Programme 2026

Saturday January 3rd, 10.30am, St Giles St

Wednesday January 14th, 10.30am, Northampton Museum and Art Gallery

Tuesday January 20th, 6.30pm, The Malt Shovel, Northampton

Sunday 1st February, 2pm, Exhibition opening, Abington Park Museum

Saturday February 7th, 11am – 3.30pm With London Urbansketchers at the British Museum

Wednesday 11th February, 10.30am, Upton Country Park

Wednesday 18th February, 12,30 – 3,30pm at Abington Park Museum as part of the exhibition

Tuesday 24th February, 6.30pm, Towcester Mill Brewery

Saturday 14th March, 10.30am, Abington park, as part of the exhibition

Wednesday 18th March, 10.30am, Sessions House (TBC)

Tuesday 24th March, 6.30pm, Heathers Cafe

Programme 2025

Saturday January 4th, 10.30am – Northampton Museum and Gallery

Wednesday January 15th January, 10.30am – Esquires coffee shop NN1 2DG

Tuesday January 28th, 7pm – The Picturedrome NN1 4BN

Saturday February 1st, 10.30am – Northampton Railway Station NN1 1SP

Wednesday February 12th, 10.30am – Delapre Abbey NN4 8AW

Tuesday February 18th, 7pm – the Lamplighter NN1 3JS

Saturday March 1st, 10.30am – George Row and George’s Tea Room, NN1 1DF

Wednesday March 12th, 10.30am – Workbridge NN4 7AD

Saturday April 5th, 10.30am, – Cafe1850, Barrack Road, NN2 6AG

Tuesday 8th April, 6.30pm – St Michael’s Church, NN1 4HL

Tuesday 15th April, 6.30pm – Delapre Abbey. NN4 8AW

Wednesday April 16th, 10.30am – George’s Tea Room. NN1 1DF

Tuesday April 22nd, 6.30pm Market Square and Shipman’s, NN1 2HG

Tuesday April 29th, 6.30pm – Abington Park, NN3 3HN

Saturday May 3rd, 10.30am – The Ark and around the river and skate park

Tuesday May 13th, 6.30pm – Harlestone Firs

Wednesday May 14th, 10.30am – Greek Orthodox Church of St Neophytes

Tuesday May 20th, 6.30pm – Mayorhold Car park

Saturday May 24th, 11am – 4pm – At The Makers Market, Northampton Market Square

Tuesday May 27th, 6.30pm – Holy Sepulchre Church

Saturday May 31st, 10.30am – Long Buckby and the library (Simon’s exhibition) (instead of June 7th)

Tuesday June 10th, 6.30pm – The Eleanor Cross, 280 London Road, NN4 8AX

Tuesday June 17th, 6.30pm – Former memorial hall. Castilian St, NN1 1JT

Wednesday June 18th. 10.30am – St Peter’s Church, Mare Fair, NN1 1SR

Tuesday June 24th, 6.30pm – 78 Derngate, NN1 1UH

Tuesday July 1st, 6.30pm – Delapre lake

Tuesday July 8th, 6.30pm – Kingsthorpe Well

Tuesday July 15th, 6.30pm – River Nene behind B and Q

Tuesday July 22nd, 6.30pm – Whitewater Centre

Tuesday July 29th, 6.30pm – Embankment, Wellingborough

Saturday August 2nd, 10.30am – Blisworth Marina

Tuesday August 5th 6.30pm – view from Great Doddington

Tuesday August 12th 6.30pm – Around Great Brington

Wednesday August 13th 6.30pm – Northampton Active (cafe open)

Tuesday August 19th 6.30pm – view from Whiston churchyard

Tuesday August 26th 6.30pm – view from Borough Hill, Daventry

Saturday September 6th, 10.30am – Delapre Abbey as part of the Art Jam

Tuesday September 9th 6.30pm – All Saints Church

Tuesday September 16th 6pm – Beckets Park

Tuesday September 23rd 6pm – Walter Tull Way

Tuesday September 30th 6pm – The Racecourse

Saturday October 4th, 10.30am – Northampton Museum

Tuesday October 7th 5pm – Abington Park

Tuesday October 14th 5pm – The Racecourse

Tuesday October 21st 6.30pm – The Picturedrome

Wednesday October 22nd 10.30am – Delapre Abbey

Saturday November 1st, 10.30am – Hunsbury Hill and the Drover’s Cafe

Tuesday November 11th 6.30pm – Charles Bradlaugh Pub

Wednesday 19th November 10.30am – TBA

Saturday December 6th, 10.30am – Market Square, and Zapato Lounge after for our Xmas lunch

