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Introduction ...... 9 History of Towcester ...... 11 Towcester Timeline ...... 15 Town Council ...... 16 Places of Interest in the Town ...... 18 Location Map ...... 20 Street Plan ...... 22 Towcester Street Index ...... 24 Places of Interest in the Locality ...... 26 Recreation and Leisure ...... 30 Useful Information ...... 35

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The town of Towcester, surrounded by the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside, has much to offer to both resident and visitor. Towcester is the oldest town in Northamptonshire and has a long, varied and interesting history. In recognition of this, many of the homes and businesses that line Watling Street are Grade 2 listed and the whole central area is designated a conservation area. It is a town of contrasts where the old mixes happily with the new; the lively Watling Street, the business and commercial lifeline of the town, lies alongside many areas of rural tranquillity. Towcester enjoys a strong sense of community and this is evidenced by the great variety of local clubs and societies that flourish in the town. The town is well served by road, being close to the M1 and A43/A5, providing routes north, south, east and west. Rail links to all parts of the country are available from , Milton Keynes and . It has a good range of small shops and services to cater for its 11,000+ inhabitants. During the next few years, several proposed developments will bring significant changes to Towcester. The Moat Lane regeneration scheme has provided a new civic building, community space, new homes offices and commercial outlets centred around the historic . The creation of a new mixed-use neighbourhood, to the south of Towcester will bring approximately 3,000 new homes to the town, together with associated schools, medical and leisure amenities is ongoing. Further developments are adding to the growth of the town.

Towcester Town

This brief guide, produced by Towcester Town Council, aims to give advice and information about Towcester, its amenities and places of interest. If you require further advice or assistance, please call at the Town Council Office, located in the Town Hall, where the Town Clerk will be pleased to help you. Further information on the activities of Towcester Town Council can be found on www.towcester-tc.gov.uk

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The modern town of Towcester is situated within a bend of the which was farmed in the Iron-Age and was taken by Roman forces early in their campaign of AD 43. Two new military roads met in this area, the main south east to north west route that we now call Watling street and a route through , Dorchester and Silchester that is known locally as the road. At this road junction the Roman Town of Lactodorum developed. Within 150 years it was enclosed within a stone wall and ditch and contained a few notable buildings ornamented with stone carvings. By AD 400 the Roman town was in terminal decline and within a century there were few, if any, families making a living within the Roman defences. This was the period of the “coming of the Saxons” which saw radical changes as the country became divided up into kingdoms with the old defences of Lactodorum being within the lands of the Middle Angles. The area was later subsumed into the Kingdom of Mercia. Danish raids on the east and south coasts started in earnest from AD 830 and within 50 years the eastern half of Mercia was under the control of the Danes. They also attacked but after a series of victories were finally repulsed by the Wessex army led by King Alfred the Great. His son Edward and daughter Arthelfled, Queen of Mercia, constructed a series of forts in a frontier war of attrition against the Danish colonists. Edward’s forces converted the ruined town walls of Lactodorum into one of these forts in 917 and successfully repulsed a day long attack by the Danes. After the fort was strengthened, the leaders of the Danes in the region capitulated and swore allegiance to King Edward. It was probably during the reign of Edward’s son, Athelstan, that the fort became the administrative centre of the ‘hundred court’, where the monthly meetings would be held of the inhabitants of seven parishes between Towcester and Northampton. This was the start of modern- day Towcester. The early town profited from the smiths who exploited the local iron ore deposits but may have been badly affected with the rest of by the pillaging of a Northumbrian army the year before William the Conqueror invaded in 1066. Towcester became part of the King’s estate but was passed to the Earls of Hertford, shortly after 1100. During period following the death of Henry 1st, a was built close to the church by the first Earl of Hertford. Bury Mount in Moat lane was the motte of this castle. Although the market in Towcester is first recorded in 1275 it had probably been established in late Saxon times, as had the town’s watermill. By 1200 there was a hospital at the north end of town providing help and accommodation to those suffering from leprosy who were outcasts from the community. Disease was a constant problem and the plague of 1348 would have led to many deaths. In the 15th century the town was prospering with at least three large inns providing accommodation to travellers. Many improvements were made to the parish church in this period. The rectory was held by several important church officials including three archdeacons over a period of 50 years. William Sponne, Archdeacon of Norfolk was the most significant of these. He was a benefactor to the town and is buried in the church. The lawyer Sir Richard Empson, one-time Speaker of the House of Commons and high-up official of Henry VII, acquired the Manor of Towcester about 1506 but was convicted of constructive treason at Northampton in 1509 and beheaded the following year. In the 1420s Some Towcester residents had been early nonconformists known as Lollards and in 1630 there was a puritan lecturer in the town called Samuel Stone. Within 3 years he, along with the Rev. Thomas Hooker, followed the Pilgrim Fathers by emigrating to America to avoid religious

