Northampton (civil parish)

For the main article about the town of Northampton, see Northampton.

Northampton is a civil parish covering the greater part of the urban area of the town of Northampton, including the town centre. In 2021 the parish had an area of 38.79 square kilometres (14.98 sq mi), and a population of 137,387,[1] making it the most populous civil parish in England. The governing body is Northampton Town Council, which is the largest parish level authority in England. It came into being in 2021, concurrently with local government changes in Northamptonshire.[2]

Other parishes covering Northampton urban area

As well as the parish of Northampton, there are 12 other civil parishes in the Northampton urban area, ten were pre-existing, and two (Kingsthorpe and Far Cotton and Delapre) were created concurrently with the town council (these 3 were previously unparished),[3] these are:[4]

References

  1. ^ "Northampton Parish in East Midlands". City Population. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  2. ^ "England's 'largest' town council set for Northampton". BBC. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Northamptonshire Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Northampton parish boundaries" (PDF). Northampton Town Council. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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