Tuesday December 30th 2pm Abington Park Museum

Programme 2024

In 2024 we’re continuing to meet at 10.30am on the first Saturday of each month. Each outdoor location has an indoor back up with a cafe. More detail for each event are available three weeks before on the Facebook group event, on twitter @usknorthampton and on Instagram @urbansketchersnorthampton.

January 6th – The Racecourse / Old Grocery Espresso cafe

February 3rd – Overlooking the lift tower, rugby ground, Carlsberg factory / Pizza Hut

March 2nd – Bradlaugh Fields / The Barn Cafe

April 6th – Barrack Road/ Cathedral / St George’s Avenue / Cafe 1850

Tuesday April 30th 6.30pm Abington Park Museum and Church

Tuesday May 7th 6.30pm Abington Park Museum and Church

May 11th – Delapre Abbey / Cafe (Please note change of date, because of the bank holiday)

Tuesday May 14th 6.30pm The Racecourse (by the basketball courts)

Tuesday May 21st 6.30pm The Racecourse (by the White Elephant)

Tuesday May 28th 6.30pm Beckett’s Park

June 1st – 10.30am Town Centre / V and B

Tuesday June 11th 6.30pm St Giles St (near V and B)

Tuesday June 18th 6.30pm Abington St (Near The Deco)

June 22nd in Kettering, as part of #kettfest (not a formal event)

Tuesday June 25th 6.30pm Abington Street (opposite Central Library)

Tuesday 2nd July 6.30pm – St Michael’s Multi-storey Car Park, NN1 3HR

July 6th 10.30am – Washlands / Waterside Cafe NN4 7AA (changed to Northampton Museum, due to weather)

Tuesday 9th July 6.30pm – St John’s Multi-storey Car Park, NN1 1HA

Tuesday 16th July 6.30pm – The Mounts Car Park

Tuesday 23rd July 6.30pm – Mayorhold Multi-storey Car Park, NN1 3AH

Saturday July 27th 10.30 – Great Brington views

Tuesday 30th July 6.30pm – Mayorhold Multi-storey Car Park, NN1 3AH

August 3rd – Radlands Skate park / The Ark

August 6th 6.30pm – on the road into Little Houghton off the A428

August 13th 6.30pm – view towards Ecton

August 20th 6.30pm – view of Overstone Hall

August 27th 6.30pm – view from Delapre

September 7th – Delapre Abbey as part of Northampton Art Jam

September 17th 6.30pm College St

September 24th 6pm Billing Rd

October 12th – Town centre – Northampton Museum

October 16th 10.30am All Saints Bistro

October 22nd 7pm The Picturedrome

October 30th 10.30am All Saints Bistro

November 2nd – Becket’s Park and Becket’s Pavilion Cafe

November 13th 10.30am Earls Barton

November 19th 7pm The Lamplighter

December 14th – Town Centre – Market Square and Zapato Lounge after for Xmas lunch

From April to September we will also be meeting on Tuesday evenings.

Programme 2023

In 2023 we’re continuing to meet on the first Saturday of each month from 10.30am til 12.30pm based at local cafes and the surrounding outdoor locations. Here are the dates and locations we’ve arranged so far:

January 7th Northampton Museum and Gallery cafe

February 4th Cafe1850 at Northampton Cathedral

March 4th The Old Grocery Espresso Cafe (32a Colwyn Road, NN1 3PZ) and The Racecourse

April 1st Kettering Arts Centre (St Andrew’s Church, Lindsay St, Kettering, NN16 8RG) for Kettering Arts Festival

May 13th (not 6th) 10am Billing Road Cemetery (optional guided walk around the cemetery at 11am) coffee at No68 King Edward Road from midday to 12.30

June 3rd Waterside Cafe (Old Bedford Road, Northampton, NN4 7AA)

