Country: | England |
Official Name: | Hartwell |
Coordinates: | 52.147°N -0.854°W |
Civil Parish: | Hartwell |
Population: | 1,815 |
Population Ref: | 1,875 (2011 census)[1] |
London Distance: | 62miles |
Unitary England: | West Northamptonshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Northamptonshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | South Northamptonshire |
Post Town: | NORTHAMPTON |
Postcode District: | NN7 |
Postcode Area: | NN |
Dial Code: | 01604 |
Os Grid Reference: | SP7850 |
Static Image Name: | St.John the Baptist, Hartwell - geograph.org.uk - 81642.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St John the Baptist Parish Church Hartwell built ca 1851 |
Hartwell is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, bordering Buckinghamshire. The village is next to Salcey Forest and the M1 motorway. It is 7miles south of Northampton and 13miles north of Milton Keynes.
The villages name means 'Hart spring/stream'.[2]
According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,815 people in 693 household,.[3] increasing to 1,875 at the 2011 census.[4] Men in the Salcey ward had the fifth highest life expectancy at birth, 89.3 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016.[5]
Within the village are Hartwell Parish Church, Hartwell CofE Primary School, the Rose and Crown public house, community centre, recreational ground, village shop and the Hartwell Club.
Hartwell is in the South Northamptonshire constituency for Parliamentary elections, and is represented by former Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom. For elections to the West Northamptonshire Council, the village is in the Hackleton and Grange Park ward. Both are considered safe-seats for the Conservative Party, though the Liberal Democrats also have a strong base locally.