Country: | England |
Official Name: | Middleton |
Coordinates: | 52.5009°N -0.7639°W |
Population: | 414 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Region: | East Midlands |
Post Town: | Market Harborough |
Postcode District: | LE16 |
Postcode Area: | LE |
Dial Code: | 01536 |
Os Grid Reference: | SP840899 |
Middleton is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire close to the county boundary with Leicestershire. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 328 people,[1] increasing to 414 at the 2011 Census.[2]
The villages name means 'middle farm/settlement'.[3]
Middleton is just to the west of the town of Corby, with Cottingham and East Carlton nearby. There is a very steep hill known locally simply as "The Hill". The village has a Leicestershire postcode.
There is a pub with a restaurant - The Red Lion, Willow Cottage B & B and the Jurassic Way waymarked long-distance footpath passes through the village.