Eastcote, Northamptonshire
| Eastcote | |
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Daffodils on Pound Lane, Eastcote. The "pound" was an enclosure for cattle to be penned in overnight while being driven on the hoof to Banbury market, often from as far away as Scotland | |
Location within Northamptonshire | |
| OS grid reference | SP680540 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TOWCESTER |
| Postcode district | NN12 |
| Dialling code | 01327 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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Eastcote is a small village in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It is about 7 miles (11.3 km) south-west of Northampton along Banbury Lane. It is close to the A5 road, the Roman Road known as Watling Street, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Towcester. Prior to the opening in the 1959 of the M1 motorway and the M6 motorway a little later, the A5 was the main route by road from London to north Wales and north-west England.