Northampton

Northampton is the county town of Northamptonshire, and is one of the largest settlements in the UK that is not a city after Reading and Dudley. It is about halfway between the cities of Birmingham and London. Wikivoyage

Population 245,899 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in United Kingdom

• 112AnyAll emergencies
• 999AnyAll emergencies

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Church of the Holy Sepulchre Church · 930 m
• St Peter's Church, Northampton Church · 430 m
• The Town and County War Memorial Memorial · 520 m
• Central Museum Museum · 500 m
• 78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House Museum · 730 m
• Museum of Leathercraft Museum · 660 m
• Marefair Gallery Gallery · 390 m
• Northampton Castle Postern Gate City gate · 540 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Pizza 3
• Burger 2
• Kebab 2
• Italian 1
• Chicken 1
• Caribbean 1
• African 1
• Wings 1

All 38 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Delapre Estate 1.7 km across 1.6 km
• Becket's Park 470 m across 710 m
• The Racecourse 1.1 km across 1.9 km
• Victoria Park 390 m across 1.1 km

Getting around

• Northampton Station 620 m
• Northgate Bus Station 640 m
• Northampton 660 m
• Brackmills Bus Terminus 2.5 km
• Boughton 5.6 km

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