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Lying just off the A5 and a few miles east of the Warwickshire border, Crick is a sizable village defined by its position at a major historical and modern crossroads. While many know it today for its proximity to the M1 and the DIRFT logistics park, the village core retains a surprisingly quiet character centered around the Grade I-listed St Margaret’s Church and its distinctive broach spire. Water plays a central role in the local landscape; the Grand Union Canal passes right through, with the 1,528-yard Crick Tunnel nearby and a busy marina that hosts the annual Crick Boat Show. Geographically, it sits on the southern edge of the Northamptonshire Uplands, meaning there are some decent vantage points over the surrounding clay vales if you walk the Jurassic Way which skirts the village. It’s a practical location with a couple of long-standing pubs and a local school, functioning as a working village that manages to balance its industrial neighbors with a very traditional sense of Northamptonshire rural life.