Daventry District is a large, mainly rural area of 257 square miles in the west of Northamptonshire. It is the largest district in the county but, after Corby, has the second smallest population, with approximately 78,000 residents - the majority of whom live among the district's 78 villages. The district has one town - Daventry.
Set in the valleys of the rivers Nene, Welland and Avon, the district has a beautiful landscape or rolling hills naturally extended from the Cotswolds. It offers scenes of picture-postcard villages alongside woods, reservoirs and elegant country houses. The district is steeped in history and was the focus for events such as the Gunpowder Plot and Civil War.
The district lies within the Milton Keynes/South Midlands Growth Area.
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