| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Harpole |
| Coordinates: | 52.2416°N -0.9908°W |
| Civil Parish: | Harpole |
| Static Image Name: | Green, Harpole - geograph.org.uk - 200434.jpg |
| Population: | 1,545 |
| Population Ref: | (2001 census) 1,546 (2011 census) |
| London Distance Mi: | 69 |
| Unitary England: | West Northamptonshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | Northamptonshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Daventry |
| Post Town: | NORTHAMPTON |
| Postcode District: | NN7 |
| Postcode Area: | NN |
| Dial Code: | 01604 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SP691608 |
Harpole is a village 4miles west of Northampton, in the West Northamptonshire district, in Northamptonshire, England, along the A4500 road (formerly the A45) about 1miles east of the M1 Motorway junction 16. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1546.
The village's name means "filthy pool".[1]
Prior to from 1974 to 2021 it was in the district council area of South Northamptonshire where it was part of Harpole and Grange ward, together with the parishes of Milton Malsor, Kislingbury, Rothersthorpe and Gayton. It was also in the area of Northamptonshire County Council and is in the Parliamentary Constituency of Daventry. The MP is currently Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative).
The M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junctions 16 and 15a are 2miles west and 3miles south of Harpole respectively. It is 69miles north of London and 42miles southeast of Birmingham.
A Roman mosaic floor uncovered in 1846-48 identifies the site of a Roman villa north of the village.[2]
In April 2022 archaeologists found an Anglo-Saxon woman's grave, the Harpole bed burial, at a site in Harpole being developed for housing by Vistry. The discovery was announced in December 2022 and described as "the most significant early medieval female burial ever discovered in Britain".[3]
2001 census data[4] shows 1,547 people resident in the Parish Council area consisting of 755 males and 792 females (the 2009 estimated population is 1,557[5]), in 636 households, of which 82.6% were owner occupied or being purchased with a mortgage.
Harpole hosts a scarecrow weekend in September.[6] There is also an event in December where Santa drives around the village, as in, following him.
See main article: Harpole bed burial. An early Christian Anglo-Saxon era burial site of a woman of high social standing was found in Harpole in spring 2022.