Roade

Roade

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Roade
latitude= 52.156
longitude= -0.897
civil_parish= Roade
population = 2,254
shire_district= South Northamptonshire
shire_county= Northamptonshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= Northampton South
post_town= NORTHAMPTON
postcode_district = NN7
postcode_area= NN
dial_code= 01604
os_grid_reference= SP755515

Roade is a village in Northamptonshire, England and in the area of the South Northamptonshire District Council where it is in the two-member Blisworth and Roade ward.

Location

Roade straddles the busy Northampton to Milton Keynes A508, ca.convert|2|mi|km|0 south of junction 15 of the M1 motorway, convert|5|mi|km|0 south of Northampton and convert|12|mi|km|0 north of Milton Keynes.

The West Coast Main Line railway from London Euston to Manchester and Scotland goes through the village in a deep cutting, known as Roade cutting. The line dates from 1838 and now carries 125mph electric trains runs. The cutting which is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) listed by English Nature (see external link). There was a station at the southern end of the village, at the end of the cutting, until it closed in 1964. A branch, the Northampton loop leaves the main line just north of the village. There was a campaign in the 1990s to have the station reopened for commuter traffic to London. An option to reopen the station for commuters to London, Milton Keynes and Northampton remains but there are neither current plans nor desire to add additional stops on the line.

Demographics

The 2001 Censuscite web|title = UK census 2001 - data|url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=3&b=797376&c=Roade&d=16&g=473786&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1222954570875&enc=1&domainId=15|accessdate = 2008-10-02] shows 2,254 people living in the parish , 1,117 male and 1,137 female, in 962 dwellings.

Facilities

The local secondary school, Roade School, is the only Sports College in Northamptonshire. The catchment area extends to Grange Park, Blisworth, Stoke Bruerne and several other villages in the area.

References

External links

* [http://www.northamptonshirepubs.co.uk/cock/index.htm The Cock Inn website]
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22790#s1 A History of Roade, from Volume V of "A History of Northamptonshire" at British History Online] .
* [http://www.roadeschool.northants.sch.uk/ Roade's local High School including Post 16, the only Sports College in the county]
* [http://www.roadevillage.co.uk Roade village web site]
* [http://www.natureonthemap.org.uk/map.aspx?m=sssi English Nature site with details of Roade cutting]
* [http://www.roadefc.co.uk Roade football club website]
* [http://www.roadeschool.northants.sch.uk Roade Secondary School Website]


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