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Daventry District For Business, Living and Leisure Open for business, opportunities and Well connected 03 investments for commerce We are bringing this Vision to life Daventry District is in the west of By rail Welcome to by working with our partners in Northamptonshire with excellent the private and public sectors to transport links, proving itself to be Home to the Daventry Daventry District, deliver an improved leisure and a popular location in the centre of International Rail Freight Terminal, the UK’s premier rail-linked well connected for shopping experience, new homes, the UK for businesses seeking logistics development on the new employment sites, schools and distribution bases, company business, living West Coast Mainline, connecting infrastructure for a growing District. headquarters and warehousing businesses to continental Europe. and leisure Daventry District Council prides itself and manufacturing facilities. on taking a forward-thinking approach London is just 78 minutes’ travel and we’re keen to work closely with By road time from Daventry District’s train Our District is growing fast, offering like-minded investors on a range of station at Long Buckby, while Strategically placed at the heart of new markets and development opportunities aimed at unlocking our journeys to Birmingham take the national road network, with easy opportunities for investors of all District’s full potential as a desirable less than an hour. access to the M1 motorway, the M6/ sizes in an affordable location to live location to live, work and prosper. and work at the heart of the nation’s A14 interchange, the A5 and the A45. If you’re thinking of moving to, By air transport network. Regular bus services provide investing or expanding in Daventry Five international airports within Daventry District Council has a clear strong links to the local area and District and would like to know more convenient reach – Heathrow, vision to Develop a Better District and surrounding region, with a new bus about the opportunities available, Luton, Stansted, East Midlands an innovative strategy for business interchange in Daventry town among please get in touch and we’ll be further investment planned. and Birmingham International. growth and jobs, for new quality happy to talk about your plans. housing, education, retail, leisure and community facilities. Central to this strategy is our Town Centre Vision – an ambitious investment programme to regenerate Councillor Chris Millar the heart of Daventry into a thriving Leader destination town. Daventry District Council 02 A homely destination About Daventry District An increasing number of homes have Investing in Daventry District Council is also been built across the District in recent investing £200,000 towards the Defined by its beautiful west years, with housing completions more infrastructure county’s Superfast Northamptonshire Northamptonshire countryside setting than doubling over the past six years Improving local infrastructure is project, to improve broadband and strategically placed at the centre and over 500 homes built during the past essential to support future connectivity for residents and of the national road network, Daventry year alone. Further substantial housing housing growth. Daventry District businesses as part of the District provides a rare and sought-after growth is planned to the North-East and Council is working closely with Government’s Superfast balance of urban and rural lifestyles. South West of Daventry town and to the partners on delivering these priorities Britain Programme. North and West of Northampton. The District covers more than 250 and in doing so broadening its remit DDC also forward-funded and square miles and is made up of the into new service areas including built a new primary school for the historic market town of Daventry, and Helping to meet highways, telecoms and education. Monksmoor residential estate in 78 villages, contributing to its distinctive housing demand The Daventry Development Link Road Daventry to help meet growing character and rural charm. demand for school places and Daventry District Council is seeking was recently completed and opened Latest figures give a district population to the public, a £36m project that improved education facilities and sustainable solutions to the rise in the significant refurbishment and of about 79,000, with approximately housing demand. improves access to Daventry from the 25,000 living in Daventry town itself. M1 motorway at Junction 16 in the face extension of Daventry Phoenix The health of people in Daventry District The authority has completed an of the town’s significant future growth. Sports Academy. The Council is is generally better than the England innovative £3.45million scheme to also building new state of the Through an innovative funding average and crime levels are low. build 45 new homes for rent in the art centre to assist rehabilitation Middlemore area of Daventry, retaining agreement with Northamptonshire following the effects of a wide A growing a proportion for private rental to County Council, Daventry District range of health issues. meeting local demand and generating property market Council contributed £20m towards The creation of new local and a new income stream to help sustain the project through finance streams strategic walking and cycling Daventry District is located in a place the Council’s service delivery. It is including Community Infrastructure infrastructure is high on the where the economic strength of London working with developers and housing Levy (CIL), New Homes Bonus and Council’s agenda with funds and the South East meets reasonable associations to deliver high quality developer contributions. allocated in its capital programme land and house prices. Commuters are and affordable housing. for the delivery of projects. increasingly attracted to the area’s key location on the national road network Caring for our and convenient rail links to London changing community and Birmingham. As with many other areas of the Close to Northampton, Rugby, Coventry UK, the Council recognises that its and Banbury in particular, Daventry District demographics have changed and is a significant housing market area. that the needs of its growing ageing It works in partnership with other population have to be considered. councils to respond to the drivers and To assist with this, the Council is making dynamics of the housing market to some of its land holdings available in help support future development and the town centre and at Middlemore sustainable growth. housing estate to private developers for Daventry town is growing fast, with the the purpose of developing specialist current population expected to grow residential and care accommodation for A District of distinctive to 40,000 over the next decade. elderly people. character, mixing urban and rural lifestyles 04 05 Explore at your leisure 07 Set among rolling Northamptonshire for people to practice their skills on hills, Daventry District offers a range skateboards, bikes and scooters. of exciting leisure opportunities for There is also an international karting people of all ages. circuit at Whilton Mill near Daventry From picturesque villages to town which has Motor Sports woodlands, canals, reservoirs, Association registered circuits for country parks and many elegant advanced and novice drivers. country houses and gardens, the The Council is also providing £450.000 District is full of treasures to discover. of grant funding to complete an It boasts some of the finest stately athletics track in the town. homes in the country, including Althorp House, Canons Ashby, Cottesbrooke Steeped in history Hall and Kelmarsh Hall, while its range Daventry District is an area rich of hotels, restaurants and fine country in history. In 1925, Borough Hill in pubs offer the warmest of welcomes. Daventry became home to the BBC’s Reservoirs including Pitsford, Hollowell world service transmitters, relaying and Drayton offer superb opportunities radio signals around the world with for sailing, while running through the the renowned radio call sign ‘Daventry heart of the District is the picturesque Calling the World’. It was the birth Grand Union Canal, a popular route place of radar, the first tests to prove for pleasure cruises, walking, cycling the technology being undertaken near and angling. There is canal heritage Weedon in 1935. around every corner, ranging from the Borough Hill also has National canal heritage village of Braunston at Scheduled Ancient Monument status the junction of the Grand Union and as it was the site of one of the largest Oxford Canals through to tunnels, Bronze Age hill forts in the country. lock flights and bridges. The District was also the focus for Drayton Reservoir in Daventry is a premier historic events such as the Civil War’s location for angling and just a stone’s deciding battlefield at Naseby and the throw away is the Green Flag Award Gun Powder Plot at the village of Ashby winning Daventry Country Park, offering St Ledgers, the Manor House being the tranquil picnic spots, an adventure plotters’ command centre and home of playground, a nature trail around the the lead plotter, Robert Catesby. reservoir and a wealth of wildlife. The visitor economy attracts The District benefits from a wide range around 3.5million visitors to the of sporting facilities including golf clubs, District each year, bringing in over all-weather pitches, football and rugby £100 million. Daventry District clubs and a number of local