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:44.658%;left:79.412%;font-size:70%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Raunds"><img alt="Raunds" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Raunds" title="Raunds">Raunds</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:79.411%;left:32.01%;font-size:70%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silverstone"><img alt="Silverstone" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Silverstone" title="Silverstone">Silverstone</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:83.562%;left:1.961%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Banbury"><img alt="Banbury" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Banbury" title="Banbury">Banbury</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:26.37%;left:42.098%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Market Harborough"><img alt="Market Harborough" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Market_Harborough" title="Market Harborough">Market Harborough</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:86.849%;left:56.863%;font-size:100%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Milton Keynes"><img alt="Milton Keynes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes" title="Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:4.658%;left:21.275%;font-size:100%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Leicester"><img alt="Leicester" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:41.096%;left:8.824%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Rugby"><img alt="Rugby" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Rugby,_Warwickshire" title="Rugby, Warwickshire">Rugby</a></b></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Northamptonshire_UK_location_map_(2021).svg" title="File:Northamptonshire UK location map (2021).svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Notable places in and around Northamptonshire</div></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kilworth_Wharf_-_geograph.org.uk_-_164606.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kilworth_Wharf_-_geograph.org.uk_-_164606.jpg/220px-Kilworth_Wharf_-_geograph.org.uk_-_164606.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kilworth_Wharf_-_geograph.org.uk_-_164606.jpg/330px-Kilworth_Wharf_-_geograph.org.uk_-_164606.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kilworth_Wharf_-_geograph.org.uk_-_164606.jpg/440px-Kilworth_Wharf_-_geograph.org.uk_-_164606.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Kilworth Wharf on the Grand Union Canal</figcaption></figure> <p>Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the southern part of the <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-grow_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grow-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sometimes known as the <a href="/wiki/South_Midlands" title="South Midlands">South Midlands</a>. The county contains the <a href="/wiki/Drainage_divide" title="Drainage divide">watershed</a> between the <a href="/wiki/River_Severn" title="River Severn">River Severn</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Wash" title="The Wash">The Wash</a>, and several important rivers have their sources in the north-west of the county, including the <a href="/wiki/River_Nene" title="River Nene">River Nene</a>, which flows north-eastwards to The Wash, and the <a href="/wiki/River_Avon,_Warwickshire" title="River Avon, Warwickshire">Warwickshire Avon</a>, which flows south-west to the Severn. In 1830, it was boasted that "not a single brook, however insignificant, flows into it from any other district".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest point in the county is <a href="/wiki/Arbury_Hill" title="Arbury Hill">Arbury Hill</a>, at 225 metres (738 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBathurst201256–59_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBathurst201256–59-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The boundary with Lincolnshire is England's shortest ceremonial county boundary, at 20 yards (18 metres).<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are several towns in the county, <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> being the largest and most populous. At the time of the 2011 census a population of 691,952 lived in the county, with 212,069 living in Northampton. The table below shows all towns with over 10,000 inhabitants. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Rank</b></th> <th><b>Town</b></th> <th><b>Population</b></th> <th><b>Former Borough/District council</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a></td> <td>249,093 (2021)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Borough_Council" title="Northampton Borough Council">Northampton Borough Council</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a></td> <td>75,571 (2021)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Corby_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Corby Borough Council">Corby Borough Council</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering">Kettering</a></td> <td>63,150 (2021)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kettering_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Kettering Borough Council">Kettering Borough Council</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a></td> <td>56,564 (2021)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Borough_Council_of_Wellingborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough Council of Wellingborough">Borough Council of Wellingborough</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rushden" title="Rushden">Rushden</a></td> <td>31,690 (2021)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Northamptonshire_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="East Northamptonshire District Council">East Northamptonshire District Council</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daventry" title="Daventry">Daventry</a></td> <td>28,123 (2021)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daventry_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Daventry District Council">Daventry District Council</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brackley" title="Brackley">Brackley</a></td> <td>16,159 (2021)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Northamptonshire_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="South Northamptonshire District Council">South Northamptonshire District Council</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Towcester" title="Towcester">Towcester</a></td> <td>11,524 (2021)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Northamptonshire_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="South Northamptonshire District Council">South Northamptonshire District Council</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of 2010 there were 16 settlements in Northamptonshire with a town charter: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brackley" title="Brackley">Brackley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burton_Latimer" title="Burton Latimer">Burton Latimer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daventry" title="Daventry">Daventry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Desborough" title="Desborough">Desborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Higham_Ferrers" title="Higham Ferrers">Higham Ferrers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irthlingborough" title="Irthlingborough">Irthlingborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering">Kettering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oundle" title="Oundle">Oundle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raunds" title="Raunds">Raunds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rothwell,_Northamptonshire" title="Rothwell, Northamptonshire">Rothwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rushden" title="Rushden">Rushden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Towcester" title="Towcester">Towcester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrapston" title="Thrapston">Thrapston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like the rest of the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>, Northamptonshire has an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>). The table below shows the average weather for Northamptonshire from the <a href="/wiki/Moulton,_Northamptonshire" title="Moulton, Northamptonshire">Moulton</a> weather station. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Moulton, Northants </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14<br />(58) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7<br />(44) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.51<br />(1.78) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.39<br />(1.33) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.87<br />(1.13) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.39<br />(1.73) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.49<br />(1.37) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.66<br />(1.83) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.21<br />(1.66) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.69<br />(1.85) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.49<br />(2.16) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.68<br />(2.24) </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.98<br />(1.96) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">53.16<br />(20.94) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/West_Northamptonshire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="West Northamptonshire Council">West Northamptonshire Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="North Northamptonshire Council">North Northamptonshire Council</a></div> <p>Between 1974 and 2021, Northamptonshire, like most English counties, was divided into a number of local authorities. The seven borough/district councils covered 15 towns and hundreds of villages. The county had a two-tier structure of <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Local government in the United Kingdom">local government</a> and an elected <a href="/wiki/County_council" title="County council">county council</a> based in <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a>, and was also divided into seven <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">districts</a> each with their own district or borough councils:<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Council</b></th> <th>Council HQ Location </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Corby_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Corby Borough Council">Corby