Long Buckby

Long Buckby
Long Buckby Market Place
Long Buckby is located in Northamptonshire
Long Buckby
Long Buckby
Location within Northamptonshire
Population4,511 (2021 census)
OS grid referenceSP628673
Civil parish
  • Long Buckby
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORTHAMPTON
Postcode districtNN6
Dialling code01327
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°18′11″N 1°04′52″W / 52.303°N 1.081°W / 52.303; -1.081

Long Buckby is a large village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. In the 2021 census the parish of Long Buckby, which includes the hamlet of Long Buckby Wharf, was recorded as having a population of 4,511.[1]

Long Buckby is a hill top village, located around 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-east of the town of Daventry, and roughly midway between Northampton and Rugby, with each being around 9 miles (14 km) to the south-east and north-west respectively. The west of the parish has the A5 road, Grand Union Canal, West Coast Main Line railway and M1 motorway all passing through the Watford Gap, with Watford, Northamptonshire being the next village to the north.

Just south of the village is Long Buckby railway station on the Northampton Loop corollary of the West Coast Main Line.

  1. ^ "LONG BUCKBY Parish in East Midlands". City Population. Retrieved 25 January 2021.