Traditional county: Northamptonshire · Unitary authority: North Northamptonshire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Laxton, Northamptonshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Laxton map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Laxton |
| Traditional County | Northamptonshire |
| Unitary Authority | North Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.554883 |
| Longitude | -0.600241 |
| Place Type | Village |
Laxton emerges from the limestone ridges of Northamptonshire as a quiet testament to the enduring character of the East Midlands. It lies 5.6 miles east-south-east of Uppingham (from Uppingham: bearing 114°T, OS grid SP 949 961), and is situated north-north-west of Bulwick village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the low-slung horizon allows the pale, thin light of winter to wash over the fields with a clarity that sharpens every hedgerow. To the north-north-east, the dense canopy of Wakerley Great Wood gathers the shadows of the morning, providing a dark contrast to the open agricultural pastures that define the immediate surroundings. An ancient, earth-wrought Iron Age Enclosure rests a mile to the south-south-west, marking the ground as a place of long-standing human occupation that predates the modern parish boundaries. The local architecture speaks in the muted tones of ironstone, a warm, russet-coloured material that seems to catch the sunset and hold its heat long after the air has turned cool. Time in Laxton moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, dictated more by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest than by the frantic pace of the modern world. Visitors who walk the quiet lanes may catch the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, a fragrance that lingers in the air like the memory of a century past.
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Explore Laxton, Northamptonshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.554883, -0.600241. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | September 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |