Grange Park, Northamptonshire

Grange Park is an affluent residential housing estate on the edge of Northampton but just outside the Borough of Northampton. It is in the area of South Northamptonshire Council. Some residents refer to its status as a "village", although in reality it is an extension to the Northampton urban area. It is 3mi south of Northampton town centre, in the shire county of Northamptonshire (Northants). It is very close to the M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junction 15, 65mi north of London and 45mi southeast of Birmingham. HistoryThe village was created from agricultural land in the late 1990s. Approval for the initial development of the village was granted on 8th May 1998, initially for 1000 houses to be built along with amenities such as a primary school, a community centre, and country parks. New developmentsA further development of 450 new homes together with an hôtel has been agreed by the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation. The development is on a site bounded by the A45 main road, an old sand pit used as a domestic refuse site but now closed, and the existing housing estate. The site was originally proposed as a site for an IKEA store in September 2002, but after local opposition in 2003, it was built in Milton Keynes instead.

Grange Park is an affluent residential housing estate on the edge of Northampton but just outside the Borough of Northampton. It is in the area of South Northamptonshire Council. Some residents refer to its status as a "village", although in reality it is an extension to the Northampton urban area. It is 3mi south of Northampton town centre, in the shire county of Northamptonshire (Northants). It is very close to the M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junction 15, 65mi north of London and 45mi southeast of Birmingham. HistoryThe village was created from agricultural land in the late 1990s. Approval for the initial development of the village was granted on 8th May 1998, initially for 1000 houses to be built along with amenities such as a primary school, a community centre, and country parks. New developmentsA further development of 450 new homes together with an hôtel has been agreed by the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation. The development is on a site bounded by the A45 main road, an old sand pit used as a domestic refuse site but now closed, and the existing housing estate. The site was originally proposed as a site for an IKEA store in September 2002, but after local opposition in 2003, it was built in Milton Keynes instead.