Long Buckby

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

[2] Long Buckby has a history going back approximately 1,000 years to the Vikings[3] when all of northern, central and eastern England came under the Danelaw.

[5] Near the centre of the village are the remaining earthworks of a medieval castle, which was probably built by the lords of the manor, the de Quincy family, in the 12th century.

This was enhanced by the arrival of the Grand Union Canal in the early 19th century, upon which Long Buckby had a busy wharf.

It is located alongside the Grand Union Canal and was once a thriving community with its own post office, church and village hall.

[5] The village offers a wide range of amenities and services, including a doctor's surgery, two dentists, four churches, two schools, a public library, a veterinary surgery, a boarding cattery, a post office, a community centre, Long Buckby Mill Park Nature Reserve and Cotton End Park.

The English comedian Stanley Unwin moved to Long Buckby in 1940[8] when he got a job with the BBC at the nearby Borough Hill transmitting station.

There is also one scheduled monument in the parish: The A5 road and M1 motorway run a short distance to the west of Long Buckby.

It lies on the Northampton Loop of the West Coast Main Line running between Birmingham New Street and London Euston.

Regular local bus services connect Long Buckby to the nearby towns of Northampton, Rugby and Daventry.

The club's most successful players include Gary Mills, Darren Harman, Alex McKenzie, Dan Holman and Richard Ryan.

The Long Buckby Tennis Tournament is an event which started in 1907, and is played annually in mid-July on the sports ground.

St Lawrence's Church
The remaining earthworks of Long Buckby Castle, known locally as The Mounts
Sign outside Long Buckby Wharf