Borough Council</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daventry_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Daventry District Council">Daventry District Council</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daventry" title="Daventry">Daventry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Northamptonshire_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="East Northamptonshire District Council">East Northamptonshire District Council</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thrapston" title="Thrapston">Thrapston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kettering_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Kettering Borough Council">Kettering Borough Council</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering">Kettering</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Borough_Council" title="Northampton Borough Council">Northampton Borough Council</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Northamptonshire_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="South Northamptonshire District Council">South Northamptonshire District Council</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Towcester" title="Towcester">Towcester</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Borough_Council_of_Wellingborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough Council of Wellingborough">Borough Council of Wellingborough</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Northampton itself is the most populous <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil parishes in England">civil parish</a> in England, and (prior to 2021) was the most populous urban district in England not to be administered as a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authority</a> (even though several smaller districts are unitary). During the <a href="/wiki/1990s_UK_local_government_reform" class="mw-redirect" title="1990s UK local government reform">1990s local government reform</a>, Northampton Borough Council petitioned strongly for unitary status, which led to fractured relations with the County Council.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Soke_of_Peterborough" title="Soke of Peterborough">Soke of Peterborough</a> is within the historic county of Northamptonshire, although it had had a separate county council since 1889 and separate <a href="/wiki/Quarter_Sessions" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarter Sessions">courts of quarter sessions</a> before then. The city of <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Peterborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Local government in Peterborough">Peterborough</a> has been a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authority</a> since 1998, but it forms part of <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a> for <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">ceremonial purposes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="De_facto_bankruptcy_of_the_county_council">De facto bankruptcy of the county council</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: De facto bankruptcy of the county council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early 2018, Northamptonshire County Council was declared technically insolvent and would be able to provide only the bare essential services.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> the problems were caused by "a reckless half-decade in which it refused to raise council tax to pay for the soaring costs of social care" and "partly due to past failings, the council is now having to make some drastic decisions to reduce services to a core offer." Some observers, such as Simon Edwards of the <a href="/wiki/County_Councils_Network" title="County Councils Network">County Councils Network</a>, added another perspective on the cause of the financial crisis, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_government_austerity_programme" title="United Kingdom government austerity programme">United Kingdom government austerity programme</a>: "It is clear that, partly due to past failings, the council is now having to make some drastic decisions to reduce services to a core offer. However, we can't ignore that some of the underlying causes of the challenges facing Northamptonshire, such as dramatic reductions to council budgets and severe demand for services, mean county authorities across the country face funding pressures of £3.2bn over the next two years."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Structural_changes">Structural changes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Structural changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:308px;max-width:308px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_(1974-2021).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_%281974-2021%29.svg/150px-Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_%281974-2021%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_%281974-2021%29.svg/225px-Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_%281974-2021%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_%281974-2021%29.svg/300px-Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_%281974-2021%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg/150px-Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg/225px-Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg/300px-Northamptonshire_numbered_districts_2021.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Northamptonshire before (left) and after (right) the 2021 structural changes</div></div></div></div> <p>In early 2018, following the events above, Government-appointed commissioners took over control of the council's affairs. Consequently, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government commissioned an independent report which, in March 2018, proposed structural changes to local government in Northamptonshire. These changes, implemented on 1 April 2021, saw the existing county council and district councils abolished and two new unitary authorities created in their place.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One unitary authority, <a href="/wiki/West_Northamptonshire" title="West Northamptonshire">West Northamptonshire</a>, consists of the former districts of <a href="/wiki/Daventry_District" title="Daventry District">Daventry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Northamptonshire" title="South Northamptonshire">South Northamptonshire</a>; the other, <a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire" title="North Northamptonshire">North Northamptonshire</a>, consists of the former <a href="/wiki/East_Northamptonshire" title="East Northamptonshire">East Northamptonshire</a> district and the former boroughs of <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Corby" title="Borough of Corby">Corby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Kettering" title="Borough of Kettering">Kettering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Wellingborough" title="Borough of Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_representation">National representation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: National representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northamptonshire returns seven <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Members of Parliament</a> (MPs). As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, five are currently from the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> and two from the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several of the constituencies have been marginal in the past, including the Northampton seats, Wellingborough, Kettering, and Corby, which were all Labour seats before 2005. In the 2016 EU referendum, all of the Northamptonshire districts voted to Leave, most by a significant margin. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Constituency</b></th> <th><b>Member of Parliament</b></th> <th><b>Political party</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Corby_and_East_Northamptonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Corby and East Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Corby & East Northamptonshire</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Barron_(politician)" title="Lee Barron (politician)">Lee Barron</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daventry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Daventry (UK Parliament constituency)">Daventry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Andrew" title="Stuart Andrew">Stuart Andrew</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kettering_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)">Kettering</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rosie_Wrighting" title="Rosie Wrighting">Rosie Wrighting</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northampton_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northampton North (UK Parliament constituency)">Northampton North</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Rigby" title="Lucy Rigby">Lucy Rigby</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northampton_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency)">Northampton South</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Reader" title="Mike Reader">Mike Reader</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Northamptonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Northamptonshire</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Bool" title="Sarah Bool">Sarah Bool</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellingborough_and_Rushden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wellingborough and Rushden (UK Parliament constituency)">Wellingborough & Rushden</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gen_Kitchen" title="Gen Kitchen">Gen Kitchen</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>From 1993 until 2005, Northamptonshire County Council,<sup id="cite_ref-NCC_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCC-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for which each of the 73 <a href="/wiki/Electoral_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral division">electoral divisions</a> in the county elected a single councillor, had been held by the Labour Party; it had been under <a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">no overall control</a> since 1981. The councils of the rural districts – Daventry, East Northamptonshire, and South Northamptonshire – were strongly Conservative, whereas the political composition of the urban districts was more mixed. At the 2003 local elections, Labour lost control of Kettering, Northampton, and Wellingborough, retaining only Corby. Elections for the entire County Council were held every four years – the last were held on <a href="/wiki/2017_Northamptonshire_County_Council_election" title="2017 Northamptonshire County Council election">4 May 2017</a>. The County Council used a <a href="/wiki/Leader_and_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader and cabinet">leader and cabinet</a> executive system and abolished its <a href="/wiki/Area_committee" title="Area committee">area committees</a> in April 2006. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Northamptonshire#Economy" title="History of Northamptonshire">History of Northamptonshire § Economy</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kimi_Raikkonen_2006_test.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Kimi_Raikkonen_2006_test.jpg/250px-Kimi_Raikkonen_2006_test.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Kimi_Raikkonen_2006_test.jpg/375px-Kimi_Raikkonen_2006_test.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Kimi_Raikkonen_2006_test.jpg/500px-Kimi_Raikkonen_2006_test.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="537" /></a><figcaption>Silverstone adds millions every year to the local economy - <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> testing for <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a> at Silverstone in April <a href="/wiki/2006_Formula_One_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Formula One season">2006</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Historically, Northamptonshire's main industry was manufacturing of boots and shoes.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the manufacturers closed down in the <a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Premiership of Margaret Thatcher">Thatcher era</a> which in turn left many county people unemployed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Although R Griggs and Co Ltd, the manufacturer of <a href="/wiki/Dr._Martens" title="Dr. Martens">Dr. Martens</a>, still has its UK base in <a href="/wiki/Wollaston,_Northamptonshire" title="Wollaston, Northamptonshire">Wollaston</a> near <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the shoe industry has deeply declined as manufacturing has moved away from England. There were over 2,000 shoemakers in the region in the mid 19th century, today the number is over 30 left.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Large employers include the breakfast cereal manufacturers <a href="/wiki/Weetabix" title="Weetabix">Weetabix</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Burton_Latimer" title="Burton Latimer">Burton Latimer</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Carlsberg_Group" title="Carlsberg Group">Carlsberg</a> brewery in <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Avon_Products" title="Avon Products">Avon Products</a>, Nationwide Building Society, <a href="/wiki/Siemens" title="Siemens">Siemens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barclaycard" title="Barclaycard">Barclaycard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saxby_Bros_Ltd" title="Saxby Bros Ltd">Saxby Bros Ltd</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golden_Wonder" title="Golden Wonder">Golden Wonder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chamber_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chamber-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Why_Wellingborough_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Why_Wellingborough-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the west of the county is the <a href="/wiki/Daventry_International_Railfreight_Terminal" class="mw-redirect" title="Daventry International Railfreight Terminal">Daventry International Railfreight Terminal</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is a major rail freight terminal located on the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a> near <a href="/wiki/Rugby,_Warwickshire" title="Rugby, Warwickshire">Rugby</a>. Wellingborough also has a smaller railfreight depot<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on Finedon Road, called Nelisons sidings.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This is a chart of trend of the regional gross value added of Northamptonshire at current basic prices in millions of British Pounds Sterling (correct on 21 December 2005):<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Regional Gross Value Added<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Agriculture<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Industry<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Services<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td><b>7,139</b></td> <td>112</td> <td>2,157</td> <td>3,870 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td><b>9,743</b></td> <td>79</td> <td>3,035</td> <td>6,630 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td><b>10,901</b></td> <td>90</td> <td>3,260</td> <td>7,551 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The region of Northamptonshire, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/South_Midlands" title="South Midlands">South Midlands</a> has been described as "<a href="/wiki/Motorsport_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Motorsport Valley">Motorsport Valley</a>... a global hub" for the motor sport industry.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes-AMG</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Aston_Martin_in_Formula_One" title="Aston Martin in Formula One">Aston Martin</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> teams have their bases at <a href="/wiki/Brackley" title="Brackley">Brackley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silverstone" title="Silverstone">Silverstone</a> respectively, while <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_High_Performance_Engines" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines">Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, formerly, <a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are also in the county at <a href="/wiki/Brixworth" title="Brixworth">Brixworth</a> and Northampton respectively. </p><p>International <a href="/wiki/Motorsport" title="Motorsport">motor racing</a> takes place at <a href="/wiki/Silverstone_Circuit" title="Silverstone Circuit">Silverstone Circuit</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, formerly, <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_Motor_Speedway" title="Rockingham Motor Speedway">Rockingham Motor Speedway</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Pod_Raceway" title="Santa Pod Raceway">Santa Pod Raceway</a> is just over the border in <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a> but has a Northamptonshire postcode.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A study commissioned by Northamptonshire Enterprise Ltd (NEL) reported that Northamptonshire's motorsport sites attract more than 2.1 million visitors per year who spend a total of more than £131 million within the county.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Milton_Keynes_and_South_Midlands_Growth_area">Milton Keynes and South Midlands Growth area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Milton Keynes and South Midlands Growth area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/South_Midlands" title="South Midlands">South Midlands</a></div> <p>Northamptonshire forms part of the <a href="/wiki/South_Midlands#Milton_Keynes_and_South_Midlands_growth_area" title="South Midlands">Milton Keynes and South Midlands Growth area</a> which also includes <a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes" title="Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury_Vale" title="Aylesbury Vale">Aylesbury Vale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a>. This area has been identified as an area which is due to have tens of thousands additional homes built between 2010 and 2020. In North Northamptonshire (Boroughs of Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and East Northants), over 52,000 homes are planned or newly built and 47,000 new jobs are also planned.<sup id="cite_ref-North_Northants_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-North_Northants-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In West Northamptonshire (boroughs of Northampton, Daventry and South Northants), over 48,000 homes are planned or newly built and 37,000 new jobs are planned.<sup id="cite_ref-West_Northants_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West_Northants-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To oversee the planned developments, two urban regeneration companies have been created: North Northants Development Company (NNDC)<sup id="cite_ref-North_Northants_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-North_Northants-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-West_Northants_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West_Northants-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NNDC launched a controversial<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> campaign called <i>North Londonshire</i> to attract people from London to the county.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a county-wide tourism campaign with the slogan <i>Northamptonshire, Let yourself grow</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Schools">Schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northamptonshire County Council previously operated a comprehensive system of state-funded secondary schools.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From May 2021 compulsory education in the county is administered by North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council. The county is home to <a href="/wiki/Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Private schools in the United Kingdom">private</a> schools <a href="/wiki/Oundle_School" title="Oundle School">Oundle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quinton_House_School" title="Quinton House School">Quinton House School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough_School" title="Wellingborough School">Wellingborough School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spratton_Hall_School" title="Spratton Hall School">Spratton Hall School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northampton_High_School,_England" title="Northampton High School, England">Northampton High School</a>. </p><p>The county's <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Music_and_Performing_Arts_Trust" title="Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust">music and performing arts trust</a> provides peripatetic music teaching to schools. It also supports 15 local Saturday morning music and performing arts centres around the county and provides a range of county-level music groups. