Broughton Northamptonshire Map

About Broughton

Broughton, a quiet sentinel in Northamptonshire's embrace, exhales a gentle, enduring spirit. It lies 4.5 km south-west of Kettering (from Kettering: bearing 227°T, OS grid SP 833 756), and is situated south-south-east of Great Cransley village. The fields surrounding Broughton, a patchwork of rich, dark soil under a sky often brushed with the pearly luminescence of the East Midlands, have long been a canvas for the farmer's toil. Ancient hedgerows, gnarled and wise, trace the boundaries of these ancestral lands, their leaves catching the afternoon sun like scattered emeralds. The village itself, with its stone cottages and a church whose spire seems to aspire to the heavens, holds a stillness that invites contemplation, a palpable sense of lives lived and stories held within its modest walls. Even the air here seems to carry a faint, earthy perfume, a reminder of the agricultural heart that beats steadily beneath the surface of this venerable place.

About This Broughton Map Page

Explore Broughton, Northamptonshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.372218, -0.776696. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.