West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire is one of two unitary authority areas in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It contains the county town of Northampton, as well as the towns of Daventry, Brackley and Towcester, and the large villages of Brixworth and Long Buckby; the rest of the area is predominantly agricultural villages though it has many lakes and small woodlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: unitary authority area in England with 429,000 residents
- Description: unitary district in Northamptonshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “West Northamptonshire District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bugbrooke Meadows and Weedon Bec.
Bugbrooke Meadows
Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bugbrooke Meadows is a 10.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Nether Heyford in Northamptonshire. One of the fields with an area of 1.7 hectares is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
Weedon Bec
Ruins
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weedon Bec, usually just Weedon, is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. It is close to the source of the River Nene. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 2,706. Weedon Bec is situated 2 miles west of West Northamptonshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nether Heyford and Flore.
Nether Heyford
Village
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nether Heyford is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, close to the M1 motorway and the A5 and A45 roads, 6 miles west of Northampton and 70 miles northwest of London.
Flore
Village
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flore is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The village's name means 'Floor', perhaps referring to a Roman tessellated pavement.
Harpole
Village
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Harpole is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is just off the A4500 road, 4 miles west of Northampton and 1 mile northeast of junction 16 of the M1 motorway. Harpole is situated 2½ miles northeast of West Northamptonshire.
West Northamptonshire
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“West Northamptonshire” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Уэст-Нартгемптаншыр”
- Catalan: “West Northamptonshire”
- Cebuano: “West Northamptonshire”
- Chinese: “西北安普顿郡”
- French: “West Northamptonshire”
- German: “West Northamptonshire”
- Italian: “West Northamptonshire”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・ノーサンプトンシャー”
- Latvian: “Rietumnorthemptonšīra”
- Lithuanian: “Vakarų Nortamptonšyras”
- Northern Frisian: “West Northamptonshire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Northamptonshire”
- Polish: “West Northamptonshire”
- Portuguese: “Oeste de Northamptonshire”
- Russian: “Уэст-Нортгемптоншир”
- Slovenian: “West Northamptonshire”
- Swedish: “West Northamptonshire”
- Ukrainian: “Західний Нортгемптоншир”
- Welsh: “Gorllewin Swydd Northampton”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stowehill and Bugbrooke.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Waydale Hill and Farthingstone Castle Dykes.
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