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.

See

• 1 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. 
• 2 Town Hall, 9 Market Pl, NN13 7AB. 
• 3 Brackley Manor House.  
• 4 Sulgrave Manor. A house built by ancestors of George Washington, now a museum.  

Buy

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

• 1 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. 
• 2 Brackley Antique Cellar, Drayman's Walk, NN13 6BE (in the basement under the town centre Waitrose), ☏ +44 1280 841841, antiquecellar@tesco.net. Over 160 independent dealers, 30,000 sq ft of antiques and collectables, under one roof and on one level. 

Sleep

• 1 Crown Hotel Brackley, 20 Market Pl, ☏ +44 1280 702210. 
• 2 The Crewe Arms, Sparrow Corner, Hinton in the Hedges, ☏ +44 1280 705801. 

Go next

• 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