Northampton

Worth seeing in and around Northampton

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   University of Northampton

   Modern university in Northamptonshire, UK

   500 m · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Northampton Cathedral

   Catholic cathedral

   1.1 km · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Sixfields Stadium

   Football stadium in Northampton, England, UK

   3.8 km · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Northampton Castle

   Castle in Northampton, England, UK

   2.1 km · Wikipedia
5. 05
   County Cricket Ground, Northampton

   Cricket ground

   800 m · Wikipedia
6. 06
   National Lift Tower

   Lift Testing Tower in Northampton, England, UK

   2.9 km · Wikipedia
7. 07
   All Saints' Church, Northampton

   Grade I listed church in Northampton, United Kingdom

   1.7 km · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Delapré Abbey

   Abbey and hamlet in Northampton, UK

   2.8 km · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Northampton Museum and Art Gallery

   Museum in Northampton, England, UK

   1.7 km · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Northampton Guildhall

    Building in Northampton, United Kingdom

    1.6 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Northampton

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 55 km · Birmingham (BHX), 63 km · East Midlands (EMA), 71 km

Stations

Northampton railway station, 2.1 km · Northampton Bridge Street railway station, 2.5 km · Billing railway station, 5.3 km · Pitsford and Brampton railway station, 5.6 km

• Luton, Luton → Northampton

  52 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £5–7
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Northampton

  74 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–11
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• London → Northampton

  97 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Northampton

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Northampton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Northampton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.