Located next to The River Nene and The Grand Union Canal (Northampton Arm), Sixfields is often called "The Starcity of Northamptonshire" .

It was redeveloped into a leisure area to accommodate the Sixfields Stadium and an athletics running track.

A domestic and trade waste recycling centre run by Northamptonshire County Council occupies part of the site, but will be relocated soon.

Tull became the first black/mixed race combat officer in the British Army during the first world war and was killed in action during 1918.

The road past the stadium is named Walter Tull Way often showing signs of subsidence due to the previous use as a waste site.