Group facilitator survey for Help shape the One West Northamptonshire Plan

West Northamptonshire has many beautiful villages, thriving market towns of Towcester, Brackley and Daventry, and an increasingly vibrant town centre in Northampton (the biggest market town in England) which has a pipeline of regeneration projects underway through half a billion pounds of investment.

Residents and visitors of West Northamptonshire benefit from exploring a unique balance of urban and rural locations and numerous attractions across the region. We have a diverse landscape featuring Northampton, with a network of other smaller historical market towns, unique villages, country houses, churches and spires and open field landscapes. West Northants is a great place to bring up a family, work in, retire in, or have a business.

We are fast building a global reputation for strengths in sporting excellence, heritage and culture. Our visitor economy is robust and growing, and we are proud to host some of Britain’s best stately homes including Althorp, Sulgrave Manor, Canons Ashby and Kelmarsh Manor and we are home to some of the country’s key historical events, from the Battle of Naseby to the invention of the first radar system.

We are one of a few areas that host a number of professional sports being rugby, cricket and football clubs. We are also noted for the development of many track and field athletes at Moulton College along with Paralympic and World Champion swimmers. This sits alongside modern motorsport excellence hosting both the British Formula One and GP Moto events at our Silverstone Circuit and both Aston Martin and Mercedes Formula One teams’ headquarters. More recently, we hosted the Tour of Britain international cycling event and England Women’s Cricket Internationals. We have also been selected to host the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup, and have other major international sporting events lined up for 2027.

Please view the proposed Priority 3 and suggested outcomes and shared development areas.