West Northamptonshire Council

Reports

• 3 drain covers left raised by Highways England workers

  Watling Street, Brockhall, Long Buckby Wharf, Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire, England, NN11 2NA, United Kingdom. 16:08, 26 Sep 2025, last updated 15:15 today

• Pothole in carriage way

  A43, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6FH, United Kingdom. Closed 13:01, Monday, last updated 09:50 today

• Drain mounting has sunk

  A43, Hunsbury Meadows, Rothersthorpe, West Northamptonshire, England, NN4 9FH, United Kingdom. 20:03, Monday

• Holes in the surface of the carriageway

  Brackley, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5RX, United Kingdom. Closed 12:37, 5 Dec 2025, last updated 12:32, Monday

• Pothole northbound A5

  Watling Street, Yardley Gobion, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 7LL, United Kingdom. 12:05, Monday

• Traffic Light sequencing A5 Roundabout

  Ratcliffe Close, Old Stratford, West Northamptonshire, England, MK19 6FL, United Kingdom. Closed 15:54, 5 Dec 2025, last updated 11:11, Monday

• Pothole getting bigger

  Nene Valley Way, Blackthorn, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN3 9NP, United Kingdom. 12:10, 6 Dec 2025

• Pothole

  Watling Street, Yardley Gobion, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 7LL, United Kingdom. 23:43, 5 Dec 2025

• Pothole

  Monk & Tipster, 36, Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6AF, United Kingdom. Closed 17:27, 3 Dec 2025, last updated 14:53, 4 Dec 2025

• Potholes

  Potterspury, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 7QL, United Kingdom. Closed 22:23, 2 Dec 2025, last updated 14:25, 4 Dec 2025

• Traffic

  Towcester Roundabout, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 8QE, United Kingdom. Closed 16:33, 3 Dec 2025, last updated 13:36, 4 Dec 2025

• Central crossing area illuminated bollards missing

  Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6NZ, United Kingdom. Closed 10:06, 19 Nov 2025, last updated 13:25, 2 Dec 2025
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  Hedge growth obscures view

  Watling Street, Fosters Booth, Cold Higham, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 8LD, United Kingdom. Closed 09:55, 1 Dec 2025, last updated 08:33, 2 Dec 2025

• Traffic light sequencing is causing tailbacks

  A5, Old Stratford, West Northamptonshire, England, MK19 6AQ, United Kingdom. Closed 15:13, 29 Nov 2025, last updated 13:52, 1 Dec 2025

• Poor visibility

  A43, Rothersthorpe, West Northamptonshire, England, NN4 9QS, United Kingdom. Closed 23:33, 28 Nov 2025, last updated 10:47, 1 Dec 2025

• 30mph sign Banbury lane

  Watling Street West, Fosters Booth, Pattishall, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 8LB, United Kingdom. Closed 16:12, 26 Nov 2025, last updated 15:54, 28 Nov 2025

• A45-a43 riverside junction

  Lumbertubs Way Interchange, Cottarville, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN3 9UT, United Kingdom. Closed 08:54, 27 Nov 2025, last updated 15:03, 28 Nov 2025

• Road surface sinking

  A43, Milton Malsor, Rothersthorpe, West Northamptonshire, England, NN7 3EG, United Kingdom. Closed 15:46, 26 Nov 2025, last updated 09:22, 27 Nov 2025

• No road markings

  Queen Eleanor Roundabout, Far Cotton and Delapre, Hardingstone, West Northamptonshire, England, NN4 0DE, United Kingdom. 17:11, 25 Nov 2025

• Yet another sign frame abandoned by Highways England

  Watling Street, Long Buckby Wharf, Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire, England, NN6 7DW, United Kingdom. Closed 17:13, 22 Nov 2025, last updated 12:00, 25 Nov 2025

• Surface water frequently flowing across Junction 1 (westbound) exit slip road approaching A5199 and mud being deposited on slip road

  A5199, Cold Ashby, West Northamptonshire, England, NN6 6JE, United Kingdom. Closed 20:49, 19 Nov 2025, last updated 11:41, 25 Nov 2025

• Reports of traffic signal not working correctly

  Milton Malsor, Collingtree, West Northamptonshire, England, NN4 5EL, United Kingdom. Closed 13:19, 24 Nov 2025, last updated 09:14, 25 Nov 2025

• Deep pothol

  Crick Road, Crick, West Northamptonshire, England, NN6 7EX, United Kingdom. Closed 15:27, 20 Nov 2025, last updated 11:10, 24 Nov 2025

• Blocked drain causing flooding under subway

  Port Way, Far Cotton and Delapre, Hardingstone, West Northamptonshire, England, NN4 7SL, United Kingdom. Closed 16:20, 14 Nov 2025, last updated 10:21, 24 Nov 2025
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  Open crack/pothole

