Brackley Voyage Tips and guide

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Brackley is a market town close to the Northamptonshire border with Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Since 1990, it has grown considerably with new housing estates, but retains the original town centre and market feel.

• 52.02348-1.153441 Brackley Castle (near Tesco). An earth mound is all that remains of this castle built soon after 1086, and going out of use around 1200. 
• 52.026458-1.1496182 Town Hall, 9 Market Pl, NN13 7AB. 
• 52.03055-1.1461413 Brackley Manor House.  
• 52.103-1.1844 Sulgrave Manor. A house built by ancestors of George Washington, now a museum.  

Market day is Friday, and a Farmers Market comes to town on the third Saturday morning of every month.

• 52.031031-1.1455441 Ptolemy Toys, 50 High Street, NN13 7DS, ☏ +44 1280 843000. M-F 10:30AM-2:30PM, Sa 10AM-1PM, Su closed. Traditional Toys 
• Charlottes Barn, 3 Market Place. Selling 19th-century furniture in old paint. 
• 52.026743-1.150632 Brackley Antique Cellar, Drayman's Walk, NN13 6BE (in the basement under the town centre Waitrose), ☏ +44 1280 841841, [email protected]. Over 160 independent dealers, 30,000 sq ft of antiques and collectables, under one roof and on one level. 

• 52.027021-1.1497641 Crown Hotel Brackley, 20 Market Pl, ☏ +44 1280 702210. 
• 52.027222-1.1868582 The Crewe Arms, Sparrow Corner, Hinton in the Hedges, ☏ +44 1280 705801. 

• Silverstone is 5 miles (8 km) north. The Aston Martin F1 Team factory is located here.
• Buckingham
• Banbury

Routes through Brackley

(Oxford) ← Bicester ←

SW  NE

→ Silverstone → Northampton