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class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Economy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Regeneration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regeneration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Regeneration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regeneration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Football</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rugby" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rugby"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Rugby</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rugby-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Other</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Air</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nearby_places" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nearby_places"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Nearby places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nearby_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Town_twinning" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Town_twinning"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Town twinning</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Town_twinning-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" 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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Кетеринг – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кетеринг" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kettering" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering_(lungsod_sa_Hiniusang_Gingharian)" title="Kettering (lungsod sa Hiniusang Gingharian) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kettering (lungsod sa Hiniusang Gingharian)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Kettering" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kettering" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering_(Northamptonshire)" title="Kettering (Northamptonshire) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kettering (Northamptonshire)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kettering" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering_(Ingalaterra)" title="Kettering (Ingalaterra) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kettering (Ingalaterra)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF" title="کترینگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کترینگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering_(Royaume-Uni)" title="Kettering (Royaume-Uni) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kettering (Royaume-Uni)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Kettering" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%80%ED%84%B0%EB%A7%81_(%EB%85%B8%EC%83%98%ED%94%84%ED%84%B4%EC%85%94%EC%A3%BC)" title="케터링 (노샘프턴셔주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="케터링 (노샘프턴셔주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering_(Regno_Unito)" title="Kettering (Regno Unito) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kettering (Regno Unito)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Kettering" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keteringa" title="Keteringa – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Keteringa" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keteringas" title="Keteringas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Keteringas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering_(Northamptonshire)" title="Kettering (Northamptonshire) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kettering (Northamptonshire)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0" title="ケタリング – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ケタリング" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering_(Northamptonshire)" title="Kettering (Northamptonshire) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Kettering (Northamptonshire)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kettering" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kettering" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Kettering" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Kettering" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kettering" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D2%A3" title="Кеттериң – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Кеттериң" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettering_(Northamptonshire)" title="Kettering (Northamptonshire) – Volapük" 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Market Hill. Town Centre. Market Street</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od 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style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northamptonshire_UK_location_map_(2021).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kettering is located in Northamptonshire"><img alt="Kettering is located in Northamptonshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Northamptonshire_UK_location_map_%282021%29.svg/240px-Northamptonshire_UK_location_map_%282021%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Northamptonshire_UK_location_map_%282021%29.svg/360px-Northamptonshire_UK_location_map_%282021%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Northamptonshire_UK_location_map_%282021%29.svg/480px-Northamptonshire_UK_location_map_%282021%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1037" data-file-height="1187" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.929%;left:61.478%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kettering"><img alt="Kettering" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Kettering</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">56,676 (Parish, 2021)<br /><span class="nowrap">63,150 (Built up area, 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=52.393117~-0.722918&lvl=10&sp=Point.52.393117_-0.722918_Kettering&sty=s&style=s">SP8778</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></th><td class="infobox-data">67 miles (108 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil parish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Kettering Town</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Unitary authority</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire" title="North Northamptonshire">North Northamptonshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Areas of the town</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Barton_Seagrave" title="Barton Seagrave">Barton Seagrave</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Burton_Latimer" title="Burton Latimer">Burton Latimer</a> (town)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Isham" title="Isham">Isham</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Town Centre</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Warkton" title="Warkton">Warkton</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Weekley" title="Weekley">Weekley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">KETTERING</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NN_postcode_area" title="NN postcode area">NN14, NN15, NN16</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01536</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Police" title="Northamptonshire Police">Northamptonshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service">Northamptonshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Ambulance_Service" title="East Midlands Ambulance Service">East Midlands</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kettering_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)">Kettering</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ketteringtowncouncil.gov.uk/">www<wbr />.ketteringtowncouncil<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kettering&params=52.39312_N_0.72292_W_type:city(64,000)_region:GB-NTH"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°23′35″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°43′23″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.39312°N 0.72292°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.39312; -0.72292</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kettering</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market</a> and <a href="/wiki/Industrial_town" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial town">industrial</a> town as well as a <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> in the <a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire" title="North Northamptonshire">North Northamptonshire</a> district, in the ceremonial county of <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a>, England. It is 45 miles (72 km) west of <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge, England">Cambridge</a>, 31 miles (50 km) southwest of <a href="/wiki/Peterborough" title="Peterborough">Peterborough</a>, 28 miles (45 km) southeast of <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a> and 15 miles (24 km) north-east of <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a>. It is west of the <a href="/wiki/River_Ise" title="River Ise">River Ise</a>, a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/River_Nene" title="River Nene">River Nene</a>. The name means "the place (or territory) of Ketter's people (or kinsfolk)".