June 6th Billing Road Cemetery

June 13th Abington Park

June 23rd to 25th UK Urbansketchers event at Coventry

July 1st The cafe at Workbridge, Bedford Road, Northampton (London Road, NN4 7AD)

July 11th The Mounts, centre of Northampton

July 18th Overstone Hall

July 25th The Guildhall, town centre

August 1st Radlands Skate Park 6.30pm

August 5th Delapre Abbey 10.30am

August 8th Bradlaugh Fields

August 15th Thornton Park

August 18th – 20th The Balloon Festival on The Racecourse

August 22nd Billing Road Cemetery

August 29th Avenue Campus

September 2nd Abington Park

October 7th Delapre Abbey

November 4th Northampton Museum and Gallery

December 2nd

Programme 2022
In 2022 we’re trying a monthly meeting on Saturday morning based at Northampton Museum and Gallery. We’ll meet in the cafe at 10.30, go off sketching in the museum or around the town and then meet back at the museum for the throw down at 12.30.

If you’d like to come along just bring some paper, something to draw with and something to lean on! (Also created as events in the facebook group)

Winter 2022
January 8th Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (10.30am)

February 5th Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (10.30am)

March 5th Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (10.30am)

March 12th Kettering Arts Centre (10.00am) joining in with the Have a Go! arts day

March 26th Daffodil fields at Abington Park (3pm)

April 2nd Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (10.30am)

Spring 2022

April 12th Funfair, Abington Park (6.30pm)

April 16th In Memoriam at Delapre Abbey (1pm)

April 19th The Guildhall, Northampton (6.30pm)

April 26th TBC (6.30pm)

April 30th Knife Angel outside All Saints Church, Northampton (10.30am)

May 3rd TBC (7pm)

May 7th Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (10.30am)

May 10th Knife Angel outside All Saints Church (7pm)

May 17th (6.30pm) The White Elephant and tram stop

May 24th (6.30pm) Abington Park Museum

Summer 2022

June 4th Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (10.30am)

June 7th (6.30pm) St Giles St

June 14th (6.30pm) The Washlands

June 21st (6.30pm) St Giles St

June 28th The Racecourse (basketball courts)

July 2nd KettFest (Kettering)

July 5th The Racecourse (basketball courts)

July 12th Abington Park (big lake)

July 16th Rushden Transport Museum and Railway

July 19th postponed (heat)

July 26th Barrack Road, near St George’s Avenue

August 2nd Abington Park (dovecote)

August 6th Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (2pm)

August 9th The Racecourse, St George’s Avenue / Barrack Road corner

August 16th Primrose Hill, Barrack Road, the former Congregational Church

August 23rd Castilian Street, off St Giles St, the Memorial Hall

August 30th Corporation Charity School

September 6th The Malcolm Inglis Building, Fish Street (postponed to September 13th)

September 13th as above

September 20th Christchurch Road houses by Alexander Ellis Anderson.

October 1st Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (10.30am)

November 5th Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (10.30am)

December 3rd Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (10.30am)

Summer 2021

July 6th The Racecourse

July 20th Sessions House

July 27th Abington Park funfair

August 3rd The Racecourse

August 6th Little Billing waterfall

August 10th The Skatepark

August 13th Workbridge

August 15th Zapato Lounge

August 17th All Saints Church, Wellingborough

August 20th Weston Favell village

August 24th Dallington village

August 27th Wilson’s Orchard

August 31st The Racecourse fair

September 12th Delapre Abbey

September 14th Poppy field, Creaton

September 19th Burns Street Studios

Spring 2021

March 30th Moulton Fire Station

April 6th Delapre Abbey

April 13th little green area in Milton Street North, Kingsley

April 20th

April 27th

Winter 2021

Weekly zoom sketch and chat sessions – link in Facebook group

Summer 2020

Tuesday June 2nd own homes and immediate locality

Spring 2020

For a while we will be #urbansketching from our homes and using Facebook Messenger or Zoom to be together as a group whilst we do this.

Tuesday March 24th 6pm #uskathome 1

Tuesday March 31st 6pm #uskathome 2

Tuesday April 7th 6pm #uskathome 3

Tuesday April 14th 6pm #uskathome 4

Tuesday April 21st 6pm #uskathome 5

Tuesday April 28th 6pm #uskathome 6

Tuesday May 5th 6.30pm #uskathome 7

Tuesday May 12th 6.30pm #uskathome 8

Tuesday May 19th 6.30pm #uskathome 9

Tuesday May 26th 6.30pm #uskathome 10

Tuesday June 2nd own homes and immediate locality

Winter 2020

For a while this winter we’ll be focusing on sketching in the Market Square.