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges">Colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are seven colleges across the county, with the <a href="/wiki/Tresham_College_of_Further_and_Higher_Education" title="Tresham College of Further and Higher Education">Tresham College of Further and Higher Education</a> having four campuses in three towns: <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering">Kettering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tresham, which was taken over by Bedford College in 2017 due to failed Ofsted inspections, provides <a href="/wiki/Further_education" title="Further education">further education</a> and offers vocational courses and re-sit <a href="/wiki/GCSE" title="GCSE">GCSEs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also offers Higher Education options in conjunction with several universities.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other colleges in the county are: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fletton_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fletton House (page does not exist)">Fletton House</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Knuston_Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Knuston Hall (page does not exist)">Knuston Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moulton_College" title="Moulton College">Moulton College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northampton_College" title="Northampton College">Northampton College</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Northampton_New_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northampton New College (page does not exist)">Northampton New College</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_East_Northamptonshire_College" class="mw-redirect" title="The East Northamptonshire College">The East Northamptonshire College</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="University">University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northamptonshire has one university, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Northampton" title="University of Northampton">University of Northampton</a>. It has two campuses 2.5 miles (4.0 km) apart and 10,000 students.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It offers courses for needs and interests from foundation and undergraduate level to postgraduate, professional and doctoral qualifications. Subjects include traditional arts, humanities and sciences subjects, as well as entrepreneurship, product design and advertising.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hospitals">Hospitals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Hospitals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main acute <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service_(England)" title="National Health Service (England)">National Health Service</a> hospitals in Northamptonshire <a href="/wiki/Northampton_General_Hospital" title="Northampton General Hospital">Northampton General Hospital</a>, which also operates Danetre Hospital in Daventry, and <a href="/wiki/Kettering_General_Hospital" title="Kettering General Hospital">Kettering General Hospital</a>. In the south-west of the county, the towns of Brackley, Towcester and surrounding villages are serviced by the <a href="/wiki/Horton_General_Hospital" title="Horton General Hospital">Horton General Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Banbury" title="Banbury">Banbury</a> in neighbouring Oxfordshire for acute medical needs. A similar arrangement is in place for the town of <a href="/wiki/Oundle" title="Oundle">Oundle</a> and nearby villages, served by <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_City_Hospital" title="Peterborough City Hospital">Peterborough City Hospital</a>. </p><p>In February 2011 a new satellite out-patient centre opened at Nene Park, Irthlingborough to provide over 40,000 appointments a year, as well as a minor injury unit to serve Eastern Northamptonshire. This was opened to relieve pressure off Kettering General Hospital, and has also replaced the dated Rushden Memorial Clinic which provided at the time about 8,000 appointments a year, when open.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_contamination">Water contamination</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Water contamination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2008, <a href="/wiki/Anglian_Water" title="Anglian Water">Anglian Water</a> found traces of <i><a href="/wiki/Cryptosporidium" title="Cryptosporidium">Cryptosporidium</a></i> in water supplies of Northamptonshire. The local reservoir at <a href="/wiki/Pitsford" title="Pitsford">Pitsford</a> was investigated and a <a href="/wiki/European_rabbit" title="European rabbit">European rabbit</a> which had strayed into it,<sup id="cite_ref-NorthantsETCrypto_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorthantsETCrypto-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> causing the problem, was found. About 250,000 residents were affected;<sup id="cite_ref-1cryptoBBC_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1cryptoBBC-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by 14 July 2008, 13 cases of cryptosporidiosis attributed to water in Northampton had been reported.<sup id="cite_ref-2cryptoBBC_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2cryptoBBC-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the end of the investigation, Anglian Water lifted its boil notice for all affected areas on 4 July 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-AnglianWater_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AnglianWater-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anglian Water revealed that it would pay up to £30 per household as compensation for customers hit by the water crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-C&E30each_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C&E30each-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands#Transport" title="East Midlands">East Midlands § Transport</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A43_Brackley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/A43_Brackley.jpg/220px-A43_Brackley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/A43_Brackley.jpg/330px-A43_Brackley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/A43_Brackley.jpg/440px-A43_Brackley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>Brackley bypass on the A43</figcaption></figure> <p>The gap in the hills at <a href="/wiki/Watford_Gap" title="Watford Gap">Watford Gap</a> meant that many south-east to north-west routes passed through Northamptonshire. <a href="/wiki/Watling_Street" title="Watling Street">Watling Street</a>, a Roman Road which is now part of the <a href="/wiki/A5_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A5 road (Great Britain)">A5</a>, passes through here, as did canals, railways and major roads in later years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major national roads, including the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1 motorway</a> (London to Leeds) and the <a href="/wiki/A14_road_(England)" title="A14 road (England)">A14</a> (Rugby to Felixstowe), provide Northamptonshire with transport links both north–south and east–west. The <a href="/wiki/A43_road" title="A43 road">A43</a> joins the M1 to the <a href="/wiki/M40_motorway" title="M40 motorway">M40 motorway</a>, passing through the south of the county to the junction west of Brackley, and the <a href="/wiki/A45_road" title="A45 road">A45</a> links Northampton with Wellingborough and Peterborough. </p><p>The county road network (excluding trunk roads and motorways), managed by West Northamptonshire Council and North Northamptonshire Council, includes the <a href="/wiki/A45_road" title="A45 road">A45</a> west of the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1 motorway</a>, the <a href="/wiki/A43_road" title="A43 road">A43</a> between <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> and the county boundary near Stamford, the <a href="/wiki/A361_road" title="A361 road">A361</a> between <a href="/wiki/Kilsby" title="Kilsby">Kilsby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Banbury" title="Banbury">Banbury</a> (Oxon) and all B, C and unclassified roads. Since 2009, these highways have been managed on behalf of the county council by MGWSP, a joint venture between <a href="/wiki/May_Gurney" class="mw-redirect" title="May Gurney">May Gurney</a> and WSP. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivers_and_canals">Rivers and canals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Rivers and canals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_Union_Canal_at_Braunston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Grand_Union_Canal_at_Braunston.jpg/220px-Grand_Union_Canal_at_Braunston.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Grand_Union_Canal_at_Braunston.jpg/330px-Grand_Union_Canal_at_Braunston.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Grand_Union_Canal_at_Braunston.jpg/440px-Grand_Union_Canal_at_Braunston.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="616" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal" title="Grand Union Canal">Grand Union Canal</a> at <a href="/wiki/Braunston" title="Braunston">Braunston</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Category:Rivers_of_Northamptonshire" title="Category:Rivers of Northamptonshire">Category:Rivers of Northamptonshire</a></div> <p>Two major canals – the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Canal" title="Oxford Canal">Oxford</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal" title="Grand Union Canal">Grand Union</a> – join in the county at <a href="/wiki/Braunston" title="Braunston">Braunston</a>. Notable features include a flight of 17 <a href="/wiki/Canal_lock" class="mw-redirect" title="Canal lock">locks</a> on the Grand Union at <a href="/wiki/Rothersthorpe" title="Rothersthorpe">Rothersthorpe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Stoke_Bruerne_Canal_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum">canal museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/Stoke_Bruerne" title="Stoke Bruerne">Stoke Bruerne</a> and a tunnel at <a href="/wiki/Blisworth_Tunnel" title="Blisworth Tunnel">Blisworth</a> which, at 2,813 metres (3,076 yd), is the third-longest navigable canal tunnel on the <a href="/wiki/Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Canals of the United Kingdom">UK canal network</a>. </p><p>A branch of the Grand Union Canal connects to the <a href="/wiki/River_Nene" title="River Nene">River Nene</a> in Northampton and has been upgraded to a 'wide canal' in places and is known as the <i>Nene Navigation</i>. It is famous for its <a href="/wiki/Guillotine_lock" title="Guillotine lock">guillotine locks</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Northamptonshire" title="Rail transport in Northamptonshire">Rail transport in Northamptonshire</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Next_stop_Wellingborough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1400370.