Northampton is famous for the shoe and leather industry that drove the town’s expansion through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, leaving its mark in the architecture, the economy and the character. The economic base has shifted to logistics, distribution and professional services. The town centre has seen steady reinvestment, and Northampton Saints gives the town one of the most recognisable names in English rugby.
Major residential developments at Upton, Grange Park, Wootton Fields and East Hunsbury have added thousands of family homes over the past two decades, driven by demand from commuters who want affordability relative to London and the South East. Alongside the older Victorian terraces of the inner areas and the post-war estates of Duston and Kingsthorpe, the Northampton market spans a wide range of property types, buyers and selling situations.