Coordinates: 52°18′23″N 0°53′34″W / 52.3064°N 0.8927°W / 52.3064; -0.8927

Pitsford
Pitsford  Pitsford shown within Northamptonshire
Population	636
OS grid reference	SP7568
District	Daventry
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Northampton
Postcode district	NN6
Dialling code	01604
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Kettering
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Pitsford is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the non-metropolitan county of Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 636 people.^[1] There is one pub, The Griffin, situated in the high street, which is a listed building^[2].

Pitsford Water, which is used for fishing and sailing as well as storing water for the local area,^[3] is north-west of the village, although only part of it lies within the parish.^[4] Pitsford Airstrip is at Moulton Grange Farm. Pitsford Hall is home to Northamptonshire Grammar School^[5] which runs Pitsford Hall weather station. Ironstone is quarried at Pitsford and was formerly transported by rail; the railway line is now part of the preserved Northampton & Lamport Railway which has its headquarters at Pitsford and Brampton railway station. Henry Watkin, the Utopian socialist, was born in the village in 1824.

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