Northampton [NHN]
Welcome to the Northampton Branch of the Society.
Apart from the summer months, June to August, we hold regular meetings, mostly in the afternoon from 2pm to around 4:30pm. They are generally held on the third Monday in the month, but can vary owing to prior bookings or Bank holidays. We endeavour to hold one meeting in the evening in May, when it is still light for returning home afterwards, and arrange visits on an ad hoc basis.
Meetings are held at Weston Favell Village Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, NN3 3EP. There is plenty of parking and it is on a bus route into the town centre. We have held the occasional joint meeting with the Milton Keynes Branch at Roade Village Hall, a railway village close to Roade Cutting.
In order to cover hall hire costs and refreshments, we request a donation of £3 for Members and £3.50 for non Members, who are always welcome.
We release our annual programme of talks for the forthcoming year at our AGM in December of the preceding year.
What's on
Venues
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NHN Northampton – Weston Favell
NHN Roade
NHN Wellingborough
Contacts
tel: 01604 890275
Chairman
tel: 01604 890275
Meeting reports
18th May 2026: Railways Here There and Everywhere, by David Scudamore
20th April 2026: Railway Rambles in Northampton, by Richard Heacock
23rd March 2026: Nostalgia of Steam, by Chris Pratt
23rd February 2026: Railways in the Cornish Landscape, by Stephen Gay
19th January 2026: Tyne to the Tweed and branches in between, by Dennis Lovett
10th November 2025: The End of Steam 1966-68, Part 2 by Michael Smyth
20th October 2025: Northampton Castle Station in Camera, presented by Richard Deacon
23rd September 2025: The Kettering to Cambridge Branch Line, a presentation by Robin Cullup
19th May 2025: The Stainmore route, by Chris Rowley
7th April 2025: The Eric Oldham legacy Collection by John Hillier
10th March 2025: The Vintage Trains Story and Tyseley by Mike Corbett