Whilton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. The population at the 2011 Census was 271. The village is in West Northamptonshire. Whilton is 75 miles northwest of London, 9+3⁄4 miles west of Northampton and 15+1⁄2 miles southeast of Rugby. The village lies 4+1⁄2 miles east of the nearest town of Daventry. The nearest railway station is at Long Buckby for the Northampton loop of the West Coast Main Line which runs between Rugby, Northampton and London.