  Nene Valley Way, Great Houghton, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN3 3HD, United Kingdom. Closed 00:07, 13 Nov 2025, last updated 10:16, 24 Nov 2025
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  30 mph signs completely obscured

  Watling Street, Kilsby, West Northamptonshire, England, CV23 8YD, United Kingdom. 08:51, 1 Jul 2024, last updated 17:31, 22 Nov 2025

• Enormous pothole westbound lane 2 dangerous

  A14, Clay Coton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN6 6JT, United Kingdom. Closed 07:38, 19 Nov 2025, last updated 15:38, 21 Nov 2025

• Water from adjacent fields

  A14, Cold Ashby, West Northamptonshire, England, NN6 6HE, United Kingdom. Closed 19:05, 19 Nov 2025, last updated 09:27, 21 Nov 2025

• Pedestrian crossing green light

  A43, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6HN, United Kingdom. Closed 19:49, 15 Nov 2025, last updated 17:43, 20 Nov 2025

• 5 street lights not working

  Brave old Oak, Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6DB, United Kingdom. Closed 18:08, 12 Nov 2025, last updated 18:14, 19 Nov 2025

• Pothole

  A413, Silverstone, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 8TB, United Kingdom. Closed 16:04, 10 Nov 2025, last updated 13:57, 19 Nov 2025

• Tree over path

  Watling Street, Fosters Booth, Pattishall, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 8LE, United Kingdom. Closed 06:40, 18 Nov 2025, last updated 08:02, 19 Nov 2025

• Drain blocked by vegetation

  London Road, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6AR, United Kingdom. Closed 07:55, 10 Nov 2025, last updated 09:45, 18 Nov 2025

• Traffic cones

  London Road, Blacky More, East Hunsbury, Wootton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN4 0JN, United Kingdom. Fixed 13:49, 17 Nov 2025, last updated 14:39, 17 Nov 2025

• Massive pot hole

  A14, Clay Coton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN6 6JT, United Kingdom. Closed 22:14, 16 Nov 2025, last updated 12:58, 17 Nov 2025

• Single pothole that is getting larger

  A43, Evenley, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5RX, United Kingdom. Closed 11:46, 5 Nov 2025, last updated 11:10, 14 Nov 2025
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  Pothole

  A45, Great Houghton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN1 5RN, United Kingdom. Closed 00:14, 13 Nov 2025, last updated 10:14, 14 Nov 2025

• Blocked drain

  London Road, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6AR, United Kingdom. 08:25, 12 Nov 2025

• Multiple lights not working

  Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6DB, United Kingdom. Closed 00:48, 6 Nov 2025, last updated 15:19, 11 Nov 2025

• Dead deer on the verge

  Northampton Road, Easton Neston, Tiffield, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 7HU, United Kingdom. Closed 16:37, 4 Nov 2025, last updated 13:43, 11 Nov 2025

• Pothole, looks quite deep

  M1, Upper Heyford, West Northamptonshire, England, NN7 3NF, United Kingdom. Closed 18:28, 9 Nov 2025, last updated 10:23, 10 Nov 2025

• Deer or Muntjac

  Watling Street, Old Stratford, West Northamptonshire, England, MK19 6BD, United Kingdom. Fixed 15:37, 9 Nov 2025, last updated 08:56, 10 Nov 2025

• Large dip, third lane northbound

  M1, Watford Gap, Watford, West Northamptonshire, England, NN6 7UH, United Kingdom. Closed 09:22, 5 Nov 2025, last updated 13:34, 7 Nov 2025

• The third lane large continuous dips

  M1, Watford, Crick, West Northamptonshire, England, NN6 7EE, United Kingdom. Closed 09:21, 5 Nov 2025, last updated 14:13, 6 Nov 2025

• The button on the crossing isn't working

  Lloyds Pharmacy Ltd, 108, Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6BT, United Kingdom. 12:41, 10 Sep 2025, last updated 19:25, 5 Nov 2025

• Unavoidable potholes

  Brackley Bypass, Brackley, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5RX, United Kingdom. Fixed 10:35, 10 Jun 2025, last updated 10:03, 5 Nov 2025

• There are no illuminated bollards here & it is dangerous!

  Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6NZ, United Kingdom. Closed 14:15, 29 Oct 2025, last updated 11:54, 4 Nov 2025

• Keep Left Sign damaged

  Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6NZ, United Kingdom. Closed 21:12, 2 Nov 2025, last updated 18:24, 3 Nov 2025

• Overgrown shrubbery

  Watling Street (path), Bugbrooke, Nether Heyford, West Northamptonshire, England, NN7 4SD, United Kingdom. Closed 21:38, 2 Nov 2025, last updated 14:37, 3 Nov 2025
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  Blocked drain

  The Saracen's Head, 219, Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6BX, United Kingdom. Closed 17:40, 1 Nov 2025, last updated 11:28, 3 Nov 2025

• Blocked drain

  The Town Hall, 86, Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6BS, United Kingdom. Closed 19:11, 29 Oct 2025, last updated 09:19, 31 Oct 2025

• All lights not working

  Evenley, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5GH, United Kingdom. Closed 08:32, 28 Oct 2025, last updated 09:11, 29 Oct 2025

• No visible white lines

  Brackley, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5RX, United Kingdom. Closed 22:30, 27 Oct 2025, last updated 14:27, 28 Oct 2025

• Multiple lights not working

  Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6DB, United Kingdom. Closed 17:45, 24 Oct 2025, last updated 12:19, 27 Oct 2025

• Sign is dangerously placed obscuring view

  Watling Street West, Fosters Booth, Pattishall, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 8LB, United Kingdom. Closed 14:49, 25 Oct 2025, last updated 10:01, 27 Oct 2025

• Pothole large full thickness

  Watling Street, Whittlebury, Yardley Gobion, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6LH, United Kingdom. Closed 17:19, 22 Oct 2025, last updated 10:44, 24 Oct 2025

• Dirty Terminal signage

  A45, Great Houghton, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN4 7YF, United Kingdom. Closed 07:06, 20 Oct 2025, last updated 11:43, 22 Oct 2025

• Traffic signals All Out

  Brackley, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5RX, United Kingdom. 08:55, 22 Oct 2025

• Dead cat in the nearside roadside

  Nene Valley Way, Cottarville, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN3 9UY, United Kingdom. Closed 15:38, 19 Oct 2025, last updated 08:32, 22 Oct 2025

• White stop lines

  Towcester Roundabout, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6HN, United Kingdom. Closed 23:24, 20 Oct 2025, last updated 08:20, 22 Oct 2025

• Multiple lights not working

  Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6DB, United Kingdom. Closed 17:11, 20 Oct 2025, last updated 14:38, 21 Oct 2025

• Plastic/metal bollard has been damaged, bits of debris in the road

  A5, Old Stratford, West Northamptonshire, England, MK19 6DJ, United Kingdom. Closed 15:50, 20 Oct 2025, last updated 09:07, 21 Oct 2025

• Keep left bollards demolished on traffic island.

  Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6NZ, United Kingdom. Closed 18:10, 16 Oct 2025, last updated 14:25, 20 Oct 2025

• Stop lines

  Abthorpe Roundabout, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6YF, United Kingdom. Closed 13:35, 14 Oct 2025, last updated 15:10, 17 Oct 2025

• Sunken manhole cover

  Watling Street, Weedon Bec, West Northamptonshire, England, NN7 4PX, United Kingdom. Closed 14:48, 13 Oct 2025, last updated 13:58, 16 Oct 2025

• Vehicles parked on path

  Pizza Time, 73, Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6AG, United Kingdom. Closed 14:57, 11 Oct 2025, last updated 14:07, 15 Oct 2025

• Traffic Light Facing Wrong Direction

  Towcester Roundabout, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6HN, United Kingdom. Closed 10:29, 11 Oct 2025, last updated 09:59, 15 Oct 2025

• Sunken hexagonal manhole frame

  Nene Valley Way, Abington, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN3 3HD, United Kingdom. 15:17, 14 Oct 2025, last updated 08:43, 15 Oct 2025
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  Pedestrian barrier fallen down

  Brackley Bypass, Radstone Fields, Brackley, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 7AL, United Kingdom. Closed 13:49, 14 Oct 2025, last updated 15:14, 14 Oct 2025

• Blocked drain causing flooding

  Towcester Roundabout, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6HN, United Kingdom. Closed 11:32, 14 Oct 2025, last updated 14:06, 14 Oct 2025
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  A43 Oxford Road roundabout junction A422

  Brackley, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5RX, United Kingdom. 17:44, 18 Jul 2025, last updated 07:58, 11 Oct 2025

• 50 MPH Speed Activated Sign Northbound

  Long Buckby Road, Norton, Daventry, West Northamptonshire, England, NN11 2LU, United Kingdom. Closed 22:00, 7 Oct 2025, last updated 12:38, 9 Oct 2025

• Fallen tree on main river

  Brackley Bypass, Brackley, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 7XU, United Kingdom. 09:04, 8 Oct 2025

• Footpath obstructed

  Watling Street, Stowe IX Churches, Nether Heyford, West Northamptonshire, England, NN7 4SD, United Kingdom. Closed 14:46, 6 Oct 2025, last updated 14:01, 7 Oct 2025

• Tree across pathway and into road

  Watling Street, Tiffield, Greens Norton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 8EU, United Kingdom. 17:25, 6 Oct 2025

• Sunken manhole cover

  Watling Street, Weedon Bec, West Northamptonshire, England, NN7 4PX, United Kingdom. Closed 15:24, 3 Oct 2025, last updated 14:54, 6 Oct 2025

• Pothole- collapsing drain cover

  Watling Street, Plumpton End, Paulerspury, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 7LQ, United Kingdom. Closed 16:09, 3 Oct 2025, last updated 14:43, 6 Oct 2025

• Raod markings very faint/worn away

  Barnes Meadow, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN4 7AD, United Kingdom. Closed 11:29, 3 Oct 2025, last updated 14:14, 6 Oct 2025

• Barriers along narrow lanes at new roundabout very difficult to see in the dark.