10 www.towcester-tc.gov.uk 11 persecution and were quickly followed by the Towcester families of Thomas Lord and Thomas During the first two years of WW1 Towcester became a training depot for the Northamptonshire Sheppard. Thomas Lord was a founder of Hartford Connecticut and Sheppard was a noted puritan Yeomanry with many men billeted in houses around the town. At Eastcote, a few miles north of the minister and a member of the first board of overseers of Harvard College. town, was a large internment and prisoner-of-war camp. In the interwar period many of the town’s The reign of Charles 1st saw the clash between King and Parliament resulting in the Civil War slum houses were demolished and a small council estate erected off Burcote Road. WW2 not only where Towcester was caught between the King’s garrison at and the Parliamentarian brought evacuees from North to the town but also the movement of Plessey’s Ilford garrison at Northampton. The town suffered badly especially during the winter of 1643/4 when for laboratory to Caswell and a sport shoemaker called Charles Law from Wimbledon to a house in the a few months up to 10,000 royalist troops were quartered in the town and the villages around. town inherited by his wife. Law is best known as being the maker of the running shoes used by Roger Bannister when breaking the 4-minute mile. It is likely that these shoes were made up to the During this period new defences were dug around the town and Bury Mount converted into a gun closing stage in the workshop at the back of his house and were then forwarded to the company’s platform. Wimbledon workshop for the soles and studs to be put on. In 1657 the first London to Chester stagecoach passed through the town and in the following Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile in 1954: two years earlier the last passenger century the coaching trade brought prosperity to the town. Visitors such as Dean Jonathan swift, train left Towcester Station. Since that time the population of Towcester has increased fivefold from author of ‘Gulliver’s travels’ would have found a town bustling with activity. Sat outside many approximately 2000 to in excess of 10,000. This expansion in housing was concentrated between homes there would be wives and children making use of the natural light to produce pillow lace the and Burcote road on the west side of town. The opening of the M1 in 1959 seriously and inside trades such as shoemaking and stocking making may have employed the men of the reduced the number of vehicles passing through the town and led to the closure of some family. There would be the smell of the town’s maltings plus the smell and smoke from the businesses. In 1986 Towcester Town Council was created from the former Parish Council and two brickworks on the edge of town: The refacing of some of the town’s timber-framed buildings with years later the east-west traffic along the A43 stopped going through the town centre when the brick facades was underway. northern by-pass was created. In 1991 the whole of this strategic route linking the M1 and M40 Coach travellers approaching the town may well have seen the Grafton Hunt riders and dogs in was upgraded to dual carriageway significantly increasing traffic flows. In 2005 the Milton Keynes pursuit of a fox. Fox hunting was a major recreational activity of farmers and the gentry and it was & South Midlands Sub-Regional strategy identified Towcester as a Rural Service Area and not unusual for the large houses in the area to be let out as ‘hunting boxes’ for the season. subsequent planning consents were given for the development of 3,300 homes in a southern By the time that Dickens was staying at the Saracens head in the 1830s there would have been few extension which are currently being built. buildings in the town retaining timber framing. The coach trade was then at its peak; the roads into Brian Giggins November 2019 and out of the town had been improved by Telford and the toll road to Northampton, which had been opened in 1796, allowed the townsfolk to purchase coals from wharf at reasonable prices. Phipps Brewery set up in Towcester in 1801 and after moving to Northampton in 1817 became one of the largest brewers in the region. In 1840 Towcester was in an economic depression as the London to Birmingham Railway, completed in September 1838, killed the coach trade along Watling street. This was at a time when the lace trade, which brought much income to the town, was in terminal decline. Cholera struck in 1854, affecting 120 people and killing 60 of these in just a few months; the population at that time was approximately 2,500. Improvements were made to the town’s drainage and the Earl of Pomfret demolished some of the unfit housing around the churchyard and built a terrace of cottages to rehouse them. Thomas Ridgway, a retired tea merchant who had built a small mansion at the north end of town, erected over 50 terraced houses for the working classes over a 15-year period. In 1866 the Town Hall and Corn Exchange was completed, and Towcester Railway Station opened but the Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway was not completed until 1872. A venture by Dr. C W Siemens to produce high grade iron in Towcester using a new form of rotary kiln proved uneconomic and was closed within a few years. For the 1875/6 fox hunting season the exiled King and Queen of Naples took Park View House at the south end of Towcester and their exploits were followed by the national and local press, especially when the Queen’s sister, the Empress of Austria, leased house. The popularity of the steeplechase put on by the Grafton Hunt for the benefit of the Empress led to this becoming an annual event and the opening of . The development of the motor car in the 1880s led to the need for engineers to service them. Local man Victor Ashby was one of these and in 1899 opened one of the first repair garages in the country which he converted from a redundant chapel in the town.

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4000 BC Mesolithic activity near River Tove c.600 BC Hillfort erected close to Towcester at Whittlebur c.100 BC Late Iron Age cemetery made on the bank of the River Tove c.44-5 Area subjugated by Romans following construction of a fort at Alchester. c. 50 Roman settlement develops at junction of Watling Street and the Alchester Road c.190 Roman town of Lactodorum enclosed within walled defences c. 400 Lactodorum in terminal decline c. 550 Small Anglo-Saxon cemetery to west of Towcester 917 ’s forces turn site of Lactodorum into a fort (burh) called Tovechester 930 King Athelstan held a Witan at nearby 1086 Towcester Manor held by the King, Worth more than in 1066 c.1135 Construction of Bury Mount Castle for the Earl of Hertford 13th c Towcester Market known to exist 1430 Sponne Grammar School founded, the oldest in Northamptonshire 1448 Sponne Chantry endowed 1641 Puritans destroyed stained glass in the church 1643 Prince Rupert occupied Towcester 1665 Plague in Towcester 1676 Great Fire of Towcester 1684 Market formally granted by Charles II 1722 First Non-Conformist church in the town 1796 Whole town inoculated against smallpox 1800 Grand Junction Canal opened 1801 Pickering Phipps establishes the Phipps Brewery in Towcester 1820 James Mason Hutchings, discoverer of Yosemite, born 1838 Town lit by gas 1854 Cholera epidemic, led to improved public health and better housing 1866 Railway arrived at Towcester 1876 First race at Towcester Racecourse 1901 Fire destroyed Phipps Brewery 1948 First race at 1958 M1 motorway opened 1970s Town expansion commenced 2006 Clearance of Bury Mount for restoration 2015 Regeneration of the Moat Lane area 2016 Commencement of the Towcester Southern Urban Extension

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Town Hall, 86 Watling Street, Towcester NN12 6BS Telephone: (01327) 350995 Office Hours: 9am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday Email: [email protected] Website: www.towcester-tc.gov.uk

The Town Council consists of 16 elected members who serve for a four-year term of office, with the Town divided into 2 wards, Mill Ward and Brook Ward. Main council meetings are held in the Town Hall on the second Monday of each month (except August) and the attendance of members of the public is welcomed at all public meetings. The Council administers the Town Hall, a fine Victorian building situated in a prominent position on the Market Square. In addition to office space, the main hall is let to the public for cultural and recreational events.

Towcester Town Hall

Towcester Town Council maintains a significant proportion of the town’s green spaces (but not all of them), allotments and play areas in the town including the St. Lawrence Churchyard, the Recreation Ground, Belle Baulk, the Tove Wetland Pocket Park, The Shires and Brackley Road Cemetery. They act as trustees of the Towcester Community Centre, Islington Road, which serves as a venue for a variety of local clubs and organisations. The ‘The Sawpits Centre’ on Richmond Road (the former Towcester Library) re-opened in 2017, following a program of refurbishment works, to provide an additional community facility for the growing town. For further information relating to other services offered by the Town Council, please visit the Town Council website or contact the Town Clerk, at the above address, who will be happy to give advice and assistance.

16 www.towcester-tc.gov.uk 17 Places of Interest in the Town and Richmond Road). The Museum has a wide range of fascinating artefacts and displays, which cover Towcester’s rich history from the Stone Age to the end of WW2, including many from Towcester’s Roman period. The Museum is a great place for children to visit, and is available for Towcester & District Local History Society has produced a Town Trail, available from St. Lawrence visits from schools and adult groups. Living history days are organised and provide opportunities to Church, which gives directions for a short walk to visit historic sites and buildings within the town. handle objects and learn more from re-enactors. The Museum has a gift shop and displays local tourist information. Further details can be obtained from www.towcestermuseum.co.uk Tel: 01327 352662. Church of St. Lawrence Church of St. Lawrence Our beautiful Norman church is well worth a visit. Descriptive leaflets Forum Civic Offices and Bury Mount have been produced detailing items of interest within the Bury Mount & The Watermeadows church building and in the churchyard, which is managed The refurbishment of Bury Mount in 2009/10 stabilised the as a conservation area; these are available at the church. Scheduled Ancient Monument structure and created a new access to the top of the Mount via a ramp and stairway. An historic timeline has been installed up the spiral path Town Hall This Italianate building, erected in 1865 depicting key dates in Towcester’s history. The as a Town Hall and Corn Exchange, forms the focal point of Watermeadows is linked with Bury Mount by a pedestrian the Market Square. bridge. There is also access from Northampton Road. This area of rural parkland has created an important addition to public green spaces in Towcester.

Chantry House Situated adjacent to the Town Saracen’s Head Hall, this building formerly housed the Grammar School Towcester Mill Brewery founded by Archdeacon Sponne, the famous Towcester Towcester Mill Brewery I n 2013 benefactor. The ridged garden wall and gate arch date Towcester welcomed back brewing for the first time since back to the 15th century. the departure of the Phipps Brewery to Northampton in 1901. The brewery is based in the old Towcester Mill, which dates back to 1794, and still has a working turbine The Saracen’s Head A typical coaching inn, that is currently under restoration. Beer brewed at the mill the Saracen’s Head was built in the 16th century. Charles can be drunk in its tap room bar and large garden, which Dickens often stayed here and the inn is mentioned in the is open to the public. For opening times, please visit Pickwick Papers. www.towcestermillbrewery.co.uk

Easton Neston Estate Easton Neston is on the eastern edge of the town and extends Riverside Walk Landscaped footpaths lead alongside the Silverstone Brook and link the to the Mill Leat alongside Bury Mount. Previously owned, for centuries, by the Fermor-Hesketh shopping area with the Towcester Centre for Leisure. A traditional children’s play area and family, the house and park are not open to the public. was erected around skateboard park are located along the walk at the Watermeadows from Bury Mount 1700 by the Architect, , who was a student of Sir Christopher Wren, for the 1st Recreation Ground and there is also a play area on Baron Lempster, William Fermor. Easton Neston House is currently owned by the Russian-born Sandyhome Road. Close to Way is Nicholas Fashion Designer, Leon Max, who has installed a design Hawksmoor Pocket Park, a conservation area including a studio within the buildings. The nearby church of St. Mary pond and meadow. The footpath network has been is still a parish church, actively used for services, and is the extended through the new Tove Wetland Pocket Park on burial place of the Fermor-Hesketh family, with many Belle Baulk, along the River Tove to the A5 junction with ancient tombs. Old Road, and links up with the footpath system on the Northampton Road development.

Towcester Museum The Museum is a major local attraction and is situated in part of a former Coaching Inn at White Horse Yard (between Watling Street