Saturday 4th January 11am Northampton Market Square. (Meet outside Cafe Track)

Saturday 1st February 11am Northampton Market Square and Cafe Track

Saturday 7th March International women’s Day at the Guildhall and Cafe Track

Winter 2019

7.30pm

15th October – Heathers

29th October- The Garibaldi Hotel

12th November – the Picturedrome

26th November – The White Elephant

12th December – Zapato Lounge

Autumn 2019

This month on Tuesday evenings we’ll be focusing on trees from the Save our Street trees Northampton campaign.

September 3rd 6.30pm Tree in St Leonard’s Road

September 10th 6.30pm Trees informs of St Mary’s church seen from Penrhyn Road, Towcester Road end

September 17th 6.30pm Trees around the Towcester Road REC, including an ancient oak on Pleydell Road.

September 18th 10am Alfred East Gallery, Kettering

September 24th 6.30pm TBC

Summer 2019

June 4th 7pm The Old Church in College St

June 11th 7pm Kingswell St  Rain – meet in the Derngate foyer instead

June 18th 7pm Angel Square Rain – meet in The Picturedrome instead.

June 25th 7pm Angel Square

July 2nd – 7pm Angel Square

July 9th – 7pm Carlsberg from the TK Max car park

July 16th – 7pm Northampton International Academy / Racecourse gates

July 23rd – 7pm All Saints, Northampton

July 30th – 7pm College St / Kingswell St

August 6th 7pm University bridge in Becket’s Park

August 13th 7pm yellow footbridge down river from the university bridge

August 20th 7pm the bridge near Carlsberg seen from below on either side of the bridge and river

August 27th 7pm the footbridge accessed from the left hand side of B and Q car park

Spring 2019

Tuesday April 9th 6.30pm views from The Sanctuary, Clare St

Tuesday April 16th 6.30pm views from The Sanctuary, Clare St

Wednesday April 17th 10.00am The Storehouse / The Depot, Weedon

Saturday April 20th 10.30am Sywell Aviation Museum open day

Tuesday April 23rd from the car park 30 Freehold St, Northampton, NN2 6EF

Tuesday April 30thfrom the car park behind the former Barrett’s Shoe Factory, turn off Barrack Road.

Tuesday 7th May 7pm Abington Park, meet at the museum

Tuesday 14th May 7pm Abington Park

Tuesday 21st May 7pm Abington Park – the aviaries

Tuesday 28th May 7pm Abington Park- the bowlers

Winter 2019

January 5th 9.30am The Good Loaf (planning events)

January 15th 7.30pm The Spinney Hill

January 19th 10am Cafe Track in Northampton Market Square

February 12th 7.30pm The Albion

February 23rd 10am St Peter’s Church.

March 12th 7.30pm the foyer of the Royal and Derngate theatres

March 23rd 10am The Racecourse (Meet at The Colwyn Rd entrance, retreat to The Old Grocery Espresso Bar if cold or wet)

Winter 2018

October 16th 7.30pm The Zapato Lounge

November 3rd 10.30am The Depot, Weedon

November 13th 6.30pm location The Elwes Arms, Great Billing

November 27th 7.30pm Phipps NBC The Albion

December 11th 7.30pm  Xmas Celebration

Summer 2018

September 30th Northamptonshire Day at Delapre Abbey 11 til 5

September 27th THURSDAY NNContemporary 7pm

September 18th Waterside Campus 6pm

September 11th Zapato Lounge 6.15pm

September 4th top floor of St Michael’s multi-storey car park 6.15pm

August 28th Dave’s allotments

August 21st Brackmills Country Park

August 14th Walter Tull Way

August 7th Nene Way

July 31st Stoke Bruerne

July 24th Beckett’s Park

July 17th Abington Park Lake

July 10th St James Fishing lake

July 3rd Delapre Lake

June 26th St Giles St (Britain in Bloom)

