Daventry
Built-up area in West Northamptonshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.264, -1.166 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 56 63 |
| Population: | 23,879 |
| Dialling code: | 01327 |
Daventry is a compact hill‑top market town in West Northamptonshire, known for its mix of Georgian and later town‑centre architecture and a strong sense of local community. Its Borough Hill radio station played an important role in early British broadcasting, giving the town an unusual technological footnote alongside its more traditional market origins.
The town sits close to open countryside and leisure spots such as Daventry Country Park, and the surrounding area has become an important logistics and distribution hub highlighted by the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal. Despite its transport links and commuter journeys into places like Northampton, Birmingham and Coventry, Daventry keeps a market‑town feel with regular local events, independent shops and pubs serving the community.
Postcode districts covering Daventry
Most populated places nearby
- Coventry 17.4 miles
- Milton Keynes 23.6 miles
- Northampton 12.3 miles
- Royal Leamington Spa 15.6 miles
- Nuneaton 22.5 miles
- Rugby 8.4 miles
- Kettering 21.5 miles
- Kettering Town 21.3 miles
- Wellingborough 19.8 miles
- Banbury 15.8 miles
- Hinckley 20.9 miles
- Rushden 24.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Daventry West Ward 0.5 miles
- Daventry East Ward 1.6 miles
- Welton Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Newnham Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Staverton Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Norton Parish 2.5 miles
- Braunston Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Badby Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Watford Built-up area 3.4 miles
- Dodford Parish 3.4 miles
- Ashby St. Ledgers Parish 3.4 miles
- Brockhall Parish 3.5 miles
Example postcodes in Daventry
NN11 0TR, NN11 9EF, NN11 0XG, NN11 4SU, NN11 4XB, NN11 8NW, NN11 8DA, NN11 2HE, NN11 4LG … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 27.8 miles
- East Midlands Airport 39.8 miles
- Long Buckby Railway Station 4 miles
- Rugby Railway Station 8.7 miles
Hotels near Daventry Ad
- Staverton Park Hotel and Golf Club 3 1.8 miles
- Mercure Daventry Court Hotel and Spa 4 1 mile
- Olde Coach House 4 3.1 miles
- Days Inn by Wyndham Watford Gap 2.5 3.5 miles
- Fawsley Hall Hotel 4 4 miles
- Heart of England, Northampton by Marston's Inns 4 4.3 miles
- Hellidon Lakes Hotel 4 4.9 miles
- The Red Lion 5 miles
- The Red Lion at Hellidon 4.5 miles
- The Narrowboat Inn at Weedon 4 5.2 miles
Schools in Daventry
- Abbey C of E Academy Primary
- Ashby Fields Primary School Primary
- Daventry Hill School Special
- DSLV E-ACT Academy All ages
- Falconer's Hill Academy Primary
- Falconer's Hill Infant School Primary
- St James Infant School Primary
Local points of interest
- Catesby Priory Historic site 4.1 miles
- Sixfields Stadium, Northampton Town Stadium 10 miles
- Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Saints Stadium 10.6 miles
- Sewardsley Priory Historic site 11.9 miles
- Towcester Racecourse Recreation 12.5 miles
- Easton Neston House Estate 13.2 miles
- Woodcote corner, Silverstone Recreation 14.3 miles
- Start/Finish straight, Silverstone Recreation 14.3 miles
- Brooklands corner, Silverstone Recreation 14.3 miles
- Luffield corner, Silverstone Recreation 14.4 miles
- Copse corner, Silverstone Recreation 14.4 miles
- Priory corner, Silverstone Recreation 14.4 miles