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AINTREE AVENUE D1 EARLS FARM WAY D2 MAGPIE ROAD D2 SENNA DRIVE A2 ALCHESTER COURT B2 EPSOM AVENUE C1/D1 MALTHOUSE COURT B2 SHARP STREET D1 MANSELL CLOSE A2 SHEPPARDS CLOSE C2 BADEN POWELL FARRIERS COURT C2 MAPLE CLOSE C3 SOLLY’S WAY C2 CRESCENT C2 FONTWELL DRIVE D1 MARLOW ROAD C2 SOUTHGATE DRIVE C2 BAIRSTOW ROAD C2 MEADOW BANK B3 SPINNEY CLOSE D2 BALMORAL CLOSE C3 GILBERT SCOTT MEETING LANE B2 SPONNES ROAD C2 BARN CLOSE D2 COURT B3 MILTON CLOSE C3 SPRING GARDENS B2 BEECH CLOSE C3 GRAHAM HILL ROAD A2 MOAT LANE B2 SPRINGFIELDS C3 BELL FIELD B3 GRASS CLOSE A3 MOSS CLOSE A2 ST GEORGES CLOSE C2 BELLE BAULK B3 GREEN LANE C3 ST LAWRENCE ROAD C2 BESSIE’S LANE D1 ,2 GREENVIEW DRIVE B3 NELSONS YARD B2 ST LAWRENCE BEVERLEY WAY D1 NENE LANE B3 ROAD SOUTH C2 BICKERSTAFFES ROAD C2 HAMPTON COURT NIGHTINGALE DRIVE D2 SUN YARD B2 BLACKWELL CLOSE C1 CLOSE C3 NORTHAMPTON SURTEES WAY A2 BLAKE CLOSE C3 HARDY CLOSE C3 ROAD A2/B2 SWINNEYFORD ROAD C2 BRACKLEY ROAD B3 HARESMOOR DRIVE C2 NORTHGATE B2 SYCAMORE CLOSE C2 BRAMBLE ROAD C3 HARPERS BROOK B3 NORTON CRESCENT B3 BRAMBLE ROAD C3 HAWTHORN DRIVE A2 TEMPLE CLOSE D2 BRANSONS LANE C2 HAYDOCK CLOSE D1 OAK LANE B3 TENNYSON CLOSE C3 BRIARY CLOSE C3 HAZEL CRESCENT C3 OATHILL ROAD C2 THE LAURELS C2 BRICK KILN CLOSE C2 HEATH TERRACE B2 OLD THE LINDENS B2 BROADWATER LANE B3 HERBERT GARDENS A2 ROAD A3 THE RUINS B2 BROOK LANE B3 HERON CLOSE D2 OLD TIFFIELD ROAD A2,3 TOVE LANE B3 BROWNS YARD B2 HESKETH CRESCENT C2 ORCHARD CLOSE C2 TOWBURY COURT B2 BUCKINGHAM WAY C3 HEXHAM STREET D1 OUSE CLOSE C2 TOWCESTER BYPASS A2 ,3 /B3 BURCOTE FIELDS C2 HICKS COURT C2 TOWCESTER ROAD A3 BURCOTE ROAD C2 /D2 HIGHFIELDS C3/D2,3 PARK STREET B2 TYRELL WAY A2 BYRON CLOSE C3 HOLLYHILL C3 PARK VIEW ROAD C1 HOME CLOSE C2 PLANK HOUSES C2 VERNON ROAD C2 CAERNAVON CLOSE C2 HUNT CLOSE A2 PLESSY CLOSE C2 CAMPBELL CLOSE A2 DRIVE D1 PLOVER CLOSE D2 WALKER DRIVE A2 CAPPENHAM CLOSE B3 POMFRET ROAD B2 WATER LANE B2 CAREY ROAD D2,3 IRVINE DRIVE A2 POPLAR CLOSE C2 WATERHALL B3 CATTERICK WAY D1 ISLINGTON COURT C2 WATLING COURT B2 CEDAR CLOSE D2 ISLINGTON ROAD B2/C2 QUEEN’S ROAD B2 WATLING STREET B2 CHANTRY LANE B2 WETHERBY DRIVE D1 CHAPMAN CLOSE A2 JENKINSON ROAD C1 REDCAR ROAD C1 /D1 WILLIS WAY C2 CHELTENHAM CLOSE D1 JUNIPER CLOSE C3 REDHOUSE DRIVE D2 WILLOW CLOSE D2 CHERRY ORCHARD REDMOOR C3 WINCANTON CLOSE C1 LANE D1 KEATS DRIVE C3 REFFIELD CLOSE C2 WINDSOR CLOSE C3 CHURCH LANE B2 KEMPTON DRIVE C1 RICHMOND COURT B2 WINGFIELD LANE D1 CLARE CRESCENT B3/C2 KENSINGTON CLOSE C3 RICHMOND ROAD B2 WOODCROFT CLOSE D2 CLARK CRESCENT A2 KIPLING DRIVE B3/C3 ROBERSON CLOSE C2 WORDSWORTH COLLINS CLOSE A2 ROBIN CLOSE D2 CLOSE C3 COOPER CLOSE A2 LAUDE WAY A2 ROWAN CLOSE C3 WREN CLOSE D2 COULTHARD CLOSE A2 LEESON COURT C2 LEESON ROAD C2 SANDOWN ROAD C1 YORK CLOSE C2 DOCKLEWELL CLOSE C3 LINK WAY C2 SANDRINGHAM YORK COURT C2 DOVE CLOSE D2 LINNET CLOSE D2 CLOSE C2 DRAYSON WAY D2 LONDON ROAD C1 SANDYHOME ROAD C2 DRYDEN ROAD C2 LONGWATER B3 SEDGEFIELD DRIVE C1

24 www.towcester-tc.gov.uk 25 Places of Interest in the Locality Stowe Park; With its great Stowe Gardens house and park, this is one of the supreme creations of the Georgian era. Canal Museum, ; The museum is housed in a converted cornmill with The first formal layout was adorned displays on three floors illustrating the stories, artefacts and history of the canals. The towpath with many buildings by Vanbrugh, Kent leading to the museum makes a pleasant walk, with a flight of seven locks to the south and the and Gibbs. In the 1730s Kent designed famous one and three quarter mile long Blisworth Tunnel to the north. the Elysian Fields in a more naturalistic Tel: 01604 862229 www.canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit/stoke-bruerne style which led to the evolution of the landscaped garden, enhanced by Manor, Sulgrave near Banbury; First mentioned in the , ‘Capability’ Brown. The house remains Sulgrave Manor was sold in 1539 to an early ancestor of George Washington. The house has many a public school, but also has a visitor’s attractions including outstanding kitchen furniture and an 18th century brewhouse. centre and tours; whilst the grounds Tel: 01295 760205 www.sulgravemanor.org.uk are now owned and administered by the National Trust. Tel: 01280 817156 (NT) www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stowe Hazelborough Wood; Part of the original Whittlewood Forest, the area has an Tel: 01280 818002 (House) www.stowe.co.uk/house immense variety of tree species and wildlife with a 2km Forest Trail. Milton Keynes/Northampton; Easy access to the main line rail stations in both Salcey Forest; 1250 acres of woodland, which was once an ancient hunting ground. towns. Northampton has a great variety of interesting shops, museums and leisure facilities. Milton Picnic area, nature reserves, waymarked trails and information. Keynes is renowned for its under-cover shopping centre; it also has many interesting local attractions to visit. House; Home of the Spencer family and burial place of Princess Diana. Tel: 01604 770107 www.spencerofalthorp.com

Canons Ashby House; A tranquil 16th century Elizabethan which has survived unaltered since 1710. Its many features include beautiful gardens and a grand church - all that remains of the 12th century Augustinian priory from which the house takes its name. Tel: 01327 861900 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/canons-ashby

Old Farm Dairy Craft Centre, Upper Stowe. The centre displays country crafts Visit House Restaurant and enjoy quality, freshly such as wood turning and wrought-iron and cabinet making. The farm has many rare breeds of prepared breakfast, lunch, dinner and afternoon tea. farm animals and farm products are on sale. Tel: 01327 340525 www.olddairyfarmcentre.co.uk Open Tuesday-Sunday for breakfast and lunch, with dinner service on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Heart of the Shires Shopping Village; More than 20 individual shops and Check out our website for details on our themed nights. galleries, plus a tearoom, set around a farm a few miles north of Weedon. Tel: 01327 349508 www.heartoftheshire.co.uk Contact us to book your table now.

Bletchley Park & The National Museum of Computing; Once the top-secret home of the World War Two Codebreakers, now a vibrant heritage attraction. Tel: 01908 640404 www.bletchleypark.org.uk

The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) is housed at Park and is home to the world's largest collection of working historic computers. It is an independent Potterspury House, 3 Poundfield Road, Potterspury NN12 7QL • 01908 804805 trust with its own admission fee and separate entrance. [email protected] • www.potterspuryhouse.co.uk Tel: 01908 374708 www.tnmoc.org

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28 29 Recreation and Leisure A5 Rangers Cycling Club. Members of the cycling club meet every Friday at their clubrooms on Watling Street. 3 www.a5rangerscyclingclub.org.uk

Towcester Centre for Leisure, Springfields. The Centre offers a range of Whittlebury Hall Hotel & Spa. facilities including a fully air-conditioned fitness studio, workout studio with sprung floor, creche, Tel: 01327 850489 www.whittleburyhall.co.uk sports hall, 5-lane swimming pool and leisure pool with flume and wave machine. Also available is a steam room and relaxation area and Nordic sauna offering a range of treatments. Food is also Sixfields Complex, Northampton. The complex is a 15-minute car ride from Towcester available at a reasonable cost in the café. along the A43 by-pass. It includes a Sports Stadium, which is home to Northampton Town F.C., and Tel: 01327 322480 www.leisurecentre.com/towcester-centre-for-leisure where a variety of athletics activities take place. There is also a multi-screen cinema and assorted restaurants, fast-food outlets and bars. Towcester Racecourse, London Road. Towcester Racecourse is located on the A5 southern approach. The Course has a Civil Marriage Licence, and conference and banquet facilities Towcester Mill Brewery, Chantry Lane. The 18th Century water mill and gardens available for event hire. is now a working brewery. Try beer freshly brewed on site in the tap room bar which is open to Tel: 01327 353414 www.towcester-racecourse.co.uk the public. Tel: 01327 437060 www.towcestermillbrewery.co.uk Towcestrians Sports & Social Club, Greens Norton Road. Towcestrians incorporates the Rugby Club, Tennis Club, Hockey Club, Cricket Club, netball and softball all of is a major local attraction and has a wide range of fascinating which cater for adults and juniors. The Club has extensive pitches and a well-equipped modern Towcester Museum artefacts and displays, which cover Towcester’s rich history from the Stone Age to the end of WW2. clubhouse which is available to hire. Tel: 01327 350141 www.towcestrians.co.uk Tel: 01327 352662 www.towcestermuseum.co.uk

