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Thanks for these posts on Northampton. I moved away from the area some years ago but I'm still a regular visitor. For a place that's not known as a tourist destination there are a surprising number of attractions.
If you go again you should try to visit St Peter's Church. It's near the train station and was quite possibly the main Castle church (when the castle was still nearby). The carving in the church is extraordinary - very detailed and quite pagan. The connection with the castle makes the history of this small church interesting as well. Parliament sat at the castle on more than one occasion, and it was also the place where Thomas Becket fled jail. The church may have been involved in both of these events.
Just around the corner from the (infamous) bus station is Holy Sepulchre church, one of the 4 round churches in the UK. It has connections with the Knights Templar. It is often locked (to keep the Dan Brown enthusiasts out) but is open for visits on occasion.
And if you still have any doubts about whether Northampton is worth another visit, here's a song about when the friendly aliens arrived: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xKjGqefH7U&feature=youtube_gdata_player
1. The school was 'Northampton High School'.
2. The light fitting is not so much 'faux-medieval' as heavily influenced by the Viennese Secession (as is much of the Mackintosh decor in the house).
3. The ultramarine and white bedroom is the guest bedroom.
Sorry to read your dismissive one-liner about Carlsberg. Although on a different scale to 78, this is also a modernist gem. Probably.
I've amended 1 and 3 in the text. But not 2, because slipping "heavily influenced by the Viennese Secession" into the text would be a bit clunky.
And I've made my Carlsberg one-liner a bit more upbeat because, yes absolutely, it's a strangely appealing building.
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