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Next_stop_Wellingborough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1400370.jpg/220px-Next_stop_Wellingborough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1400370.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Next_stop_Wellingborough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1400370.jpg/330px-Next_stop_Wellingborough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1400370.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Next_stop_Wellingborough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1400370.jpg/440px-Next_stop_Wellingborough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1400370.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Trains" title="East Midlands Trains">East Midlands Trains</a> service approaching <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough_railway_station" title="Wellingborough railway station">Wellingborough</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line" title="Midland Main Line">Midland Main Line</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Two trunk railway routes, the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line" title="Midland Main Line">Midland Main Line</a> and the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a>, cross the county. At its peak, Northamptonshire had 75 railway stations. It now has only six, at: <a href="/wiki/Northampton_railway_station" title="Northampton railway station">Northampton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Long_Buckby_railway_station" title="Long Buckby railway station">Long Buckby</a> on the West Coast Main Line; <a href="/wiki/Kettering_railway_station" title="Kettering railway station">Kettering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough_railway_station" title="Wellingborough railway station">Wellingborough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corby_railway_station" title="Corby railway station">Corby</a> on the Midland Main Line; along with <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Sutton_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="King's Sutton railway station">King's Sutton</a>, only a few yards from the boundary with Oxfordshire on the <a href="/wiki/Chiltern_Main_Line" title="Chiltern Main Line">Chiltern Main Line</a>. </p><p>Before <a href="/wiki/Nationalisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalisation">nationalisation</a> of the railways in 1948 and the creation of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Railways</a>, three of the <i>Big Four</i> railway companies operated in Northamptonshire: the <a href="/wiki/London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway" title="London, Midland and Scottish Railway">London, Midland and Scottish Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway" title="London and North Eastern Railway">London and North Eastern Railway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a>. Only the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(UK)" title="Southern Railway (UK)">Southern Railway</a> was not represented. As of 2023, it is served by <a href="/wiki/Chiltern_Railways" title="Chiltern Railways">Chiltern Railways</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">East Midlands Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Avanti_West_Coast" title="Avanti West Coast">Avanti West Coast</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Trains" title="West Midlands Trains">West Midlands Trains</a>. </p> <dl><dt>Corby rail history</dt></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a> was described as the largest town in Britain without a railway station.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The railway running through the town from Kettering to <a href="/wiki/Oakham" title="Oakham">Oakham</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rutland" title="Rutland">Rutland</a> was previously used only by freight traffic and occasional diverted passenger trains that did not stop at the station. The line through Corby was once part of a main line to <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a> through <a href="/wiki/Melton_Mowbray" title="Melton Mowbray">Melton Mowbray</a>, but the stretch between Melton and Nottingham was closed in 1968. In the 1980s, an experimental passenger shuttle service ran between Corby and Kettering but was withdrawn a few years later.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 February 2009, a new <a href="/wiki/Corby_railway_station" title="Corby railway station">railway station</a> opened, providing direct hourly access to <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">London St Pancras</a>. Following the opening of Corby Station, Rushden then became the largest town in the United Kingdom without a direct railway station. As of 2023, Corby is served by two regular <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">EMR</a> services per hour to London St Pancras International, branded as the Luton Airport Express and EMR Connect. </p> <dl><dt>Closed lines and stations</dt></dl> <p>Railway services in Northamptonshire were reduced by the <a href="/wiki/Beeching_cuts" title="Beeching cuts">Beeching cuts</a> in the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Closure of the line connecting Northampton to <a href="/wiki/Peterborough" title="Peterborough">Peterborough</a> by way of Wellingborough, <a href="/wiki/Thrapston" title="Thrapston">Thrapston</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oundle" title="Oundle">Oundle</a> left eastern Northamptonshire devoid of railways. Part of this route was reopened in 1977 as the <a href="/wiki/Nene_Valley_Railway" title="Nene Valley Railway">Nene Valley Railway</a>. A section of one of the closed lines, the <a href="/wiki/Northampton_to_Market_Harborough_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Northampton to Market Harborough line">Northampton to Market Harborough line</a>, is now the <a href="/wiki/Northampton_%26_Lamport_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Northampton & Lamport Railway">Northampton & Lamport</a> <a href="/wiki/Heritage_railway" title="Heritage railway">heritage railway</a>, while the route as a whole forms a part of the <a href="/wiki/National_Cycle_Network" title="National Cycle Network">National Cycle Network</a>, as the <a href="/wiki/Brampton_Valley_Way" title="Brampton Valley Way">Brampton Valley Way</a>. </p><p>As early as 1897, Northamptonshire would have had its own <a href="/wiki/Channel_Tunnel" title="Channel Tunnel">Channel Tunnel</a> rail link with the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway" title="Great Central Railway">Great Central Railway</a>, which was intended to connect to a tunnel under the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>. Although the complete project never came to fruition, the rail link through Northamptonshire was constructed, and had stations at <a href="/wiki/Charwelton" title="Charwelton">Charwelton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woodford_Halse" title="Woodford Halse">Woodford Halse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helmdon" title="Helmdon">Helmdon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brackley" title="Brackley">Brackley</a>. It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923 (and of British Railways in 1948) before its closure in 1966.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <dl><dt>Future</dt></dl> <p>In June 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Train_Operating_Companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of Train Operating Companies">Association of Train Operating Companies</a> (ATOC) recommended opening a new station on the former <a href="/wiki/Irchester_railway_station" title="Irchester railway station">Irchester railway station</a> site for <a href="/wiki/Rushden" title="Rushden">Rushden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Higham_Ferrers" title="Higham Ferrers">Higham Ferrers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irchester" title="Irchester">Irchester</a>, called <a href="/wiki/Rushden_Parkway_railway_station" title="Rushden Parkway railway station">Rushden Parkway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ATOCConnectingCommunitiesReportS1019_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATOCConnectingCommunitiesReportS1019-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Rushden Historical Transport Society, operators of the <a href="/wiki/Rushden,_Higham_and_Wellingborough_Railway" title="Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway">Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway</a>, would like to see the railway fully reopen between <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Higham_Ferrers" title="Higham Ferrers">Higham Ferrers</a>. </p><p>The route of the planned <a href="/wiki/High_Speed_2" title="High Speed 2">High Speed 2</a> railway line (between London and Birmingham) will go through the southern part of the county but without any stations.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most buses are operated by <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Midlands" title="Stagecoach Midlands">Stagecoach Midlands</a>. Some town area routes have been named the Corby Star, Connect Kettering, Connect Wellingborough and Daventry Dart; the last three of these routes have route designations that include a letter (such as A, D1, W1, W2). <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Gold_bus_route_X4" title="Stagecoach Gold bus route X4">Stagecoach's X4 route</a> provides interurban links across the county, running between Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering, Corby, Oundle and Peterborough. Uno and Centrebus also run services within the county, </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sywell_Aerodrome.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Sywell_Aerodrome.jpg/220px-Sywell_Aerodrome.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Sywell_Aerodrome.jpg/330px-Sywell_Aerodrome.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Sywell_Aerodrome.jpg/440px-Sywell_Aerodrome.