Photo of Fotheringhay, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

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Villages & towns in NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire, England

23 villages and towns in the Albion Guide across Northamptonshire — see the full villages and towns directory, or everything to explore in Northamptonshire.

Photo of Fotheringhay, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Fotheringhay

Nene-side village of honey-stone cottages under a great lantern-towered church, with the grassy motte where Richard III was born and Mary, Queen of Scots died.

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Photo of Aynho, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Aynho

Hilltop 'apricot village' on the Oxfordshire edge, its honey-coloured houses trained with apricot trees below Aynhoe Park.

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Photo of Rockingham, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Rockingham

Single steep street of stone cottages below a Norman castle, looking north over the Welland valley to Rutland and Leicestershire.

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Photo of Stoke Bruerne, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Stoke Bruerne

Canal village on the Grand Union where locks, a towpath and the old corn mill turned Canal Museum draw walkers and boaters to its waterside pubs.

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Photo of Wadenhoe, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Wadenhoe

Riverside hamlet of thatched limestone cottages on the Nene, its hilltop church and quiet moorings making it one of the county's prettiest corners.

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Photo of Badby, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Badby

Stone village around two greens below Badby Wood, famed for its spring bluebells and Knightley Way walking.

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Photo of Great Brington, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Great Brington

Thatched estate village beside Althorp, its church holding the Spencer family tombs and Washington ancestral memorials.

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Photo of Sulgrave, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Sulgrave

Quiet stone village on the Oxfordshire edge, home to Sulgrave Manor, the Tudor ancestral home of George Washington's family.

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Photo of Aldwincle, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Aldwincle

Quiet Nene-side village of stone cottages and two medieval churches, birthplace of the poet John Dryden.

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Photo of Blisworth, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Blisworth

Canal village of local Blisworth stone at the south mouth of the 3,000-yard Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union.

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Photo of Castle Ashby, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Castle Ashby

Model estate village of golden ironstone serving Castle Ashby House, with a green, an Anglo-Saxon-rooted church and gardens open all year.

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Apethorpe

Small limestone village near King's Cliffe built around Apethorpe Palace, a great Jacobean house that hosted Tudor and Stuart kings.

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Ashby St Ledgers

Estate village of thatch and stone where the Gunpowder Plot was hatched in the gatehouse above the manor, later a Lutyens showpiece.

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Brigstock

Old ironstone village on the edge of Rockingham Forest, mixing Tudor and Georgian houses beside Fermyn Woods.

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Brixworth

Large village above the Pitsford reservoir, famous for All Saints' church, the largest surviving Anglo-Saxon building in England.

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King's Cliffe

Former royal-forest village of stone houses and a brook, once a woodturning centre on the edge of Rockingham Forest.

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Barnwell

Brook-threaded village of limestone cottages near Oundle, with a castle ruin and a country park close by.

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Earls Barton

Nene-valley village built on shoemaking, its Saxon church tower a celebrated masterpiece of pilaster-strip stonework from around 970.

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King's Sutton

Ironstone village on the Oxfordshire border with a broad green and a soaring 14th-century spire counted among the finest in England.

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Lowick

Small stone village crowned by a magnificent Grade I medieval church with a rare octagonal lantern tower, often named among the county's most beautiful.

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Titchmarsh

Estate village near Thrapston with a tall crocketed church tower built by Richard III's chamberlain and a riverside nature reserve.

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Photo of Cotterstock, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Cotterstock

Small limestone village near Oundle with 17th-century stone houses and a Norman-to-medieval collegiate church above the Nene.

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Photo of Naseby, a village in Northamptonshire, central England.

Naseby

Upland village near the Avon's source, famous as the site of the decisive 1645 Civil War battle, with viewing platforms and information boards over the field.

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