Whilton
Whilton is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England.
Whilton is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 271. Whilton is 75 miles (121 km) northwest of London, 9+3⁄4 miles (15.7 km) west of Northampton and 15+1⁄2 miles (24.9 km) southeast of Rugby. The village lies 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) east of the nearest town of Daventry. The nearest railway station is at Long Buckby for the Northampton loop of the West Coast Main Line which runs between Rugby, Northampton and London. The nearest airport is Birmingham Airport. Whilton gives its name to the nearby Whilton Locks and Whilton Marina on the Grand Union Canal. Whilton is also home to the world famous Whilton Mill Kart Circuit, where many drivers like Spencer Brougham and Jack Wilch started their careers. Whilton Mill Kart Circuit is run by Chief Marshal Harry Bonham
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Worth seeing in and around Whilton
One place 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.
- 01Church of St Lawrence
St Lawrence's Church is an Anglican Church and the parish church of Long Buckby, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade II* listed building and stands on the north side of Church Street.
3.1 km · church in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Whilton
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 50 km · East Midlands (EMA), 64 km · London Luton (LTN), 66 km
- Stations
- Long Buckby railway station, 2.3 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Whilton60 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £7–9
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Whilton75 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Whilton63 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £6–8
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No local-transport research exists yet for Whilton
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 Whilton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Whilton
Whilton is 33 km from Coventry, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Nortonvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, UK3.5 km
- Brockhallvillage and civil parish in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England2.3 km
- Bringtoncivil parish in Northamptonshire, UK1.8 km
- Great Bringtonvillage in Northamptonshire, England2.8 km
- Bannaventasettlement in Northamptonshire, England2.3 km