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Northampton is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is situated on the River Nene, 60 miles (97 km) north-west of London and 50 miles (80 km) south-east of Birmingham. Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; the population of its overall urban area was recorded as 249,093 in the 2021 census.
Image: Northampton Guildhall 01
Image: All Saints Church (geograph 7247736)
Image: Abington Park
Image: Northampton Market Square Lights 4
The new towns in the United Kingdom were planned under the powers of the New Towns Act 1946 and later acts to relocate populations in poor or bombed-out housing following the Second World War. They were developed in three waves. Later developments included the expanded towns: existing towns which were substantially expanded to accommodate what was called the "overspill" population from densely populated areas of deprivation.
Welwyn Garden City, one of the two Garden Cities that was later designated a New Town
The town of Telford (formerly Dawley New Town) was created from a number of towns which were joined around a central service area.
Telford Centre
New Town architecture in Peterborough