<sup id="cite_ref-R.L._Greenall_2003,_p.7_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R.L._Greenall_2003,_p.7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the 2021 census Kettering had a population of 63,150.<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is part of the <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a>, along with the rest of <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a growing commuter population as it is on the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line" title="Midland Main Line">Midland Main Line</a> railway, with <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">East Midlands Railway</a> services direct to <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">London St Pancras International</a> taking about an hour. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history">Early history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kettering means "the place (or territory) of Ketter's people (or kinsfolk)".<sup id="cite_ref-R.L._Greenall_2003,_p.7_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R.L._Greenall_2003,_p.7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spelt variously Cytringan, Kyteringas and Keteiringan in the 10th century, although the origin of the name appears to have baffled place-name scholars in the 1930s, words and place-names ending with "-ing" usually derive from the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxon</a> or <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> suffix <i>-inga</i> or <i>-ingas</i>, meaning "the people of the" or "tribe". </p><p>Before the Romans, the area, like much of Northamptonshire's <a href="/wiki/Prehistoric" class="mw-redirect" title="Prehistoric">prehistoric</a> countryside, appears to have remained somewhat intractable with regards to early human occupation, resulting in an apparently sparse population and relatively few finds from the <a href="/wiki/Palaeolithic" class="mw-redirect" title="Palaeolithic">Palaeolithic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mesolithic" title="Mesolithic">Mesolithic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> periods.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 700 BC the use of iron spread into the area from the continent <sup id="cite_ref-Greenall20_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenall20-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between then and about 300BC two alignments of hill forts appear to have been constructed .with roughly even spacing between each fort on each chain. One of the alignments was along the north western side of the county with one of them possibly at Desborough. Iron age finds have been discovered there including the "Desborough mirror" but the existence of that fort cannot be proved because the probable site has been quarried away. The other alignment was along the Nene Valley, roughly parallel to the first. One of these forts was at Irthlingborough and it was discovered 1n 1984. An archaeological investigation there found early iron age pottery and showed that a wooden structure there with a stockade was burnt down at some stage.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman">Roman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Roman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like most of what later became Northamptonshire, from late in the 1st century BC the Kettering area became part of the territory of the <a href="/wiki/Catuvellauni" title="Catuvellauni">Catuvellauni</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Belgic_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgic tribe">Belgic tribe</a>, the Northamptonshire area forming their most northerly possession.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenall20_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenall20-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Catuvellauni were in turn conquered by the Romans in AD 43. </p><p>The town traces its origins to an early, unwalled <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Romano-British</a> settlement, the remnants of which lie under the northern part of the modern town. Occupied until the 4th century, there is evidence that a substantial amount of <a href="/wiki/Iron_smelting" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron smelting">iron smelting</a> took place on the site.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenall9_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenall9-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with the <a href="/wiki/Forest_of_Dean" title="Forest of Dean">Forest of Dean</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Weald" title="Weald">Weald</a> of Kent and Sussex, this area of Northamptonshire "was one of the three great centres of iron-working in Roman Britain".<sup id="cite_ref-Greenall9_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenall9-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The settlement reached as far as the <a href="/wiki/Weekley" title="Weekley">Weekley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geddington" title="Geddington">Geddington</a> parishes. However, it is felt unlikely that the site was continuously occupied from the Romano-British into the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxon</a> era.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Excavations have revealed that the site at Weekly had been used for agriculture during the later iron age and a fortified enclosure had been constructed during the first century BC. During the first century AD lime kilns and kilns for making pottery were constructed. The site appears to have been occupied until about a hundred and fifty years after the Roman conquest. That would be until about 190 to 200 AD. <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pottery kilns have also been unearthed at nearby <a href="/wiki/Barton_Seagrave" title="Barton Seagrave">Barton Seagrave</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boughton,_Northamptonshire" title="Boughton, Northamptonshire">Boughton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saxon">Saxon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Saxon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Excavation_(archaeology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Excavation (archaeology)">Excavations</a> in the early 20th century either side of Stamford road (<a href="/wiki/A43_road_(England)" class="mw-redirect" title="A43 road (England)">A43</a>), near the site of the former Prime Cut factory (now the Warren public house), revealed an extensive early <a href="/wiki/Saxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Saxon">Saxon</a> burial site, consisting of at least a hundred cremation urns dating to the 5th century AD. This suggests that it may have been among the earliest Anglo-Saxon penetrations into the interior of what later became England. The prefix <i>Wic-</i> of the nearby village of <a href="/wiki/Weekley" title="Weekley">Weekley</a> may also signify Anglo-Saxon activities in the area; Greenall reports that it could be "an indication of <a href="/wiki/Foederati" title="Foederati">foederati</a>, Anglo-Saxon mercenaries brought in to boost the defences of the Empire."