NORTHAMPTON
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Abington [abington, abington vale, rushmere, cliftonville]
Billing [great billing, little billing, bellinge, standens barn]
Blackthorn [blackthorn, goldings]
Boughton Green [boughton green, sunnyside, boughton]
Briar Hill [briar hill, camp hill, duston mill]
Castle [semilong, spring boroughs]
Duston [duston, hopping hill]
East Hunsbury [east hunsbury, blacky more, collingtree, collingtree park]
Eastfield [eastfield, headlands, lakeview]
Ecton Brook [ecton brook, rectory farm]
Far Cotton [far cotton, delapre, cotton end, southbridge]
Hardingstone [hardingstone, brackmills, midsummer meadow]
Kingsley [kingsley, kingsthorpe hollow, links view]
Kingsthorpe [kingsthorpe, st davids, queens park]
Lumbertubs [lumbertubs, lings]
Moulton [moulton, moulton park, moulton leys, round spinney]
New Duston [new duston, lodge farm]
Parklands [parklands, spinney hill, boothville]
Spencer [spencer, dallington, kings heath]
St James [st james, sixfields]
Thorplands [thorplands, southfields]
Town Centre [town centre, mounts]
West Hunsbury [west hunsbury, merefield, shelfleys, swan valley]
Weston Favell [weston favell, westone, arbours]
White Hills [white hills, spring park]
Wootton [wootton, wootton fields, grange park]
main
Northampton has a population of over 200,000 in 2006, and
although still a market town, northampton is the largest town
without city status in europe. northampton is famous for its shoe
making history with numerous factories throughout the 19th and 20th
centuries becoming famous for their footware. dr martens were
created in northampton. northampton is earmarked in a south
midlands housing development programme which will see over 42,000
new homes built in northampton before 2031, this making
northampton one of the highest expanding boroughs in england.
location
northampton is in the east midlands of england and is the admin
capital of northamptonshire which as a county has a population of
nearly 600,000, northampton is surronded by northamptonshire
towns; daventry, wellingborough, kettering, corby and towcester.
15 miles down the m1 motorway is milton keynes; a fierce rival in
commerce and bragging rights. the nearest town and cities to
northampton outside northamptonshire are coventry, leicester,
bedford, peterborough, milton keynes and rugby. northampton is
also in excellent central location of being between birmingham
and london, both only taking just under an hour on train to get
to.
transport
the most famous motorway the m1 runs past northampton
which is accessable from junctions 15 [kislingbury], junction 15a
[rothersthorpe] and junction 16 [grange park] - the m1 runs from
leeds to london and is the main spine in england's road system.
rail links in northampton are also just as good, northampton runs
on the west coast main line which runs from birmingham new street
to london euston. running through coventry, rugby, milton keynes,
bletchley, leight buzzard and watford. 3 train operators use
northampton castle station [the main station] - that being
silverlink, central and virgin.
famous
northampton is home to the headquarters of carlsberg,
avon, tesco, travis perkins, levis, morrisons, barclays,
nationwide and many other companies. also, northamptonshire is
home to the british grand prix in formula 1, around 15 miles
south of northampton the racetrack silverstone becomes a massive
venue for motor racing. northampton also holds an annual event at
the racecourse, the northampton balloon festival is usually
visited by over 200,000 each year and has been running for over a
decade.
culture
according to the 2001 census [a now study which is over
5 years old] northampton's black/ethnic population was around 8%,
due to predictions, northampton's new black/ethnic population in
2006 could be around just over 10%. to break down, that's 89.7%
white [just over average with england] 2% mixed [just over
average with england] 3.7% asian [average with england] 3.1%
black [over average with england] 1.4% chinese/other [just over
average with england].
northampton has had a strong bangladeshi and caribeean population
for over 20 years. the most ethnic diverse wards in northampton
are 20% st crispin, 19% castle and 19% lumbertubs.
landmarks
northampton has a host of landmarks, historic ones
including queen eleanor's cross on london road in far cotton.
northampton has also be known for its wealth of parks in and
around the borough, these include abington park, racecourse,
delapre park, midsummer meadow, lings wood, dallington park,
berrywood park and bradlaugh fields.
northampton population distribution (2001 census)
northampton - 151,386
wootton - 15,816
duston - 15,485
billing - 8,642
moulton - 3,388
hardingstone - 2,022
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