Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire

Ravensthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. The village lies approximately midway between Northampton and Rugby. The M1 motorway is six miles west and the nearest railway station is at Long Buckby. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 656 people,[1] including Coton but falling slightly to 646 at the 2011 census.[2]

Not to be confused with Ravensthorpe, Peterborough.

Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe Reservoir
Ravensthorpe
Location within Northamptonshire
Population646 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP6670
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthampton
Postcode districtNN6
Dialling code01604
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Services within the village include a shop, the 'Chequers' pub, a playing field, a small park and a woodland maintained by the Woodland Trust.

Geography

The civil parish of Ravensthorpe includes nearby Coton. Nearby tourist attractions include Coton Manor Garden, Althorp House, and Holdenby House.

A village of the same name and location is present in the 2020 video game Assassin's Creed Valhalla. According to the game's narrative director, Darby McDevitt, the fictional version was created without knowledge of the real location, and a Reddit user made the connection on 13 November. McDevitt claimed the development team only found out about the similarity a few months prior.

References
  1. Office for National Statistics: Ravensthorpe CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 18 November 2009
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 July 2016.


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