Yardley Gobion
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| Yardley Gobion shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 1,348 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP766447 |
| • London | 62 miles (100 km) SE |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TOWCESTER |
| Postcode district | NN12 |
| Dialling code | 01908 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Yardley Gobion is a village in the south of the English county of Northamptonshire off a by-pass of the A508 Northampton to Milton Keynes road.
It has a parish council with 11 members
The Grand Union Canal runs nearby east of the village.
In 1979 it featured on the Blue Peter television series when presenter Simon Groom visited a breeder of St Bernards in the village.
The noted Victorian botanist George Claridge Druce, later Mayor of Oxford, went to school in the village.
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