Nether Heyford is an English village 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Northampton

Northampton

Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...

 off the A45 road

A45 road

The A45 is a major road in England. It runs east from Birmingham past the National Exhibition Centre and the M42, then bypasses Coventry and Rugby, where it briefly merges with the M45 until it continues to Daventry...

, in the shire

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 county

County

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 of Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

, known as "Northants". It is 1 miles (1.6 km) by road to the M1

M1 motorway

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 London

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 to Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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 motorway junction 16, 72 miles (116 km) north of London and 38 miles (61 km) southeast of Birmingham

Birmingham

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. The village of Upper Heyford

Upper Heyford, Northamptonshire

Upper Heyford is an English village west of Northampton along the A45 road just before Weedon, in the shire county of Northamptonshire, known as "Northants". It is by road to the M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junction 16, north of London and southeast of Birmingham...

 is about 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) to the north of the village close to the A45 road and is also part of Nether Heyford Parish.
It has one of the largest village green

Village green

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s in the country, two pubs; The Foresters Arms and The Olde Sun, two churches; one Baptist

Baptist

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, a purpose-built youth club, park, village hall, hairdressers, butchers and a local shop.