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Sywell Aerodrome</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Sywell_Aerodrome" title="Sywell Aerodrome">Sywell Aerodrome</a>, on the edge of <a href="/wiki/Sywell" title="Sywell">Sywell</a> village, has three grass runways and one concrete all-weather runway. It is, however, only 1000 metres long and therefore cannot be served by passenger jets.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Northamptonshire is served predominantly by <a href="/wiki/Luton_Airport" title="Luton Airport">London Luton Airport</a> in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a>, which can be directly accessed by train every 30 minutes from Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough. <a href="/wiki/London_Stansted_Airport" title="London Stansted Airport">London Stansted Airport</a> in neighbouring is around 40 miles away and can be accessed by car but does not feature a direct rail connection from anywhere in the county. </p><p>Further afield, Northamptonshire is also within reach of <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Airport" title="Birmingham Airport">Birmingham Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Airport" title="East Midlands Airport">East Midlands Airport</a>, both of which are around 45 miles away and can be accessed by direct trains from various stations within the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Broadcasting_House,_Northampton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Broadcasting_House%2C_Northampton.jpg/220px-Broadcasting_House%2C_Northampton.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Broadcasting_House%2C_Northampton.jpg/330px-Broadcasting_House%2C_Northampton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Broadcasting_House%2C_Northampton.jpg/440px-Broadcasting_House%2C_Northampton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>BBC Radio Northampton's Broadcasting House</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newspapers">Newspapers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The two main newspapers in the county are the <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Evening_Telegraph" title="Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph">Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Chronicle_%26_Echo" title="Northampton Chronicle & Echo">Northampton Chronicle & Echo</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of Northamptonshire is served by <a href="/wiki/BBC_East" title="BBC East">BBC East</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Anglia" title="ITV Anglia">ITV Anglia</a> which both are based in <a href="/wiki/Norwich" title="Norwich">Norwich</a>. A small part of the north of the county is covered by <a href="/wiki/BBC_East_Midlands" title="BBC East Midlands">BBC East Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">ITV Central</a> while a small part of southwest of the county primarily <a href="/wiki/Brackley" title="Brackley">Brackley</a> and the surrounding villages is covered by <a href="/wiki/BBC_South" title="BBC South">BBC South</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Meridian" title="ITV Meridian">ITV Meridian</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Northampton" title="BBC Radio Northampton">BBC Radio Northampton</a>, broadcasts on two <a href="/wiki/FM_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="FM radio">FM</a> frequencies: 104.2 MHz for the south and west of the county (including <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> and surrounding area) and 103.6 MHz for the north of the county (including <a href="/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering">Kettering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a>). BBC Radio Northampton is situated on Abington Street, Northampton. These services are broadcast from the <a href="/wiki/Moulton_Park" title="Moulton Park">Moulton Park</a> & <a href="/wiki/Geddington" title="Geddington">Geddington</a> transmitters. Some southern parts of the county (including <a href="/wiki/Brackley" title="Brackley">Brackley</a>) is served by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Oxford" title="BBC Radio Oxford">BBC Radio Oxford</a> broadcasting on 95.2 MHz. </p><p>There are three commercial radio stations in the county. The former <i>Kettering and Corby Broadcasting Company (KCBC)</i> station was called Connect Radio (97.2 and 107.4 MHz FM), following a merger with the Wellingborough-based station of the same name. It is now part of <a href="/wiki/Smooth_East_Midlands" title="Smooth East Midlands">Smooth East Midlands</a>. While both <a href="/wiki/Heart_East" title="Heart East">Heart East</a> (96.6 MHz FM) and <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM</a> station <a href="/wiki/Gold_(British_radio_network)" title="Gold (British radio network)">Gold</a> (1557 kHz) air very little local content as they form part of a national network. National <a href="/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting" title="Digital Audio Broadcasting">digital radio</a> is also available in Northamptonshire, though coverage is limited.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Corby is served by its own dedicated station, Corby Radio (96.3 FM), based in the town and focused on local content.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_Statue_Northampton_RFC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bronze_Statue_Northampton_RFC.jpg/220px-Bronze_Statue_Northampton_RFC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bronze_Statue_Northampton_RFC.jpg/330px-Bronze_Statue_Northampton_RFC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bronze_Statue_Northampton_RFC.jpg/440px-Bronze_Statue_Northampton_RFC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Statue inscribed 'They tackled the job' outside <a href="/wiki/Franklin%27s_Gardens" title="Franklin's Gardens">Franklin's Gardens</a> </figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_union">Rugby union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Rugby union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northamptonshire has many <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> clubs. Its premier team <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Saints" title="Northampton Saints">Northampton Saints</a>, competes in the <a href="/wiki/Aviva_Premiership" class="mw-redirect" title="Aviva Premiership">Aviva Premiership</a> and won the European championship in 2000 by defeating <a href="/wiki/Munster_Rugby" title="Munster Rugby">Munster</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Heineken_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Heineken Cup">Heineken Cup</a>, 9–8. <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Saints" title="Northampton Saints">Saints</a> are based at the 15,249 capacity <sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Franklin%27s_Gardens" title="Franklin's Gardens">Franklin's Gardens</a> ground. In 2014 the club won the <a href="/wiki/Aviva_Premiership" class="mw-redirect" title="Aviva Premiership">Aviva Premiership</a> as well as the Challenge Cup. For the 2014/15 campaign the team finished top of the table for the first time in the premiership, eventually losing 24–29 to Saracens in the playoff semi-final. </p><p>During the 2023/24 Season, Northampton Saints once again finished the season top of the table. This secured the Saints a Home Semi-Final. Franklins Gardens and the Northampton Saints hosted the previous seasons and reigning Gallagher Premiership Champions Saracens. The match ended with Northampton Saints victorius and Finalists for the first time since winning the league. The Northampton Saints played Bath Rugby at Twickenham in the Final of the Gallagher Premiership on 8 June 2024. Northampton Saints won the Match beating Bath Rugby 25-21 and becoming the Gallagher Premiership Champions for the second time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Association_football">Association football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Association football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northamptonshire has twenty four <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> clubs operating in the top ten levels of the <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football league system</a>. The sport in the area is administered by the <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Football_Association" title="Northamptonshire Football Association">Northamptonshire Football Association</a>, which is affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/United_Counties_League" title="United Counties League">United Counties League</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Combination_Football_League" title="Northamptonshire Combination Football League">Northamptonshire Combination Football League</a>, the Northampton Town Football League, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_and_District_Football_League" title="Peterborough and District Football League">Peterborough and District Football League</a> in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a>. Only two clubs in Northamptonshire to have competed in <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">The Football League</a> are Northampton Town and the defunct Rushden & Diamonds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Northampton_Town_F.C.">Northampton Town F.C.</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Northampton Town F.C."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The only fully-professional <a href="/wiki/English_football_league" class="mw-redirect" title="English football league">English football league</a> club in the county is <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a>, which attracts between 4,000 and 6,000 fans on an average game day and has been part of the Football League since 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their home ground is Sixfields Stadium which opened in 1994. The first match there took place on 15 October against Barnet Football Club. The stadium can hold up to 7,500 people, with provisions for disabled fans.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_clubs">Other clubs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Other clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county also a number of semi-professional sides that compete in levels 6 to 8 of the <a href="/wiki/Football_pyramid" class="mw-redirect" title="Football pyramid">football pyramid</a>. These are <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Town_F.C." title="Kettering Town F.C.">Kettering Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brackley_Town_F.C." title="Brackley Town F.C.">Brackley Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/AFC_Rushden_%26_Diamonds" title="AFC Rushden & Diamonds">AFC Rushden & Diamonds</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Corby_Town_F.C." title="Corby Town F.C.">Corby Town F.C.</a> Nineteen teams compete in the <a href="/wiki/United_Counties_League" title="United Counties League">United Counties League</a> (UCL), a league operating at levels 9 and 10 of the English League system, and which encompasses all of Northamptonshire and parts of neighbouring counties. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cricket">Cricket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Cricket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Northamptonshire County Cricket Club">Northamptonshire County Cricket Club</a> is in Division Two of the <a href="/wiki/County_Championship" title="County Championship">County Championship</a>; the team (also known as The Steelbacks) play their home games at the <a href="/wiki/County_Cricket_Ground,_Northampton" title="County Cricket Ground, Northampton">County Cricket Ground, Northampton</a>. They finished as runners-up in the Championship on four occasions in the period before it split into two divisions. </p><p>In 2013 the club won the <a href="/wiki/Friends_Life_t20" class="mw-redirect" title="Friends Life t20">Friends Life t20</a>, beating Surrey in the final. Appearing in their third final in four years, the Steelbacks beat Durham by four wickets at Edgbaston in 2016 to lift the <a href="/wiki/Natwest_t20_Blast" class="mw-redirect" title="Natwest t20 Blast">Natwest t20 Blast</a> trophy for the second time. The club also won the <a href="/wiki/NatWest_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="NatWest Trophy">NatWest Trophy</a> on two occasions, and the <a href="/wiki/Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup" title="Benson & Hedges Cup">Benson & Hedges Cup</a> once. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motor_sport">Motor sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Motor sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Silverstone_Circuit" title="Silverstone Circuit">Silverstone</a> is a major <a href="/wiki/Motor_racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor racing">motor racing</a> circuit, most notably used for the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Prix_motor_racing" title="Grand Prix motor racing">British Grand Prix</a>. There is also a dedicated radio station for the circuit which broadcasts on 87.7 FM or 1602 MW when events are taking place. However, part of the circuit is across the border in Buckinghamshire. <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_Motor_Speedway" title="Rockingham Motor Speedway">Rockingham Speedway</a>, located near <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a>, was one of the largest motor sport venues in the United Kingdom with 52,000 seats until it was closed permanently in 2018 to make way for a logistics hub for the automotive industry, hosting its last race in November of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a US-style elliptical racing circuit (the largest of its kind outside of the United States), and is used extensively for all kinds of <a href="/wiki/Motor_racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor racing">motor racing</a> events. The <a href="/wiki/Santa_Pod" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Pod">Santa Pod</a> <a href="/wiki/Drag_racing" title="Drag racing">drag racing</a> circuit, venue for the FIA European Drag Racing Championships, is just across the border in <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a> but has a <a href="/wiki/NN_postcode_area" title="NN postcode area">NN postcode</a>. </p><p>Two Formula One teams are based in Northamptonshire, with <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> at <a href="/wiki/Brackley" title="Brackley">Brackley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aston_Martin_in_Formula_One" title="Aston Martin in Formula One">Aston Martin</a> in <a href="/wiki/Silverstone" title="Silverstone">Silverstone</a>. Aston Martin also have a secondary facility in Brackley, while <a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> build engines for themselves, Aston Martin, <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a> and <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a> at <a href="/wiki/Brixworth" title="Brixworth">Brixworth</a>. <a href="/wiki/Cosworth" title="Cosworth">Cosworth</a>, the high-performance engineering company, is based in Northampton. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Swimming_and_diving">Swimming and diving</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Swimming and diving"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are seven competitive swimming clubs in the county: Northampton Swimming Club, Wellingborough Amateur Swimming Club, Rushden Swimming Club, Kettering Amateur Swimming Club, Corby Amateur Swimming Club, Daventry Dolphins Swimming Club, and Nene Valley Swimming Club. There is also one diving club: Corby Steel Diving Club. The main pool in the county is <a href="/wiki/Corby_East_Midlands_International_Pool" title="Corby East Midlands International Pool">Corby East Midlands International Pool</a>, which has an 8-lane 50m swimming pool with a floor that can adjust in depth to provide a 25m pool. The pool is home to the Northamptonshire Amateur Association's County Championships as well as some of the Youth Midland Championships.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Northamptonshire is home to 2016 paralympian Ellie Robinson. She was talent-spotted in July 2012 and developed at Northampton Swimming Club, and was selected to compete for Great Britain at the <a href="/wiki/2016_IPC_Swimming_European_Championships" title="2016 IPC Swimming European Championships">2016 IPC Swimming European Championships</a>. She won there three bronze medals, and one silver medal.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2010</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a> set her 1814 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Park" title="Mansfield Park">Mansfield Park</a></i> mostly in Northamptonshire. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Melrose_Plant" title="Melrose Plant">Melrose Plant</a>, a prominent secondary protagonist in the <a href="/wiki/Richard_Jury" title="Richard Jury">Richard Jury</a> series of mystery novels by <a href="/wiki/Martha_Grimes" title="Martha Grimes">Martha Grimes</a>, resides in Northamptonshire, and much of the action in the books takes place there. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Kinky_Boots_(film)" title="Kinky Boots (film)">Kinky Boots</a></i>, the 2005 British-American film and subsequent stage musical adaptation, was based on the true story of a traditional Northamptonshire shoe factory which, to stay afloat, entered the market for fetish footwear. </p><p>Rock and pop bands originating in the area have included <a href="/wiki/Bauhaus_(band)" title="Bauhaus (band)">Bauhaus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Temples_(band)" title="Temples (band)">Temples</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Departure" title="The Departure">The Departure</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Cassettes" title="New Cassettes">New Cassettes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raging_Speedhorn" title="Raging Speedhorn">Raging Speedhorn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Defenestration_(band)" title="Defenestration (band)">Defenestration</a>. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Coles" title="Richard Coles">Richard Coles</a>, an English musician, partnered in the 1980s with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Somerville" title="Jimmy Somerville">Jimmy Somerville</a> to create the band <a href="/wiki/The_Communards" title="The Communards">The Communards</a>. They achieved three top ten hits and made the No. 1 in 1986 with a version of the song "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Leave_Me_This_Way" title="Don't Leave Me This Way">Don't Leave Me This Way</a>". In 2012, <a href="/wiki/The_University_of_Northampton" class="mw-redirect" title="The University of Northampton">The University of Northampton</a> awarded Coles an honorary doctorate. From 2011 to 2022 he was the vicar of <a href="/wiki/Finedon" title="Finedon">Finedon</a> in Northamptonshire. </p><p>Northampton is the birthplace of composer <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Arnold" title="Malcolm Arnold">Malcolm Arnold</a> (born 21 October 1921) and of actor <a href="/wiki/Marc_Warren" title="Marc Warren">Marc Warren</a> (born 20 March 1967). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northamptonshire&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Northamptonshire" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Northamptonshire">Category:Tourist attractions in Northamptonshire</a></div> <table class="toccolours" style="float:right; clear:right; margin-left:1em;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><b>Key</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_monastic_houses_in_England" title="List of monastic houses in England">Abbey/Priory/Cathedral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Accessible open space"><img alt="Accessible open space" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11" /></a></span></td> <td>Accessible open space </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Themepark_uk_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Themepark_uk_icon.png/15px-Themepark_uk_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Themepark_uk_icon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="22" data-file-height="28" /></a></span></td> <td><a 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data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_Heritage" title="English Heritage">English Heritage</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Forestry_Commission" title="Forestry Commission">Forestry Commission</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HR_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Heritage railway"><img alt="Heritage railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/16px-HR_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/24px-HR_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/32px-HR_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="13" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_heritage_and_private_railways#England" title="List of British heritage and private railways">Heritage railway</a> 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Museum_icon_%28red%29.