In the Middle Ages, the town rose to national significance with the establishment of Northampton Castle, an occasional royal residence that regularly hosted the Parliament of England in the 1300s.

Construction will start on a heritage park on the site of a castle in early March, a council has said. The facility in the Marefair area of Northampton will include a castle-themed play area ...

Northampton Castle. Credit: Folger Shakespeare Library. The tour was a landmark project in 2015, with the locations chosen for their links with the real King John and where he took his court.

Contractors are now preparing a space in the Marefair area of Northampton which will include a castle-themed play area, a community garden and a walking trail about Northampton Castle. The project ...