Ashton is a village in West Northamptonshire about 1 mile southeast of Roade village close to the Northampton to Milton Keynes A508, ca.3 miles south of junction 15 of the M1 motorway, 6 miles south of Northampton and 11 miles north of Milton Keynes. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 395. The village is about 67 miles north of London via the M1 junction 15. The West Coast Main Line intersects the village on its eastern side. The villages name means 'At the ash-trees'.