Towcester Town Football Club. Towcester Town Football Club is a Charter Walking An extensive footpath network allows for the exploration of the surrounding Standard Community Club with 24 teams from ages 7 to adult. Children as young as four can join countryside. In addition, the town marks the start of the and Knightley Way long- the hugely successful Mini Kickers group, held at Towcester Leisure Centre on Saturday mornings. distance footpaths travelling north and south. The nearby Nene Way stretches 67 miles alongside For further information please telephone Lisa Samiotis (Chair) on 07938 912781 or visit the banks of the Nene. Leaflets are available describing the walks from main libraries. South www.towcestertownfc.co.uk Northants Council organises regular “Health Walks”, for further information please telephone 01327 322337. The Wildlife Trust. The Towcester Branch was formed in April 2009 to help preserve, maintain and improve the wildlife and habitats in and around the town. The group holds regular Theatres indoor meetings through the winter months with guest presenters giving talks on many interesting Royal & Derngate Theatre, 19/21 Guildhall Road, Northampton. wildlife subjects. In the summer the group arrange guided walks and events. For further information Box Office Tel: 01604 624811 www.royalandderngate.co.uk please telephone David Reed (Chair) on 01327 352414 or Nick Holder (Secretary) on Milton Keynes Theatre, Marlborough Gate,Central Milton Keynes. Tel: 01327 352647 www.towcesterwildlife.wordpress.com Box Office: www.atgtickets.com Northampton Filmhouse, Elegant, modern cedar-wood venue housing a stylish 90-seat cinema for Towcester Youth Coffee House. Bransons Lane (between Islington Road and arthouse and mainstream films. Derngate, Northampton Watling Street). Drop-in centre for secondary school age children. www.northamptonfilmhouse.com/ www.towcesteryouthcoffeehouse.org.uk Towcester’s shops provide for day-to-day needs, as well as specialist shopping, at Towcester Community Centre, Islington Road. The Centre offers Shopping Children’s Centre many of them independently owned. There are plenty of places to enjoy a bite to eat, from services and information for children aged 0 - 5 years and their families from across the area. For tearooms and cafes to restaurants and pubs. further information please telephone 01327 350272.

Silverstone Circuit. This world-famous motor racing course is the venue for the British There is a huge range of community organisations based in the town, including the Women’s Grand Prix and many other exciting racing events. Institute, Rotary and Lions Clubs, Towcester U3A, several art societies, dance, sport and musical Tel: 0344 372 8200 www.silverstone.co.uk groups. Youth organisations include Scouts, Guides, Badgers and Air Cadets. Details of other groups and leisure activities/organisations in the town can be found at the Library or on the Town Council’s Golf. There are courses at: website www.towcester-tc-gov.uk. Whittlebury Park Golf & Country Club. Tel: 01327 858588 www.whittlebury.com Silverstone Golf Club . Tel: 01280 850005 www.silverstonegolfclub.co.uk Hotel & Golf Course. Tel: 01327 361291 www.farthingstone.co.uk

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32 33 Please tell the advertiser you saw them in the Towcester Official Guide and Map Useful Information L.P. FINN MEMORIALS (Formerly D. C. Higham) South Northamptonshire Council, Headstones • Cremation Plaques • Vases • Name Plates The Forum Civic Offices, Moat Lane, Towcester...... Tel: 01327 322322 In Granite • Marble • Slate • Stone RENOVATIONS & ADDITIONAL INSCRIPTIONS Northamptonshire County Council Call at my Workshop or arrange for me to visit. Advice and estimates free. County Hall, Northampton...... Tel: 0300 126 1000 TOWCESTER (01327) 350368 57 BRACKLEY ROAD, TOWCESTER Accommodation Rignall Farm Barns, Handley Park, ...... Tel: 01327 350766 Saracens Head Hotel, 219 Watling Street West...... Tel 01327 350414 The Brave Old Oak, 104 - 106 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 353621 The Counting House Bed & Breakfast, 67 Brackley Road...... Tel: 01327 353611 The Monk & Tipster, 36 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 437250 The Travelodge, A43 Bypass...... Tel: 0871 984 6112 The Peacock, 97 Watling Street West...... Tel: 01327 351093 Premier Inn, A43, Brackley Hatch ...... Tel: 0333 321 8673 Whittlebury Hall Hotel & Spa, Whittlebury www.whittleburyhall.co.uk ...... Tel: 01327 850489 Plum Park Hotel, Watling Street, Paulerspury www.plumpark.co.uk ...... Tel: 01327 811515 Ceramic Painting Studio, all ages welcome Ambulance Service Headquarters...... Tel: 0115 884 5000 MONDAY CLOSED Banks & Building Societies Barclays Bank, 102 Watling Street East...... Tel: 0345 734 5345 TUESDAY CLOSED Lloyds Bank, 130 Watling Street East...... Tel: 0345 300 0000 WEDNESDAY 10am - 4pm Nationwide Building Society, 4-5 Sponne House Shopping Centre...... Tel: 0800 554 0437 THURSDAY 10am - 4pm Cash machines can be found at all banks, plus Waitrose and supermarkets, BP and Shell service stations. FRIDAY 10am - 5pm Chemists SATURDAY 10am - 5pm Brook Health Centre Pharmacy, Swinneyford Road...... Tel: 01327 323900 SUNDAY 11am - 4pm Lloyds Pharmacy, 108 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 350433 8 Whittons Lane, Towcester, NN12 6YZ Tel: 01327 359140 Churches St. Lawrence C of E Church, Chantry Lane...... Tel: 01327 350459 Email: [email protected] cre8towcester.com St. Thomas More RC Church, Presbytery, Meeting Lane...... Tel: 01327 359151 Towcester Methodist Church, Brackley Road...... Tel: 01280 706062 ...... Tel: 01327 351629 Tove Valley Baptist Fellowship meets every Sunday at 10:30am at Nicholas Hawksmoor School. www.tvbf.co.uk Towcester Hub Church meets every Sunday at 10:45am at The Sawpits Centre. www.towcesterhub.org.uk

Citizens Advice Bureau The Forum, Towcester - 10am to 3pm, Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays ...... Tel: 0300 323 0074

Community Centres Towcester Youth & Community Centre, The Sawpits Centre and the Town Hall are available for hire. For further details please contact the Town Council ...... Tel: 01327 350995 Other halls for hire in Towcester are listed on the Town Council’s website www.towcester-tc.gov.uk

