Storton’s Pits

Storton's Pits is a 21.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Northampton. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Northampton railway station and Sixfields Stadium.

Northampton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Northampton railway station serves the market town of Northampton in Northamptonshire, England. It is on the Northampton Loop of the West Coast Main Line and is located 65 miles 68 chains from London Euston.

Sixfields Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Dwadfish, Public domain.

Sixfields Stadium is an 8,203-capacity all-seater sports stadium in the Sixfields area on the west side of Northampton, England. It has been the home ground of Northampton Town Football Club following their move from the County Ground in October 1994.

Franklin’s Gardens

Stadium

Photo: David Jones, CC BY 2.0.

Franklin's Gardens is a purpose-built rugby stadium in Northampton, England. It is the home stadium of Northampton Saints and Loughborough Lightning. The stadium holds 15,249 people.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abington and Hardingstone.

Abington

Suburb

Photo: Peter Broster, CC BY 2.0.

Abington is a district of the town of Northampton, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, situated about 2 miles east of the town centre.

Hardingstone

Village

Photo: Brookie, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hardingstone is a village in Northamptonshire, England. It is on the southern edge of Northampton, and now forms a suburb of the town. It is about 1 mile from the town centre.

Rothersthorpe

Village

Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rothersthorpe is a small village of medieval origin, in West Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 500 in the 2001 Census, reducing to 472 at the 2011 census. It is 4 miles from the town of Northampton.

Storton’s Pits

Type: Nature reserve
Description: nature reserve in the United Kingdom
Category: recreation area
Location: Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.2336° or 52° 14′ 1″ north

Longitude

-0.9265° or 0° 55′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C4X63MF+CC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 490380180

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

Q30595336

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