All the materials on the development have been carefully chosen to reflect the area and to blend in with surroundings. Brick properties either use Maple Red Multi, Warm Golden Buff or Ingle Red Dragfaced to immediately tie in with nearby homes.  Roof tiles are a Farmhouse Red, Tudor Brown or Slate Grey.
For a small compact village, Roade has a good range of facilities and amenities.  As well as a post office and general stores, there is a thriving village pub, a community centre, sports clubs, an attractive church dating from the 12th Century, and excellent schools for all ages.

Grafton Gate will offer residents the best of both worlds, a friendly village location within easy reach of the shops, restaurants, bars and theatres of Northampton and Milton Keynes.

You can enjoy picturesque waterside walks in nearby Stoke Bruerne and Salcey Forest offers tree top walks, three walking trails and a 5 mile family cycle route.

SHOPS
Roade offers a post office and a well stocked general stores to fully cater for your everyday essentials.  What's more a local Tesco is less than 4 miles for Grafton Gate so there really is everything you need within easy reach.  Shops Distance (in miles)
Tesco Stores Limited 3.11
Tesco Stores Limited

SCHOOLS
Roade itself has several schools, including Roade Secondary School, which is one of two Sports Colleges in Northamptonshire.Schools Distance (in miles)
Roade Primary School 0.54

TRANSPORT
Its location in the village of Roade will serve commuters well as Northampton is just six miles away, with a train station providing direct routes to Milton Keynes in 15 minutes and London and Birmingham in under an hour.

Roade village is located on the A508 2 miles south of junction 15 of the M1 motorway.

LEISURE
Northampton and its surrounding offers multi screen cinemas, 10 pin bowling alley, restaurants, bars and nightclubs. 

For the fitness fans you will find gyms and healthclubs including a womens only gym. 

For the spectator, you can visit Franklins Gardens to watch Northampton Saints play premiership rugby, Sixfields, the home of Northampton Town Football Club, and the County Ground where Northamptonshire County Cricket Club play home matches.

Leave the M1 at Junction 15 and take the A508 towards Stony Stratford/Roade.  Enter Roade and continue along the main road.  At the mini-roundabout turn right, staying on the A508.  The development is a short distance on your left.