Alternative accommodation for Daventry households

Daventry stands high on the watershed between the River Leam, which flows west to Leamington and Warwick. The River Nene flows east. There is no river in the town itself; the largest bodies of water are two reservoirs built to feed the canal.

Weather can still strike. On 23 November 1981 an F0/T1 tornado hit the town during the record-breaking national outbreak of that day. Today a claim is more likely to follow an escape of water or a kitchen fire. A family from Southbrook, Lang Farm or Ashby Fields will want to keep its routines.

Humber Hub is about 18 miles by road from Daventry, Stoke Lodge and Stoke House about 19 miles and Sullivan Heights about 21 miles. The A45 links Daventry with Rugby and Coventry, which keeps work and school within reach for the weeks a claim takes.

Insurers, loss adjusters and claims handlers can book for the household, with the claim reference on the pro-forma invoice. If the repairs overrun, the stay can be extended.

Southbrook, the first of the overspill estates, was laid out on the south-east slopes of Borough Hill from 1966 by the architect J A Maudsley. Stagecoach in Oxfordshire runs an hourly bus to Banbury for anyone sharing a car.

The town council looks after the market, open spaces and allotments. Village schools at Byfield, Badby and Newnham take many Daventry children.