Traditional county: Northamptonshire · Unitary authority: West Northamptonshire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Far Cotton, Northamptonshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Far Cotton map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Far Cotton |
| Traditional County | Northamptonshire |
| Unitary Authority | West Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.224916 |
| Longitude | -0.906142 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Far Cotton holds the steady, industrious pulse of a nineteenth-century railway suburb, its brick terraces stretching out like fingers toward the valley floor. It lies 1.0 miles south-south-west of Northampton (from Northampton: bearing 208°T, OS grid SP 748 590). The terrain here slopes gently toward the River Nene, where the grey, metallic light of the Midlands often softens the sharp edges of Victorian masonry. Residents look out toward the verdant rise of Hunsbury Hill, a persistent green presence that reminds the streetscape of the ancient, rounded earth lying just beyond the rooftops. The ironstone legacy of the region lingers in the local architecture, grounding Far Cotton in a landscape that has long traded in both coal and industry. A short walk toward the rising ground leads to the Multivallate Hillfort at Hunsbury Hill, where the silent earthworks offer a quiet counterpoint to the hum of modern traffic. Far Cotton remains defined by this proximity to both the heavy machinery of its past and the enduring, open horizons that frame the outskirts of Northampton.
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Explore Far Cotton, 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: 52.224916, -0.906142. 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.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |