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Directions to Highgate House

Highgate House Location Map We are happy to provide ample free parking facilities to our guests, however we encourage you to consider the environment when making your travel plans. Below you will find extensive details and links regarding rail connections – please consider whether you and your colleagues could take the train and then share a taxi. Subject to authorisation from your meeting organiser we can arrange taxis to be charged to the company account mean you won’t need to pay cash, retain receipts and claim expenses for that part of your journey.

If arriving as part of a conference group why not car-share? In fact, ask your meeting organiser to consider switching to our Greener Meeting Package at no additional cost. One of the elements of this is that we will provide an incentive to all delegates who car-share or use public transport of £5.00 credit to spend in our bar. (Full details of this package can be found in our ‘Rates’ section)

Getting Here By Rail

Trains Highgate House is well served by fast rail services to Northampton, only a 20 minute drive by taxi, and Rugby, 25 minutes away. Journey time from London (Euston) to Northampton is just 60 minutes and there are also direct services from Birmingham and Milton Keynes. Northampton Station is on the West Coast Main Line, so via Birmingham New Street it is accessible from Wolverhampton, Crewe, Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street. When the trains are operating to schedule, the fastest connections from London are to Northampton from Euston Station.

Alternative rail routes: Market Harborough Station is just over twenty minutes away, while Kettering and Wellingborough Stations are about half an hour away. All three are on the Midland Main Line. They offer services from St Pancras, Leicester, Bedford, Luton (Airport), Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield Midland.

Useful Websites (left-click to open in a new window):

(Please note Sundial Group cannot be held responsible for the content of external websites. Please also be aware when referring to Wikipedia that it is a collaborative online resource, and anyone can contribute to its content)

If you would like to be met from one of the train stations, we will be happy to arrange taxi transport for you.

Getting here by Road

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For SatNav: Highgate House, Groom's Lane, Creaton, Northampton. NN6 8NN
Download: Highgate House Directions (PDF)

Highgate House is located in beautiful rolling countryside, less than one hour's drive from the M25, Birmingham, Oxford and Cambridge. It is just 20 minutes from the M1, with easy access to the M6, the M40 and the A14. Please see detailed instructions below.

From the M1 (travelling Southbound)

Leave at Junction 19 (Catthorpe Interchange), go straight over the roundabout and join the A14.
Leave the A14 at Junction 1, signed for Welford and the A5199.
Turn left and take the A5199 south, towards Northampton, for 5 miles, through Thornby and continue into Creaton.
As you start to leave Creaton Highgate House will appear on your left. Turn left into Groom’s Lane and follow the signage to our entrance.

From the M1 (travelling Northbound)

Leave the M1 at Junction 16 and follow the A45 towards Northampton.
At the first roundabout (2 miles from the motorway) take the left turning towards New Duston.
Follow this road (going straight on at the mini roundabout) for about 1.75 miles until you reach a T junction. Turn left, then 100 yards later turn right. Follow this road for about 500 metres and it will take you to another T-Junction where you again turn left.
After 1 mile, having passed the Garden Centre on your left, into and out-of Harlestone, and the Dusty Fox on your right, take the right turn towards the Bramptons.
Continue for 2.2 miles, pass through Church Brampton and a one-way system will take you around to the left.
At the T-Junction turn left onto the A5199 and drive for 3 miles, passing through Spratton.
Just as you come into Creaton, turn right into Grooms Lane, following signs to Highgate House reception and car park.

From the M6:

After J1 but before the M6 merges into the M1, move into the left hand lane and filter onto the A14. As you stop at the traffic lights you will have arrived at the Catthorpe Interchange, two roundabouts that connect the M1, M6 and A14.
Being aware that two lanes merge into one as you pass under the M1, go straight over the first of the two roundabouts. This one lane again splits into two, both of which allow you to turn right onto the A14.
Leave the A14 at Junction 1, signed for Welford and the A5199.
Turn left and take the A5199 south, towards Northampton, for 5 miles, through Thornby and continue into Creaton.
As you start to leave Creaton Highgate House will appear on your left. Turn left into Groom’s Lane and follow the signage to our entrance.

From the A14: Travelling West

Leave the A14 at Junction 1.
Turn right and take the A5199 south, towards Northampton, for 5 miles, through Thornby and continue into Creaton.
As you start to leave Creaton Highgate House will appear on your left. Turn left into Groom’s Lane and follow the signage to our entrance.

From the M45:

The M45 joins the M1 heading Southbound at Junction 17. Continue one junction to J16 and follow the directions from the M1 listed above.

From the M40: travelling North

Leave the M40 at Junction 10 and join the A43 heading towards Northampton
Take the A43 towards Northampton, Join the M1 Northbound at junction 15a and proceed about 2 miles to junction 16. Exit M1 at junction 16 and follow the instructions above
Continue on the A43 for about 20 miles. Pass under the M1 and continue towards Northampton.
Continue towards Sixfields (Football Stadium: home of Northampton Town FC) and pass the stadium on your right. At the large signal-controlled roundabout immediately after you have passed the stadium, go straight over. You will pass a large Sainsburys on your right.
Go straight over the next (much smaller) roundabout
Continue on this road, through a number of traffic lights, until you reach a roundabout. Turn left.
You have joined the Harlestone Road. Continue through Duston and you will, after about 1.8 miles, reach a Garden Centre and the Harlestone Firs Saw Mill
After another mile, having passed the Garden Centre on your left, into and out-of Harlestone, and the Dusty Fox on your right, take the right turn towards the Bramptons.
Continue for 2.2 miles, pass through Church Brampton and a one-way system will take you around to the left.
At the T-Junction turn left onto the A5199 and drive for 3 miles, passing through Spratton.
Just as you come into Creaton, turn right into Grooms Lane, following signs to Highgate House reception and car park.

Useful Websites (left-click to open in a new window):

(Please note Sundial Group cannot be held responsible for the content of external websites)

Getting here by Air

Aeroplane Highgate House is a 40 minute drive from Birmingham International Airport, about 50 minutes from East Midlands airport, about an hour from London Luton and roughly 90 minutes from London Heathrow.
Birmingham International Airport’s adjacent rail station has links to Northampton and Rugby via the West Coast Main Line. Take the free shuttle from the airport to the train station and look for trains that terminate at Northampton. Trains to Milton Keynes or London Euston may also stop at one of those stations.

Luton Airport Parkway is on the Midland Main Line and provides connections to Market Harborough, Kettering and Wellingborough.
If you would like to be met from the airport or from one of the train stations, we will be happy to arrange taxi transport for you.

Helicopter

If you wish to land a helicopter at Highgate House then please inform the venue at least 24 hours before you are due to arrive.

Highgate House, Creaton, Northampton (01604 505505)
N5220.28 W00057.69 5.7 nm NW of Northampton (+ 420 ft AMSL)
Local airport Sywell EGBK

Please note:

P.P.R. – 24 hours
Landing a helicopter is at your own risk.
Sundial Group recommends you check frequencies of local airfields.
NOTAMS.
Please be mindful of local residents upon approach or departure.
This information is for guidance only. Please make your own checks prior to travel.

Getting Here By Bicycle

Cycling Guests arriving by bicycle are more than welcome to store their bikes in our padlocked shed and they may use the changing rooms around our leisure facilities to freshen up if they are not residential guests. If you are arriving for a residential course by bicycle, please do advise us two or three days in advance as we will give you priority when allocating bedrooms and do our best to ensure you are given a bedroom that was unoccupied the night before. (However, owing to our check-out time of 9am, and the time it takes us to service a bedroom, it isn't always possible to do this when we are very busy)

Creaton is part of the Brampton Valley Way, fourteen miles of traffic-free cycleway (with on-road sections) that connect Market Harborough and Northampton. It is National Route Number 6.

More information about the route, and a description sheet, can be found on the sustrans website.
A simple map of the cycleway can be found by clicking here and visiting the Northamptonshire County Council website
This Google Maps Link will show you how to get to us from the Cycleway. We are currently working with the local council to improve the signage to Highgate House.