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Dentists Bridge Dental, 58a Watling Street East ...... Tel: 01327 358214 Shire Court Dental Practice, 25 Richmond Road ...... Tel: 01327 352146 STER GA BUPA Dental Care, 199 Watling Street West...... Tel: 01327 358668 WCE RAG O E Estate Agents T Bartram & Co., Town Hall, 86 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 359164 Jackie Oliver & Co., 148 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 359903 Howkins & Harrison, 98b Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 353575 • MOT Service • Brakes Michael Graham, Victoria House, 138 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 350022 Mustard, 191 Watling Street West...... Tel: 01327 350098 • Clutches • Tyres Towcester Homes, 4A Park Street ...... Tel: 01327 828225 Markets • Cambelts • Exhausts Farmers Market: 2nd Friday of each month, 9am-1pm. Richmond Road car park. Antiques Market: An antique and bric-a-brac market is held in the Town Hall on Fridays. • Air Con Towcester Country Market: local handmade produce, plants and gifts. Every Thursday 8:30 to 11:30am at The Sawpits Centre, Richmond Road

Food Bank - Tuesdays 12:00 - 14:00 and Fridays 10:00 - 12:00 for voucher holders Telephone: 01327 350614 St John Ambulance Hall, Islington Road www.towcester.foodbank.org.uk ...... Tel: 01327 354173 74 Watling Street East, Towcester NN12 6AF Funeral Directors “A Garage built on reputation” Country Funerals, 1 Sponne House Shopping Centre ...... Tel: 01327 351500 John White Funeral Directors, 188-190 Watling Street East ...... Tel: 01327 359266 The Co-operative Funeral Care, 167 Watling Street West ...... Tel: 01327 552212 Garage Services CGR Car Sales, 168-170 Watling Street East ...... Tel: 01327 353444 Lancaster Towcester (VW Dealership), A5 Roundabout Greens Norton Road, Towcester .... Tel: 01327 579026 Silverstone Garage Ltd, 63 Little London, Silverstone ...... Tel: 01327 858000 Towcester Garage, 74 Watling Street East ...... Tel: 01327 350614 Garage, Unit 7 Shacks Barn Farm ...... Tel: 01327 352582

Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue ...... Tel: 01604 797000 Towcester Library, The Forum Civic Offices, Moat Lane ...... Tel: 0300 126 1000 Opening Times. Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm. Saturday 9am - 5pm Medical Centres Brook Health Centre, Swinneyford Road, Towcester - Dr Supple & Associates ...... Tel: 01327 323900 Towcester Medical Centre, Link Way, Towcester - Dr Ward & Partners ...... Tel: 01327 359953 Danetre Hospital, London Road, ...... Tel 01327 708800 Milton Keynes University Hospital, Standing Way, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes ...... Tel 01908 660033 Northampton General Hospital, Cliftonville, Northampton ...... Tel: 01604 634700 Horton General Hospital, Oxford Road, Banbury ...... Tel: 01295 275500

The Midsummer Music Festival, which began in 2003 as a means of bringing fun and music entertainment to the heart of Towcester and to raise funds for the Town Mayor’s charities, is held in June each year. For further information, please telephone Towcester Town Council on ...... Tel: 01327 350995

36 www.towcester-tc.gov.uk 37 Museum Towcester Museum and Visitor’s Centre, White Horse Yard, Recycling Centre Old Greens, Norton Road, Towcester. Watling Street. www.towcestermuseum.co.uk ...... Tel: 01327 352662 Weekdays 10am - 6pm including Bank Holiday Mondays * The Recycling Centre is closed throughout the year on Tuesdays & Wednesdays Open Air Carol Service Organised by the Business Club and Churches Together in Towcester TerraCycle collection box for crisp packets is located within The Forum Civic Offices and held in mid-December accompanied by Towcester Studio Band. Registrar The local Registry Office is located at The Forum Civic Offices, Opticians Moat Lane, Towcester ...... Tel: 0300 126 1000 D. W. Roberts Opticians, Sponne House Shopping Centre, Watling Street...... Tel: 01327 350240 John Carrington Opticians, 124 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 351998 Cafes, Restaurants, Take-aways & Public Houses Specsavers, 110 Watling Street East ...... Tel: 01327 358299 185 Watling Street, 185 Watling Street West ...... Tel: 01327 317177 Baguettes, Bakes & Cakes, 197 Watling Street ...... Tel: 01327 438552 Parking. The whole town is encompassed within walking distance. There is free car parking in Richmond Bar Encore, 201 Watling Street ...... Tel: 01327 352888 Road car park (behind Waitrose supermarket) and the long stay car park along Northampton Road. Short-term Chan’s Chip Shop, 3 Vernon Road ...... Tel: 01327 353588 Costa Coffee, 120 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 354487 car parking can be found nearer to the town centre on Northampton Road (restricted waiting) and the Market Dilraj, 147 Watling Street West...... Tel: 01327 358423 Square (restricted waiting). Dominos Pizza, 1 Richmond Road ...... Tel: 01327 359505 Franks Hamburger House, 171 Watling Street ...... Tel: 01327 227064 in The Forum Civic Offices, Moat Lane (office hours only) and in the Waitrose and Public Toilets Happy Garden, 145 Watling Street West...... Tel: 01327 358007 Tesco Stores, which are open during shopping hours (customers only). Jack’s Hill Cafe, A5 Watling Street ...... Tel: 01327 351350 Truva Grill, 11 Museum Court, Watling Street West...... Tel: 01327 350057 (Non emergencies) ...... Tel: 101 Police Lee’s Cottage, 65 Watling Street ...... Tel: 01327 358228 Marlin Kebab Shop, 109A Watling Street Post Office Market Square, Towcester...... Tel: 01327 350469 McDonald’s, A43/Brackley Road...... Tel: 01327 352337 Milano Pizza, 122 Watling Street ...... Tel: 01327 358500 New Bekash, 100 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 350505 Ozzy’s Express Kebab Van, Vernon Road ...... Tel: 07591 243686 Plantation Cafe, Bell Plantation, Watling Street...... Tel: 01327 354126 Saracen’s Head, 219 Watling Street West...... Tel: 01327 350414 Olive Tree, 1 London Road...... Tel: 01327 351445 Starbucks, A43 bypass, Brackley Road ...... Tel: 01327 350867 Ten Hands, 175 Watling Street ...... Tel: 01327 351010 The Brave Old Oak, 106 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 353621 The Bull Inn, 37 Brackley Road...... Tel: 01327 353223 The Folly Inn, London Road...... Tel: 01327 354031 The Ganges, Sponnes Road ...... Tel: 01327 439481 The Monk & Tipster, 36 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 351093 The Plough Inn, 96 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 352515 The Rice Bowl, 132 Watling Street East...... Tel: 01327 351482 The Peacock, 97 Watling Street West...... Tel: 01327 351093 The Wood Oven, Northampton Road, Wednesdays 5:30-8:30pm ...... Tel: 07946 353773 Towcester Mill Brewery, Moat Lane...... Tel: 01327 437060 Towcester Tea Rooms, 169 Watling Street West...... Tel: 01327 358200 Waitrose Store, Water Lane...... Tel: 01327 354994 Warrens Bakery, 16 Whittons Lane ...... Tel: 01327 366444

