Hackleton
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| Hackleton shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 1,568 (2001 Census) 2,054 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP805550 |
| • London | 64 miles (103 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORTHAMPTON |
| Postcode district | NN7 |
| Dialling code | 01604 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Hackleton is a village located in the south of the English shire county of Northamptonshire (Northants) in the district of South Northamptonshire, just north of Buckinghamshire. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Northampton town centre, and 2 miles (3.2 km) by road to the M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junction 15 and 11 miles (18 km) north of junction 14. London is 62 miles (100 km) south via junction 14 and 47 miles (76 km) southeast of Birmingham via junction 15. It lies on the busy B526 road (former A50) from Northampton to Newport Pagnell, between Horton and Wootton. The parish area is about 1,030 acres (420 ha).
The Parish Council area covers several surrounding villages. To compound the statistics, census information for the village of Preston Deanery is joined with Great Houghton and other areas. Precise statistics are, therefore difficult to state. The best that can be said is based on the 2001 census. For Hackleton, Piddington and Horton combined, and together with the surrounding rural area sparsely populated, the data shows 1,568 residents, 756 male and 812 female, living in 606 dwellings. The actual 2011 census was measured as a population (including Horton, Piddleton and Preston Deanery) of 2,054.
The village has a parish council which also covers the nearby villages of Piddington, Preston Deanery and Horton as well as Hackleton.
The village school is Hackleton CofE Primary School. The village also has Hackleton Carey Baptist Chapel, Dudley Winterbottom Memorial Hall, The White Hart Pub and Hackleton Stores, the local village shop. Hackleton also used to be home to the Easyrider, a specialist upholstery shop dealing with sheep skin and wool products. Other amenities include 'The Rec'; local recreational ground, which is the home pitch for village side AFC Hackleton. There is also the local war memorial, a butcher and a 'pocket' park, formerly the land boundary between Hackleton and Piddington where a stream known as "The Brooke" flows to the north in a shallow valley.
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