Harpole is a village 4 miles west of Northampton, off the A4500 (formerly the A45) about 1 mile east of the M1 Motorway junction 16. Harpole is part of the Harpole and Grange ward, together with the parishes of Milton Malsor, Kislingbury, Rothersthorpe, and Gayton. In 2021 Harpole became part of West Northamptonshire when the District and County Councils were replaced with a Unitary Authority