| Static Image Name: | Brafield on the Green - geograph.org.uk - 1363802.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | The village pond |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Brafield-on-the-Green |
| Coordinates: | 52.2212°N -0.8003°W |
| Population: | 636 |
| Population Ref: | [1] 666 (2011 census)[2] |
| Shire District: | West Northamptonshire |
| Shire County: | Northamptonshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Northampton South |
| Post Town: | Northampton |
| Postcode District: | NN7 |
| Postcode Area: | NN |
| Dial Code: | 01604 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SP820587 |
Brafield-on-the-Green is a civil parish and small village in West Northamptonshire. Their football team, Brafield Corinthians, won both the league and the cup.
The villages name means 'Hill-top open country'.[3]
Brafield is about 4miles south-east of Northampton, in the shire county of Northamptonshire[4] known as "Northants" along the A428 road about 16miles north-west of Bedford.
A section of Brafield sits within a conservation area.[5]
Brafield Stadium known as Northampton International Raceway hosts BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars. As early as 1949, local entrepreneurs staged midget car racing at the stadium, as part of a national attempt to introduce the sport from the US. It also hosted speedway. The team known as the Flying Foxes took part in the Southern Area League in 1954. The team was renamed the Brafield Badgers and interspersed individual meetings with matches against reserve sides from British League tracks. The Speedway closed for good at the end of the 1967 season.