Sports and Leisure
Brackley Town Football Club, known as the Saints, play in the Conference North. Its finest season was in 2008-09 when it reached the FA Cup First Round before losing to Eastwood Town F.C. Brackley Town's ground is St James Park. Its closest rival in this league is Oxford City F.C.
Brackley Sports Football Club first team plays in the North Bucks and District League Premier Division and its reserve team plays in the North Bucks and District League Intermediate Division. It also has a ladies' team that plays in the Northants Women's League.
Brackley Athletic Football Club is a junior football club affiliated with the Northamptonshire Football Association. It plays in three leagues: the under 7s - 10s are in the Milton Keynes & District Junior Sevens League, the under 11s - 16s are in the Milton Keynes & Border Counties League and the girls' team is in the Oxford Girls' Football League.
Brackley Rugby Union Football Club, currently plays in the English Rugby Union Midland Division's Midlands 4 East (South) League.
Brackley has a tennis club, a leisure centre and swimming pool and a martial arts academy.
South of the town is St. James lake, a balancing lake of almost 3 acres (1.2 ha) created in 1977. Fishing in the lake is managed by a local angling club. The lake is in a 5 acres (2.0 ha) wildlife park that is open to the public.
Brackley is also the home of German F1 team Mercedes GP having had British team Brawn GP, who were bought out by Mercedes-Benz in 2009. Japanese team Honda F1 and British-American team BAR, who were bought out by Honda in 2006 were previously based in Brackley.
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