Tour of Britain Coming to Northamptonshire

Please find below a message from West Northamptonshire Council:

Britain's biggest professional cycling event will be passing through towns and parishes across West Northamptonshire this September, as we host the penultimate stage of the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men.

Taking place on Saturday 7 September, the fifth stage of the tournament will start from the University of Northampton and finish at the Guildhall on Northampton's Derngate after 147 kilometres (91 miles) of racing through the area, including Daventry and nearly 30 villages.

Along the way the race will pass through Daventry, followed by a loop south of the town through villages including Abthorpe, Wappenham, Helmdon, Culworth, Byfield and Hellidon, before looping around Northampton via Watford, West Haddon, Naseby, Kelmarsh and Brixworth for the approach to the finish via Sywell and Ecton.

During the stage riders will tackle a pair of categorised King of the Mountains climbs at Newnham Hill and Bulls Hill, just south of Daventry, and an intermediate sprint at Holcot, at the eastern end of the Pitsford Water causeway.

Please find attached more information about the route including a map.

It would be great if you can give your support in helping to make the event a great success by turning out as spectators on the day.

In preparation for the event we are pulling together a commentary for on the day which will be shared with ITV4 commentators, international broadcasters, and other media. To help us make this as accurate and interesting as possible, we are asking Towns & Parishes to share any interesting historic or cultural information about the areas of West Northants on the route.

The route includes:

• Northampton
• Nobottle
• Whilton Locks
• Norton
• Daventry
• Preston Capes
• Little Preston
• Maidford
• Blakesley
• Abthorpe
• Wappenham
• Helmdon
• Thorpe Mandeville
• Culworth
• Byfield
• Charwelton
• Hellidon
• Catesby
• Welton
• Watford
• West Haddon
• Cold Ashby
• Naseby
• Kelmarsh
• Harrington
• Lamport
• Scaldwell
• Pitsford
• Holcot
• Sywell

We would also encourage you to visit our dedicated web pages about the Tour coming to West Northamptonshire Tour of Britain Men | West Northamptonshire Council (westnorthants.gov.uk) which will include useful information such as event updates, timings and local road closures. Please also feel free to help us spread the word by sharing news and information updates on our website and social media channels.

If you have any queries about the event, please email majorevents@westnorthants.gov.uk.