Tiffield

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Tiffield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire; it is located north of the town of Towcester between the A5 road to its west and the A43 road to its east.

Tiffield is part of the district of South Northamptonshire. It has a school (Tiffield C.E. (V.A.) Primary School), one of the smallest in the country, with just 46 pupils in the 2007/08 academic year, a church (Tiffield St. John the Baptist Church) and a pub (The George). It also has a pocket park and a playing field, Claydon's Field, which was opened in 1979 after 8 years of fundraising by villagers. The village has one main road, which runs from the St. John's turning on the A43 to the village of Gayton. Two 1960s roads exist: Pigeon Hill at the southern end of the village and Meadow Rise at the northern end. The village is approximately ½ mile long. It is linked directly to Gayton and Eastcote by road.

Tiffield Pocket Park was declared a Local Nature Reserve in 2008. The Pocket Park land was originally part of the Northampton and Banbury Railway, which was closed in the 1960s. It now is a linear trail connecting several footpaths and rights of way. Three orchid species are found within the Pocket Park and may be seen flowering between April to June (depending on the season).