June 19th Kingsthorpe Village

June 12th Kingsthorpe Village

June 5th Radlands Skate Park

Spring 2018 events

Tues 27th March 6.30pm Abington Park (tower)
Tues 3rd April 6.30pm Far Cotton Library
Tues 10th April 6.30pm Delapre Abbey
Tues 17th April 6.30pm Bradlaugh Fields, meet at The Barn
Saturday 21st April 10.30am St Crispins (clock tower)
Tues 24th April 7.30pm The Abington (because of the rain)

Tues 1st May 7pm The Racecourse

Tuesday 8th May 7pm Upton Park

Tuesday 15th May 7pm Beckett’s Park, by the tennis courts

Tuesday 22nd May 7pm meet at the back of B and Q to get a view of the river and Carlsberg.

Saturday 26th May 7pm

Tuesday 29th May 7pm Abington Park

Winter 2018 events

Saturday 6th January 10.00am The Good Loaf – New year, new plans

Saturday 27th January 10.30am Castle Ashby

Tuesday 13th February 7.30pm The Garibaldi

Saturday 24th February 10.30 Abington Antiques Centre.

Tuesday 13th March 7.30pm Zapato Lounge

Saturday 24th March 10.30am Delapre Abbey / cafe, meet in the car park at 10.30am.

Winter 2017 events

Tuesday 17th October 7.30pm Zapato Lounge

Saturday 11th November 10.00 to 12.30 for Worldwide 24 hour sketch walk day to celebrate the ten year anniversary of urban sketching

Tuesday 14th November 7.30pm The Swan, Lamport

Saturday 16th 10 to 12.30 Abington Park

Xmas dinner – some time TBA in December

(Also 24th November Flood the streets with art)
(The wet weather alternative is The Zapato Lounge, Market Square, Northampton. Details are also available in the events on our Facebook group.

Saturday 30th September 10 til 1pm Kettering (meet outside the Alfred East Gallery)

Tuesday 26th September 6.30pm view from Sixfields

Tuesday 19th September 6.30pm View from Freehold St, Nene Business Park

Tuesday 12th September 6.30pm The old gates of Abington Park, on Abington Park Crescent.

Tuesday 5th September 6.30pm St Crispins

Tuesday 29th August 7pm Beckett’s Park, Marina

Tuesday 22nd August 7pm St Crispins, map to follow

Tuesday 15th August 7pm Waterside building site, park in Midsummer Meadows car park, evening parking charges £1.

Tuesday 8th August 7pm relocated to The Zapato Lounge due to bad weather

Tuesday 1st August 7.30pm Delapre Abbey, meet in the car park (free).

Tuesday 25th July 7.30pm The Derngate, meet outside 78

Tuesday 18th July 7.30pm Eleanor Cross

Tuesday 11th July 7.30pm St Giles Terrace (Britain in Bloom) Zapato Lounge (due to heavy rain)

Tuesday 4th July 7.30pm The Drapery – meet in front of All Saints

Tuesday 27th June 7.30pm Britain in Bloom in Northampton (map to follow)

Tuesday 20th June 7.30pm Heathers cafe, Kingsley

Tuesday 13th June 7.30pm Bedford Road skate park  Radlands Plaza, Bedford Road, Northampton, NN1 5PZ

Tuesday 6th June 7.30pm Sywell Reservoir Zapato Lounge due to poor weather (posted 11.30am 06/06/17)

Tuesday 30th May St John’s disused church, Moulton 7pm

Tuesday 23rd May town centre, Northampton 7pm

Tuesday 16th May Abington Park 7pm change of location to the wet weather venue of the Zapato Lounge. (Posted at 3.20pm)

Tuesday 9th May The Obelisk, Kingsthorpe

Tuesday 2nd May St James Fishing Lake NN5 5JZ

Tuesday 25th April 6.30pm Bradlaugh Fields

Tuesday 18th April 6.30pm Billing Mill

Tuesday 11th April, 6.30pm The Carlsberg Factory

Tuesday 4th April 6.30pm The Hill, Abington Park

Tuesday 14th March 7.30pm The Zapato Lounge

Tuesday 14th February 7.30pm The Abington Park Hotel

Tuesday 10th January 7.30pm The Olde England

Tuesday 13th December 7.30pm The Olde England

Tuesday 8th November 7.30pm  Phipps NBC, The Albion Brewery, 54 Kingswell Street, Northampton, NN1 1PR

