Crick, Northamptonshire

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[edit] General Information

Crick is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. It is close to the border with Warwickshire, and is near the town of Rugby.

It is situated on the A428 main road from Rugby to Northampton (although it is by-passed), and is east of junction 18 the M1 motorway. The Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal DIRFT is also situated close to Crick, west of the motorway junction.

The Grand Union Canal passes near Crick, and the village is well known for its canal marina and the annual Crick Boat Show. There is also a long canal tunnel nearby. Quite randomly a railway bridge in Cawston, a village on the other side of Rugby, has 'witty' spray painted slogans referring to Crick on it i.e. "Home rule for Crick" and "Fly Crick Air"

Crick takes its name from the Celtic word for 'hill' (Cruc), as there is Crack's Hill next to the canal. Crack's Hill is often climbed by the villagers of Crick and many people from all around Crick. It is possible to see all of Crick, Yelvertoft, West Haddon and Rugby from the top of Crack's Hill.

[edit] Young Opinion

Crick does not have many facilities for young people, except for a large playing field at one end of the village, which isn't very good for younger children anyway. It is good though, because people can see their friends from other villages such as West Haddon and Yelvertoft up on Cracks Hill.

[edit] Schools

Crick Primary School is a Christian school on the Main Road of Crick. However it is mostly visible from Bury Dyke, a road just off the Main Road. The school has been expanded many times to accommodate the children from the large number of houses that have been built in Crick. It has a capacity of over 175 students. A few children from the village of Crick attend Yelvertoft Primary School. Crick Primary School is for children of ages 4-11.

Teenagers from Crick generally attend Guilsborough School, or Lawrence Sherriff school for Boys/Rugby High School for Girls. Guilsborough School is a secondary school in the smaller village of Guilsborough, Northamptonshire. Guilsborough currently has 1,400 students with students from 22 different villages, mostly in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire. Guilsborough's Sixth Form has recently been updated, with the school spending £5 million on the new Sixth Form building.