Wakerley is a linear village and civil parish in the county of Northamptonshire, England.

[1] [2] Forming part of North Northamptonshire, Wakerley is close to, and south of, the River Welland that forms the boundary with Rutland; its nearest neighbour, Barrowden, is in that county and accessible by a footbridge.

The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Duddington with Fineshade.

[4] Recent evidence points to Wakerley's industrial history as an iron-smelting centre.

Brick-built calcining kilns were used for reducing iron ore before transport to the Corby Steelworks.