The station was one of the standard island platform design typical of the
London Extension, though here it was the less common "embankment" type reached from a roadway (the
A45 Coventry to
Daventry road), that passed beneath the line. The station was situated close to the village of
Willoughby, Warwickshire, and was originally known as
Willoughby for Daventry (the
for Daventry was eventually dropped in 1938). Braunston and Willoughby station closed to passengers and goods on 1 April 1957 and the line itself closed on 5 September 1966. The station buildings had already been removed in 1961-2 although the platform remained for a while longer. Today there is little left to see at the site. The twin bridges over the A45 have been removed and the abutment walls substantially lowered. The stationmaster's house remains, however. A short distance to the south of the station was the 13-arch Willoughby Viaduct crossing the
River Leam: this viaduct has now gone. The other line passing through the area - the former LNWR Weedon to Leamington Spa branch line, via Daventry, closed on 15 September 1958. ==Route==