Grange Park, Northamptonshire

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1 Facilities
2 Political structure
3 Transport
4 History
5 Externals links
6 Sources

Grange Park is a residential housing estate three miles south of Northampton town centre, in the shire county of Northamptonshire (Northants). It is very close to the M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junction 15, 65 miles north of London and 45 miles southeast of Birmingham.

[edit] Facilities

The estate of about 1,500 houses and 3,500 population is on the edge of the Borough of Northampton but outside the Borough boundary. It has a supermarket, community centre and primary school. There is an hotel and restaurant alongside near the M1 junction. An industrial estate largely consisting of warehouses or logistics companies borders to the south west between the estate and the motorway. A smaller business estate is under construction at the border with the village of Wootton to the north west. A recycling facility and park and ride facility has been mentioned as possible developments for the site of an old sand pit/domestic refuse tip to the west alongside the A45 trunk road. The estate is in the catchment area of Roade Secondary School, a sports college, (see external link), even though a newer secondary school, Caroline Chisholm (see link) is within walking distance at Wootton.

[edit] Political structure

The village has a Parish Council with members elected every four years. The local district council is South Northamptonshire where it forms the 2-member Grange ward.

[edit] Transport

The county of Northants is at a north-south and east-west rail, motorway and fast road transport network. The Northampton Loop of the West Coast Main Line carries trains from Northampton to London Euston via Milton Keynes.

The estate borders on the M1 to the south-east and A45 the the west and north, so links to main trunk routes are very good.

Typical travel times in minutes by road (peak times in italics) are: central London (via M1) 75 (110), Birmingham (via M1/M6) 45 (60), Manchester, (via M1/M6/M62) 120 (175), Leicester (via M1) 50 (65), Oxford (via A43) 50 (60), Cambridge (via A45/A14) 85 (130), Milton Keynes (via A508) 20 (30). Travel times (peak) by rail (via Govia London Midland and Virgin Trains services) in minutes are: from Northampton to Central London 55, to Birmingham 65; from Milton Keynes to Central London 40 and Manchester 120. Airports at Heathrow, Gatwick, and London Stansted as well as Birmingham Airport are all within easy reach.