- West Haddon
West Haddon is a
village in the Daventry district of the county ofNorthamptonshire inEngland . The C17 runs through the middle of the village. A bypass was completed inDecember 2005 and officially opened on Tuesday 13 December 2005. The bypass, A428, runs around the northern edge of the village , connecting the Crick andNorthampton exits of the A428. The village has two churches: aChurch of England church called All Saints, and aBaptist church.Internet
In
October 2003 , a group of technology experts from the village and the neighbouring village of Winwick grouped together to provide wireless internet for both villages, asBritish Telecom refused to upgrade the West Haddon exchange (which serves both villages) to supportbroadband internet . A non-profit company called "West Haddon & Winwick Community Broadband, Ltd." was formed, and hardware installed in key locations around the two villages. The system ran successfully untilOctober 2004 when it was decommissioned in favour of the newly-enabled BT broadband. A number of initiatives were tried on the system, including a community FTP server and a community intranet website. The system was featured in local newspapers, and was one of only a few such systems to be implemented in England.port
The village has many provisions for sport, with two large
playing field s, used for men's football, at the north end of the village, a small children's play area, atennis court, apetanque area, acricket pitch with pavilion and car park, and links to numerous countryside paths, such as theJurassic Way . In the middle of the village there is abowls lawn.West Haddon has many active sports clubs, such as the tennis club, several youth football teams, a cricket team, a bowls club and a petanque club.chool
The village's primary school is a
Church of England school, and its full name is "West Haddon Endowed Church of England primary school". The current headteacher (June 2007) is Mr J. Nairn. The school has a capacity for just over 100 pupils, which are drawn from West Haddon and a few surrounding villages.External links
* [http://westhaddon.net/ The village's website]
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