Editing Northampton (section)

=== Areas and suburbs ===
[[File:Northampton from OpenStreetMap.png|thumb|300px|Map of the town suburbs]]
Northampton is subdivided into suburbs, [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|council wards]], [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituencies]], ecclesiastical [[parish]]es, and other less formal areas.

Suburbs and districts of Northampton include:

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* [[Abington Vale]]
* [[Abington, Northamptonshire|Abington]]
* [[Billing, Northamptonshire|Billing]]
* [[Blacky More]]
* [[Brackmills]]
* [[Collingtree]]
* [[Collingtree Park]]
* [[Cotton End, Northampton|Cotton End]]
* [[Cultural Quarter, Northampton|Cultural Quarter]]
* [[Dallington, Northamptonshire|Dallington]]
* [[Duston]]
* [[East Hunsbury]]
* [[Far Cotton]]
* [[Grange Park, Northamptonshire|Grange Park]]
* [[Great Houghton, Northamptonshire|Great Houghton]]
* [[Hardingstone]]
* [[Hunsbury Meadows]]
* [[King's Heath, Northampton|King's Heath]]
* [[Kingsley, Northampton|Kingsley]]
* [[Kingsthorpe]]
* [[East Hunsbury|Merefield]]
* [[New Duston]]
* [[Queen's Park, Northampton|Queen's Park]]
* [[Round Spinney]]
* [[Shelfleys]]
* [[Sixfields]]
* [[Spinney Hill]]
* [[St James End, Northampton|St James End]]
* [[Upton, Northamptonshire|Upton]]
* [[West Hunsbury]]
* [[Weston Favell]]
* [[White Hills, Northamptonshire|White Hills]]
* [[Wootton, Northamptonshire|Wootton]]
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Concurrent with the abolition of the borough of Northampton in 2021, the [[unparished area]] of Northampton became parished with three new parish councils being established: A new Town Council covering the majority of the urban area of Northampton was established, whilst the areas of Kingsthorpe, and Far Cotton and Delapré also gained parish councils.<ref>{{cite web |title=Northampton Town Council |url=https://www.northamptontowncouncil.gov.uk |access-date=18 August 2020 |publisher=northamptontowncouncil.gov.uk}}</ref> In addition, there are nine registered [[parish councils in England|parish councils]] which predate the abolition of the borough of Northampton. These are Billing, Collingtree, Duston, Great Houghton, Hardingstone, Hunsbury Meadow, Upton, West Hunsbury and Wootton & East Hunsbury.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parish Councils in Northampton &#124; Other Councils &#124; Northampton Borough Council |url=http://www.northampton.gov.uk/info/200033/councillors_and_democracy/480/other_councils |access-date=29 August 2013 |publisher=Northampton.gov.uk |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133459/http://www.northampton.gov.uk/info/200033/councillors_and_democracy/480/other_councils |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Other settlements that the [[Office for National Statistics]] considers part of the Northampton urban area include Boughton, Ecton, Moulton, Overstone and Rothersthorpe.<ref name=Nomis2011>{{NOMIS2011|id=E34004611|title=Northampton BUA}}</ref> At the 2011 census, Harpole, Cogenhoe, Grange Park, Little and Great Houghton, Overstone and Sywell were just outside the Northampton built up area;<ref name=Nomis2011 /> this may change when the 2021 boundaries are released.