Brackley
Brackley is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England.
It lies on the borders with Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 9 miles (14 km) east-south-east of Banbury, 19 miles (31 km) north-north-east of Oxford and 22 miles (35 km) south-west of Northampton. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the intersecting trade routes between London, Birmingham, the Midlands, Cambridge and Oxford. Brackley is close to Silverstone and home to the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team. In 2021, the parish had a population of 16,195.
Worth seeing
- 01Brackley Castle
An earth mound is all that remains of this castle built soon after 1086, and going out of use around 1200.
- 02Town Hall
9 Market Pl, NN13 7AB.
- 03Brackley Manor House
- 04Sulgrave Manor
A house built by ancestors of George Washington, now a museum.
Getting around Brackley the local way
- Get inA new off-road cycleway connects Buckingham to Winslow via Padbury and Adstock, following the route of the A413.
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