The Old Bank in St Giles' Square. Photo: Benji DotanThe Old Bank in St Giles' Square. Photo: Benji Dotan
The Old Bank in St Giles' Square. Photo: Benji Dotan

In pictures: 'Eerie and ghostly' Northampton town centre deserted on Saturday night

Photographer finds usual haunts empty and pubs closed with no one to be seen

Northampton town centre was described as 'eerie and ghostly' as people adhered to the coronavirus advice on Saturday night (March 21).

With bars, pubs and clubs all told to shut and the public encouraged to stay at home, the nightlife of Northampton was nowhere to be seen, as Benji Dotan discovered.

"Eerie and ghostly. No sound of anyone drunk or yelling or any music," he wrote on Facebook.

Here is what he found.