Tuesday 11th October 7.30pm The Swan, Lamport, NN6 9EZ

Tuesday 27th September 6.00pm Abington Park, meet at the Museum

Tuesday 20th September 6.00pm St James Fishing Lake, end of Sharman Road – map Here

Tuesday 13th September 6.30pm  Bradlaugh Fields, meet at The Barn

Tuesday 6th September 6.30pm St Matthew’s Church, The Drive, Kingsley, Northampton, NN1 4RY

Tuesday 30th August 6.30pm Alleyways around Albany Rd. Meet at the King Edward Rd end of Albany Rd.

Tuesday 23rd August 7.15pm Newton Field Centre, Newton Village, Nn14 1BW (a summer outing)

Tuesday 16th August 7pm Stortons Pits and Dustin Mill Meadow

Tuesday 9th August 7pm St Giles St, Northampton

Tuesday 2nd August 7pm Bradlaugh Fields

Tuesday 26th July – The river near Rushmere Road before the A45 roundabout, park in Tanfield Lane. Access the river just at the bottom of the rugby club car park.

Tuesday 19th July – 7pm Alleyways off the Kettering Road (more detail later!)

Tuesday 12th July – 7pm The skatepark, Bedford Road, Northampton, NN1 5PZ. (opposite the Ford garage)

Tuesday 5th July – Delapre Park, meet in the car park at 7pm

Tuesday 28th June 7pm Carlsberg Factory

Tuesday 21st June 7pm The Weston Favell Centre, meet at the pyramid church side of the centre.

Tuesday 14th June 7pm Abingon Park, meet at the cafe.

Tuesday 7th June 7pm St John’s disused church, Moulton

Wednesday 25th May 7pm Park at The Windhover to draw Brampton Valley Way

Tuesday 17th May 7pm A view of the lift tower

Tuesday 10th May 7pm Kingsthorpe Pocket Park

Tuesday 3rd May 7pm Scaldwell churchyard

Tuesday 26th April 6.30pm Bradlaugh Fields – meet at the barn.

Tuesday 19th April 6.30pm The Obelisk, Kingsthorpe, Northampton 

Tuesday 12th April 6.30pm – Field of daffodils, Abington Park

Tuesday 5th April 6.30pm – Windmill Terrace, Northampton. park in Mill Meadow.

February 27th 2016 Wicksteed Park in Kettering 10 am in the car park

http://wicksteedpark.org/plan-your-winter-visit/

January 23rd 2016 NNContemporary Project Space 11am til 2pm

November 28th 10am til 1pm meet outside the Museum

October 31st Northampton town centre, based at the Museum, for The Big Draw. 10am til 1pm.

September 22nd The Swan at Lamport

September 15th Heathers, 86 Kingsley Park Terrace, Northampton, NN2 7HJ at 6.30pm.

September 8th Bradlaugh Fields, meet at the stone building at 6.30 and we’ll aim for the memorial benches.

September 1st – Billing Road East allotments 6.30pm

August 25th Harringworth viaduct. Meet outside the White Swan at Harringworth at 7pm. We follow a footpath to the viaduct and after drawing we could stay and have a drink in the pub.

August 18th Billing Road East Allotments 7pm

August 11th Sywell Country Park 7pm 

August 4th Meet in The Britannia NN4 7AA 7pm

July 28th St John’s (ruined) Church, Boughton

July 21st Upper Mounts car park, town centre

July 14th Kingsthorpe Park 

July 7th Sywell Aerodrome NN6 0BN http://www.aviatorhotel.co.uk/location.php

June 30th The Guildhall, Northampton (town centre)

June 23rd Delapre Abbey (meet in the car park)

June 16th Upper Mounts car park, Northampton (town centre)

June 9th The ruins of St John’s Church, Boughton

June 2nd Lamport / Brampton railway

May 26th Brixworth Country Park

May 19th Bradlaugh Fields

May 12th Abington Park

May 5th Abington Park

April 28th Harlestone Firs

April 21st Lamport

April 14th Chalk Hill car park

April 7th Bradlaugh Fields

1st April Harlestone Firs