  Wappenham Road, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6TQ, United Kingdom. Closed 12:16, 2 Oct 2025, last updated 15:34, 2 Oct 2025

• Road Break Up and Potholes on both ends of bridge

  A43, Syresham, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5HA, United Kingdom. Closed 09:28, 2 Oct 2025, last updated 13:52, 2 Oct 2025

• Blocked Drain

  Main Road, Syresham, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5TH, United Kingdom. Closed 19:52, 29 Sep 2025, last updated 11:49, 2 Oct 2025
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  Fire hazard and blocking view of our sign from A45

  Dobbies, Newport Pagnell Road, Wootton, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN4 6HP, United Kingdom. Closed 11:39, 29 Sep 2025, last updated 10:48, 2 Oct 2025

• Loads of road work signs / frames left behind by National Highways

  Watling Street, Brockhall, Long Buckby Wharf, Long Buckby, West Northamptonshire, England, NN11 2NA, United Kingdom. Closed 16:20, 26 Sep 2025, last updated 10:05, 1 Oct 2025

• Roadworks on A5 causing delays

  Watling Street, Heathencote, Paulerspury, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 7LE, United Kingdom. Closed 09:28, 30 Sep 2025, last updated 11:11, 30 Sep 2025

• Pothole

  Watling Street, Whittlebury, Yardley Gobion, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6LH, United Kingdom. Closed 15:27, 27 Sep 2025, last updated 14:22, 29 Sep 2025

• Dangerous to pull out (from Evenley) at peak times

  Broad Lane, Evenley, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5GH, United Kingdom. Closed 12:48, 27 Sep 2025, last updated 13:47, 29 Sep 2025

• Manhole

  Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6HN, United Kingdom. Closed 22:27, 28 Sep 2025, last updated 12:27, 29 Sep 2025

• Traffic lights not beeping

  A43, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6TQ, United Kingdom. Closed 11:11, 26 Sep 2025, last updated 10:20, 29 Sep 2025

• Street light 10 not working.

  A421, Evenley, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5SB, United Kingdom. Closed 07:17, 25 Sep 2025, last updated 14:23, 26 Sep 2025

• Flooding at crossing

  A43, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6HN, United Kingdom. 09:58, 6 Dec 2023, last updated 08:24, 25 Sep 2025

• Uneven surface - causing damage

  A43, Silverstone, West Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5TU, United Kingdom. Closed 08:56, 23 Sep 2025, last updated 21:55, 23 Sep 2025
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  A5 / A428 roundabout

  Crick, West Northamptonshire, England, NN6 7BZ, United Kingdom. Closed 07:33, 18 Sep 2025, last updated 21:47, 23 Sep 2025

• RTA - No stopping sign - illuminated - knocked over on slip road joining A45

  Nene Valley Way, Blackthorn, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, NN3 9EJ, United Kingdom. 16:30, 22 Sep 2025

• Loose Manhole

  148, Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6DB, United Kingdom. Closed 11:16, 19 Sep 2025, last updated 14:18, 22 Sep 2025

• Flooding at Pedestrian crossing

  A43, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6HN, United Kingdom. Closed 10:35, 17 Sep 2025, last updated 13:51, 22 Sep 2025

• Loose man hole cover

  148, Watling Street, Towcester, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 6DB, United Kingdom. Closed 22:30, 21 Sep 2025, last updated 13:04, 22 Sep 2025

• General rubbish

  M45, Kilsby, Crick, West Northamptonshire, England, CV23 8YS, United Kingdom. Closed 17:34, 18 Sep 2025, last updated 10:56, 22 Sep 2025

• Holes in pavement

  Watling Street, Duncote, Pattishall, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 8EU, United Kingdom. Closed 10:40, 17 Sep 2025, last updated 11:02, 19 Sep 2025

• Roadworks on A5 Potterspury causing delays

  Watling Street, Potterspury, West Northamptonshire, England, NN12 7QD, United Kingdom. Closed 12:29, 13 Sep 2025, last updated 19:33, 18 Sep 2025

• Gantry signs so bright difficult to read

  M1, Milton Malsor, Collingtree, West Northamptonshire, England, NN4 0BE, United Kingdom. Closed 19:48, 16 Sep 2025, last updated 13:44, 18 Sep 2025