West Northamptonshire | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Ambition, Pride, Unity, Prosperity | |
 West Northamptonshire shown withinNorthamptonshire | |
| Coordinates:52°14′13″N0°53′42″W / 52.237°N 0.895°W /52.237; -0.895 | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Ceremonial county | Northamptonshire |
| Incorporated | 1 April 2021 |
| Administrative HQ | Northampton |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority withleader and cabinet |
| • Body | West Northamptonshire Council |
| • House of Commons | 4 MPs
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| Area | |
• Total | 530 sq mi (1,380 km2) |
| • Land | 532 sq mi (1,377 km2) |
| • Water | 1.2 sq mi (3 km2) |
| • Rank | 16th |
| Population (2024)[3] | |
• Total | 439,811 |
| • Rank | 15th |
| • Density | 830/sq mi (319/km2) |
| Ethnicity(2021) | |
| • Ethnic groups | |
| Religion(2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode area | |
| Dialling codes |
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| ISO 3166 code | GB-WNH |
| GSS code | E06000062 |
| ITL code | TLF24 |
| GVA | 2021 estimate[5] |
| • Total | £13.2 billion |
| • Per capita | £30,905 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate[5] |
| • Total | £14.7 billion |
| • Per capita | £34,385 |
| Website | westnorthants |
West Northamptonshire is one of twounitary authority areas in theceremonial county ofNorthamptonshire, England. It contains thecounty town ofNorthampton, as well as the towns ofDaventry,Brackley andTowcester, and the large villages ofBrixworth andLong Buckby; the rest of the area is predominantly agricultural villages though it has many lakes and small woodlands.
West Northamptonshire was created in 2021 as part oflocal government restructuring from the previous non-metropolitan districts of Northampton,Daventry andSouth Northamptonshire.
TheWest Coast Main Line and theM1 andM40 motorways pass through the district, and it includes the site of the Roman town ofBannaventa and the grade IlistedAlthorp House and its estate.
West Northamptonshire was formed on 1 April 2021[6] through the merger of the threenon-metropolitan districts ofDaventry,Northampton, andSouth Northamptonshire. The new West Northamptonshire Council therefore absorbed the functions of those districts' councils, plus those of the abolishedNorthamptonshire County Council. These changes were implemented by creating a new non-metropolitan district and anon-metropolitan county covering the area, both called West Northamptonshire. There is no county council; instead the district council performs county-level functions, making it a unitary authority.[7] West Northamptonshire remains part of theceremonial county of Northamptonshire for the purposes oflieutenancy andshrievalty.[8]
In March 2018, followingfinancial and cultural mismanagement by the cabinet and officers at Northamptonshire County Council,Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government,Sajid Javid, sent commissioner Max Caller into the council, who recommended the county council and all-district and borough councils in the county be abolished, and replaced by two unitary authorities, one covering the West, and one the North of the county.[9] These proposals were approved in April 2019. It meant that the districts of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire were merged to form a new unitary authority called West Northamptonshire, whilst the second unitary authorityNorth Northamptonshire consists of the formerCorby,East Northamptonshire,Kettering andWellingborough districts.[10][11]
West Northamptonshire Council provides bothcounty-level anddistrict-level services. The whole area is also covered bycivil parishes, which form a second tier of local government.[12]
The West Northamptonshire population was estimated to be around 406,733 people in 2020, in 2011, off of previous administrative boundaries, the population of the West Northamptonshire area was around 375,101 people, with it being 345,589 people in 2001.[13]
In 2020, there was around an estimated 202,004 men and 204,729 women.[13]
| Ethnic Group | 1991[14] | 2001[15] | 2011[16] | |||
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| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| White: Total | 301,940 | 96.1% | 326,513 | 94.5% | 336,933 | 89.8% |
| White:British | – | – | 315,127 | 91.2% | 314,924 | 84% |
| White:Irish | – | – | 4,996 | 4,011 | ||
| White:Gypsy or Irish Traveller | – | – | – | – | 214 | |
| White:Other | – | – | 6,390 | 17,784 | ||
| Asian or Asian British: Total | 6,268 | 2% | 7,224 | 2.1% | 16,063 | 4.3% |
| Asian or Asian British:Indian | 2,918 | 3,915 | 6,471 | |||
| Asian or Asian British:Pakistani | 563 | 915 | 1,789 | |||
| Asian or Asian British:Bangladeshi | 1,215 | 1,818 | 3,474 | |||
| Asian or Asian British:Chinese | 847 | 1,495 | 2,005 | |||
| Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | 725 | 576 | 2,324 | |||
| Black or Black British: Total | 4,746 | 1.5% | 5,078 | 1.5% | 11,598 | 3.1% |
| Black or Black British:Caribbean | 2,877 | 3,077 | 6,837 | |||
| Black or Black British:African | 513 | 1,465 | 3,298 | |||
| Black or Black British:Other Black | 1,356 | 536 | 1,463 | |||
| Mixed or British Mixed: Total | – | – | 4,412 | 1.3% | 8,823 | 2.4% |
| Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | – | – | 2,009 | 3,819 | ||
| Mixed: White and Black African | – | – | 353 | 1,241 | ||
| Mixed: White and Asian | – | – | 1,130 | 1,947 | ||
| Mixed: Other Mixed | – | – | 920 | 1,816 | ||
| Other: Total | 1,283 | 0.4% | 867 | 0.3% | 1,684 | 0.4% |
| Other: Arab | – | – | – | – | 579 | |
| Other: Any other ethnic group | 1,283 | 0.4% | 867 | 1,105 | ||
| Total | 314,237 | 100% | 345,589 | 100% | 375,101 | 100% |
| 0–9 years | 10–19 years | 20–29 years | 30–39 years | 40–49 years | 50–59 years | 60–69 years | 70–79 years | 80+ years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52,453 | 48,857 | 45,494 | 52,919 | 54,387 | 57,322 | 43,181 | 34,676 | 17,865 |
In terms of television, West Northamptonshire is served byBBC East andITV Anglia with television signals received from theSandy Heath transmitter.[17]BBC East Midlands andITV Central can also be received with the television signals received from theWaltham. However, Daventry is served byBBC West Midlands andITV Central broadcasting from theSutton Coldfield TV transmitter.[18]However, southwestern parts of the region such asBrackley,Towcester andSilverstone are served byBBC South andITV Meridian broadcasting from theOxford TV transmitter.[19]Radio stations for the area are:
The area is served by these local newspapers:Northampton Chronicle & Echo,Daventry Express andBanbury Guardian which coversBrackley.
For a county-wide list for Northamptonshire seeList of places in Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire is entirely covered bycivil parishes, of which there are 166.[20]
The district includes the site of the Roman fortified town ofBannaventa,[21] and the grade Ilisted stately homeAlthorp House and its estate.[22]
