Northamptonshire Observatory

What we do

The Northamptonshire Observatory is the gateway to impartial and objective research, statistics and expertise on the county. It is free, interactive and simple to use.

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The Northamptonshire Observatory is a partnership of organisations across the County who aim to share and improve access to quality information on the county, for more effective and informed policy and decision making and to prevent duplication of effort.

Its objective is to be the single most complete source of data on Northamptonshire anywhere on the worldwide web. If you can't find what you are looking for please contact us and we will do our best to help you. Also if you have data that could be useful to others please let us know.

The Northamptonshire Observatory won the International Information Industry Award for Innovation in Content Management in 2004.

How we can help

The Northamptonshire Observatory aims to be a first stop shop and is designed to be used by anyone - the public sector, journalists, market analysts, business people, trade associations, inward investors, students and the general public. In fact anyone who has an interest in the county can register for our regular email alerts to keep up to date. Our services include:

  • A wide range of census, economic and labour market information that can help inform your own projects.
  • The on-line library bank of over 1000 research publications with importance to those interested in social and economic issues.
  • Information related to the Milton Keynes South Midlands growth area and its impact on Northamptonshire that can help with your own strategy or study development.
  • Details of a variety of current projects in the county that may fall within your own area of interest.
  • Contact details and web links for partners who deal with data and may also be able to help you.
  • Interactive mapping system that allows you to visualize our datasets.
  • All datasets downloadable as Excel spreadsheets so that you can analyse and sort the information to meet your own requirements.
  • Signposting to information that can help you provide an evidence base for your won funding applications to other bodies.

Visit the Website at www.northamptonshireobservatory.org.uk