Yardley Hastings

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Yardley Hastings is a village in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is located south-east of the county town of Northampton and is skirted on its south side by the main (A428) road to Bedford.

It is home to a congregation of the United Reformed Church, whose historic chapel, manse and ancillary buildings were converted into the National Youth Resource Centre of the United Reformed Church in 1991. The buildings ceased to be used for this purpose in 2003, and are now taking on a new lease of life as the Crossways Retreat and Conference Centre, initiated under the auspices of the East Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church.

Its parish church contains exceptional examples of Romanesque detailing.

The affix 'Hastings' is the surname of the Earls of Pembroke of the third creation; it distinguishes the village from nearby Yardley Gobion.

Thomas Dudley was born in Yardley Hastings in 1576. He sailed to New England on the Arbella in 1630 and became Governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony. He signed the charter of Harvard College in 1650.