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="13" data-file-height="13" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Northampton" title="All Saints' Church, Northampton">All Saints, Northampton</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Althorp" title="Althorp">Althorp</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" 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height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/21px-CL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/28px-CL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></li> <li>Barnwell Country Park <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CP_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/CP_icon.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnwell_Manor" title="Barnwell Manor">Barnwell Manor</a> (former home of the <a href="/wiki/Dukes_of_Gloucester" class="mw-redirect" title="Dukes of Gloucester">Dukes of Gloucester</a>) <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billing_Aquadrome" title="Billing Aquadrome">Billing Aquadrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_Hill" title="Borough Hill">Borough Hill</a> Daventry (<a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> hill fort) <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_Hill_Roman_villa" title="Borough Hill Roman villa">Borough Hill Roman villa</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boughton_House" title="Boughton House">Boughton House</a> (home of the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Buccleuch" title="Duke of Buccleuch">Dukes of Buccleuch</a>) <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blisworth_tunnel" class="mw-redirect" title="Blisworth tunnel">Blisworth tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brackley" title="Brackley">Brackley</a> (historic market town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brampton_Valley_Way" title="Brampton Valley Way">Brampton Valley Way</a> (linear park on a disused railway line) <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Brixworth" title="All Saints' Church, Brixworth">Brixworth Church</a> (notably complete Anglo Saxon church) <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixworth_Country_Park" title="Brixworth Country Park">Brixworth Country Park</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CP_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/CP_icon.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burghley_House" title="Burghley House">Burghley House</a> (home of the <a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Exeter" title="Marquess of Exeter">Marquess of Exeter</a>) <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canons_Ashby_House" title="Canons Ashby House">Canons Ashby House</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NTE_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/NTE_icon.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canons_Ashby_Priory" title="Canons Ashby Priory">Canons Ashby Priory</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Ashby_House" title="Castle Ashby House">Castle Ashby</a> (home of the <a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Northampton" title="Marquess of Northampton">Marquess of Northampton</a>) <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Castle_Theatre,_Wellingborough" title="The Castle Theatre, Wellingborough">The Castle Theatre</a> (Wellingborough) <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Drama-icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Drama-icon.svg/18px-Drama-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Drama-icon.svg/27px-Drama-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Drama-icon.svg/36px-Drama-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="335" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coton_Manor_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Coton Manor Garden">Coton Manor Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottesbrooke_Hall" title="Cottesbrooke Hall">Cottesbrooke Hall</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daventry_Country_Park" title="Daventry Country Park">Daventry Country Park</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CP_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/CP_icon.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deene_Park" title="Deene Park">Deene Park</a> (home of the <a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Ailesbury" title="Marquess of Ailesbury">Marquess of Ailesbury</a>) <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delapr%C3%A9_Abbey" title="Delapré Abbey">Delapré Abbey</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derngate" class="mw-redirect" title="Derngate">Derngate and Royal Theatre</a> (Northampton) <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Drama-icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Drama-icon.svg/18px-Drama-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Drama-icon.svg/27px-Drama-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Drama-icon.svg/36px-Drama-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="335" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drayton_House" title="Drayton House">Drayton House</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Earls_Barton" title="All Saints' Church, Earls Barton">Earls Barton Church</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton_Neston_house" title="Easton Neston house">Easton Neston</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li>Fermyn Woods Country Park <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CP_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/CP_icon.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fotheringhay" title="Fotheringhay">Fotheringhay Castle & Church</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/14px-CL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/21px-CL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/28px-CL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin%27s_Gardens" title="Franklin's Gardens">Franklin's Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geddington" title="Geddington">Geddington</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_cross" title="Eleanor cross">Eleanor cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holdenby_House" title="Holdenby House">Holdenby House</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Holy_Sepulchre,_Northampton" title="The Holy Sepulchre, Northampton">Holy Sepulchre, Northampton</a> (Norman <a href="/wiki/Round_church" title="Round church">Round church</a>) <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irchester_Country_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Irchester Country Park">Irchester Country Park</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CP_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/CP_icon.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Way" title="Jurassic Way">Jurassic Way</a> (<a href="/wiki/Long-distance_footpath" class="mw-redirect" title="Long-distance footpath">long-distance footpath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Midshires_Way" title="Midshires Way">Midshires Way</a> section)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelmarsh_Hall" title="Kelmarsh Hall">Kelmarsh Hall</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirby_Hall" title="Kirby Hall">Kirby Hall</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EH_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/14px-EH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/21px-EH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/28px-EH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></li> <li>Knuston Hall <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamport_Hall" title="Lamport Hall">Lamport Hall</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilford_Hall" title="Lilford Hall">Lilford Hall</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyveden_New_Bield" title="Lyveden New Bield">Lyveden New Bield</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NTE_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/NTE_icon.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li>Nassington Prebendal Manor House <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/HH_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naseby_Field" title="Naseby Field">Naseby Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_%26_Lamport_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Northampton & Lamport Railway">Northampton & Lamport Railway</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HR_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/16px-HR_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/24px-HR_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/32px-HR_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="13" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Cathedral" title="Northampton Cathedral">Northampton Cathedral</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Guildhall" title="Northampton Guildhall">Northampton Guildhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Northampton Museum and Art Gallery">Northampton Museum and Art Gallery</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Museum_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Museum_icon.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="13" data-file-height="13" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Ironstone_Railway_Trust" title="Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust">Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HR_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/16px-HR_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/24px-HR_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/32px-HR_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="13" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oundle" title="Oundle">Oundle</a> (historic market town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piddington_Roman_Villa" title="Piddington Roman Villa">Piddington Roman Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitsford_Reservoir" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitsford Reservoir">Pitsford Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raunds" title="Raunds">Raunds</a> (historic market town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Raunds" title="St Peter's Church, Raunds">Raunds Church</a> (home of the <a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Raunds#The_Raunds_Wall_Paintings" title="St Peter's Church, Raunds">Raunds Wall Paintings</a> and a 15th cent <a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Raunds#The_Raunds_Mechanical_Clock" title="St Peter's Church, Raunds">Mechanical Clock</a>) <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" 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