Retirement, Nursing Homes & Sheltered Housing Schemes Caring Homes Ltd, Water Lane ...... Tel: 0808 169 8662 Duncote Hall, Duncote, Towcester...... Tel: 01327 352277 Leeson Court, Leeson Road, Towcester...... Tel: 08454 606888

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Malthouse Court, The Lindens, Towcester...... Tel: 01491 821170 Moorfield, Buckingham Way, Towcester...... Tel: 01327 351206 Richmond Court, Watling Street, Towcester...... Tel: 0333 321 4072 Ridgeway House, Swinneyford Road, Towcester...... Tel: 01327 350700 Florist Olympus Care Services, Swinneyford Road, Towcester ...... Tel: 01327 350700 We are a small florist owned by Elizabeth with Grand Union Housing Group ...... Tel: 0300 123 5544 Terri and Sarah working alongside me. We will try and cater for all your needs on any occasion. We Schools specialise in anything quirky and love a challenge. Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School, Balmoral Close, Towcester...... Tel: 01327 351466 caters for children from 3-11 years. • Weddings Towcester C of E Primary School, Islington Road, Towcester • Funerals caters for children from 4-11 years ...... Tel: 01327 350332 • Birthdays Sponne Secondary School, Brackley Road, Towcester...... Tel: 01327 350284 • Bouquets caters for children from 11-18 years. • Gifts On Track Education, Pits Farm,Towcester Road, Silverstone ...... Tel: 01327 366926 education and support services for pupils aged 11 - 19 years with special educational needs • Cards • Special Nursery Schools and Pre-Schools Occasions Klas Children’s Day Nursery, Bell Plantation, Watling Street, Towcester ...... Tel: 01327 358876 Nicholas Hawksmoor Pre-School, Balmoral Close, Towcester ...... Tel: 01327 351466 Towcester Scout Hall Pre-School, Baden Powell Crescent, Towcestrer ...... Tel: 07980 525116 Tiny Tows Pre-School, Islington Road, Towcester ...... Tel: 01327 354815 The Day Nursery Towcester, 6 Watling Street East, Towcester ...... Tel: 01327 359647 114 Watling Street East, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 6BT Towcester Tots, 2 Watling Street East, Towcester ...... Tel: 01327 354007 T: 01327 358899 E: [email protected] www.misslillies.co.uk

Towcester Business Club This association of local businesses meets for lunch and discussion at 12.30 on the last Wednesday of every month at the Saracen’s Head. New members are always Veterinary Surgeries welcome. www.towcesterbusinessclub.co.uk Beech House Veterinary Surgery, Bell Plantation, Watling Street, Towcester ...... Tel: 01327 354477 Towcester Veterinary Centre, Burcote Road, Towcester ...... Tel: 01327 350239 Towcester Produce Show The Show is held in the Town Hall on August Bank Holiday Castle & Niall Veterinary Services Ltd, Plantation House, Bell Plantation, Monday. For further information please telephone 01327 350995 or visit www.towcestershow.org.uk. Watling Street, Towcester ...... Tel: 01327 352888

The Festival has become a well-attended annual event every Volunteering Towcester Food Festival SNVB (South Northants Volunteer Bureau), Volunteer Centre, Whittons Lane, Towcester June. www.towcesterfoodfestival.co.uk www.snvb.org.uk ...... Tel: 01327 358264 Transport Ability Northants, Your local Community Bus Service ...... Tel: 07799 522097 www.abilitycic.org.uk Towcester Area Door2Door Community transport to medical and wellbeing appointments ... Tel: 01327 810300 Whilst every care has been taken in compiling this publication and the www.towcesterareadoor2door.com/ statements contained herein are Stagecoach ...... Tel: 0345 810 1000 believed to be correct, the publishers LOCAL AUTHORITY PUBLISHING www.stagecoachbus.com/ and promoters cannot accept Britannia Bus ...... Tel: 0844 5000131 responsibility for any inaccuracies. www.britanniabus.co.uk/en-gb/ Please don’t forget to mention this Traveline (Live bus service updates) (premium rate) ...... Tel: 0871 200 2233 Reproduction of any part of this publication when you contact any of National Rail Enquiries ...... Tel: 03457 48 49 50 publication without permission the superb local traders and businesses www.nationalrail.co.uk/ is strictly forbidden. who have supported this guide. Several taxi services operate locally

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