West Northamptonshire

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire
Unitary authority area
	Northampton, Daventry, Brackley and Towcester
	Coat of arms
	Motto: Ambition, Pride, Unity, Prosperity
	West Northamptonshire shown within Northamptonshire
	Coordinates: 52°14′13″N 0°53′42″W / 52.237°N 0.895°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East Midlands
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Incorporated	1 April 2021
Administrative HQ	Northampton
Government
• Type	Unitary authority with leader and cabinet
• Body	West Northamptonshire Council
• House of Commons	4 MPs Lucy Rigby (L) ; Stuart Andrew (C) ; Sarah Bool (C) ; Mike Reader (L) ;
Area
• Total	530 sq mi (1,380 km2)
• Land	532 sq mi (1,377 km2)
• Water	1.2 sq mi (3 km2)
• Rank	16th
Population (2024)
• Total	439,811
• Rank	15th
• Density	830/sq mi (319/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 85.9% White ; 5.3% Asian ; 4.9% Black ; 2.8% Mixed ; 1.1% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 49.5% Christianity ; 38.2% no religion ; 3.5% Islam ; 1.3% Hinduism ; 0.4% Sikhism ; 0.4% Buddhism ; 0.1% Judaism ; 0.6% other ; 6.1% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	NN
Dialling codes	01327; 01604;
ISO 3166 code	GB-WNH
GSS code	E06000062
ITL code	TLF24
GVA	2021 estimate
• Total	£13.2 billion
• Per capita	£30,905
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	£14.7 billion
• Per capita	£34,385
Website	westnorthants.gov.uk

West Northamptonshire is one of two unitary authority areas in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It contains the county town of Northampton, as well as the towns of Daventry, Brackley and Towcester, and the large villages of Brixworth and Long Buckby; the rest of the area is predominantly agricultural villages though it has many lakes and small woodlands.

West Northamptonshire was created in 2021 as part of local government restructuring from the previous non-metropolitan districts of Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire.

The West Coast Main Line and the M1 and M40 motorways pass through the district, and it includes the site of the Roman town of Bannaventa and the grade I listed Althorp House and its estate.