<sup id="cite_ref-Greenall9_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenall9-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was established imperial policy, which the Romano-British continued after Rome withdrew from Britain around 410, with disastrous consequences for the Romano-Britons. </p><p>By the 7th century the lands that would eventually become Northamptonshire formed part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Mercia" title="Mercia">Mercia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mercians converted to Christianity in 654 with the death of the pagan king <a href="/wiki/Penda" class="mw-redirect" title="Penda">Penda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From about 889 the Kettering area, along with much of Northamptonshire (and at one point almost all of England except for <a href="/wiki/Athelney" title="Athelney">Athelney</a> marsh in <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>), was conquered by the Danes and became part of the <a href="/wiki/Danelaw" title="Danelaw">Danelaw</a>, with the ancient trackway of <a href="/wiki/Watling_Street" title="Watling Street">Watling Street</a> serving as the border, until being recaptured by the English under the <a href="/wiki/Wessex" title="Wessex">Wessex</a> king <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Elder" title="Edward the Elder">Edward the Elder</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Alfred_the_Great" title="Alfred the Great">Alfred the Great</a>, in 917. Northamptonshire was conquered again in 940, this time by the Vikings of York, who devastated the area, only for the county to be retaken by the English in 942.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is unlikely, however, that Kettering itself existed as a village earlier than the 10th century (the county of Northampton itself is not referenced in documents before 1011).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before this time the Kettering area was most likely populated by a thin scattering of family farmsteads.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenall9_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenall9-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first historical reference of Kettering is in a charter of 956 in which <a href="/wiki/Edwy_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwy of England">King Edwy</a> granted ten "cassati" of land to Ælfsige the Goldsmith. The boundaries delineated in this charter would have been recognisable to most inhabitants for the last thousand years and can still be walked today. It is possible that Ælfsige gave Kettering to the <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a> of <a href="/wiki/Peterborough" title="Peterborough">Peterborough</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Edgar_the_Peaceful" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgar the Peaceful">King Edgar</a> in a charter dated 972 confirmed it to that monastery. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval">Medieval</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Medieval"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_survey" class="mw-redirect" title="Domesday survey">Domesday survey</a> in 1086, Kettering manor is listed as held by the Abbey of Peterborough, the church owning 10 <a href="/wiki/Hide_(unit)" title="Hide (unit)">hides</a> of land. Kettering was valued at £11, with land for 16 ploughs. There were 107 acres of meadow, 3 of woodland, 2 mills, 31 villans with 10 ploughs and 1 female slave.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The nearby stately home of <a href="/wiki/Boughton_House" title="Boughton House">Boughton House</a>, sometimes described as the 'English <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles" title="Palace of Versailles">Versailles</a>',<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has for centuries been the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Dukes_of_Buccleuch" class="mw-redirect" title="Dukes of Buccleuch">Dukes of Buccleuch</a>, major landowners in Kettering and most of the surrounding villages; along with the Watsons of <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_Castle" title="Rockingham Castle">Rockingham Castle</a>, the two families were joint lords of the manor of Kettering.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kettering is dominated by the <a href="/wiki/Crocket" title="Crocket">crocketed</a> spire of about 180 feet (55 m) of the <a href="/wiki/St_Peter_and_St_Paul%27s_Church,_Kettering" title="St Peter and St Paul's Church, Kettering">Parish church of SS Peter and Paul</a>. Little is known of the origins of the church, its first known priest becoming rector in 1219–20. The chancel is in the <a href="/wiki/Early_Decorated" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Decorated">Early Decorated</a> style of about 1300, the main fabric of the building being mostly <a href="/wiki/Perpendicular" title="Perpendicular">Perpendicular</a>, having been rebuilt in the mid 15th century (its tower and spire being remarkably similar to the tower and spire of St Peter's<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Oundle" title="Oundle">Oundle</a>). Whether the current building replaced an earlier church on the site is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenall20_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenall20-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two medieval wall paintings, one of two angels with feathered wings, and one of a now faded saint, can still be seen inside the church.<sup id="cite_ref-R.L._Greenall_2003._p.21_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R.L._Greenall_2003._p.21-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The charter for Kettering's market was granted to the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Peterborough" title="Bishop of Peterborough">Bishop of Peterborough</a> by <a href="/wiki/Henry_III_of_England" title="Henry III of England">Henry III</a> in 1227.<sup id="cite_ref-bartholomew_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartholomew-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="17th_century">17th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 17th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 1607 at the nearby village of Newton, the Newton Rebellion broke out,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> causing a brief uprising known as the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Revolt" title="Midland Revolt">Midland Revolt</a>, which involved several nearby villages. Protesting at land enclosures at Newton and <a href="/wiki/Pytchley" title="Pytchley">Pytchley</a> by local landlords <a href="/wiki/Tresham_baronets" title="Tresham baronets">the Treshams</a>, on 8 June a pitched battle took place between <a href="/wiki/Levellers" title="Levellers">Levellers</a> – many from Kettering, <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a> and particularly <a href="/wiki/Weldon,_Northamptonshire" title="Weldon, Northamptonshire">Weldon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – and local gentry and their servants (local militias having refused the call to arms). Approximately 40–50 local men are said to have been killed and the ringleaders <a href="/wiki/Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered" title="Hanged, drawn and quartered">hanged, drawn and quartered</a>. The Newton rebellion represents one of the last times that the English <a href="/wiki/Peasant" title="Peasant">peasantry</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gentry" title="Gentry">gentry</a> were in open conflict. </p><p>By the 17th century the town was a centre for woollen cloth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_history_(from_19th_century_to_present_day)"><span id="Recent_history_.28from_19th_century_to_present_day.29"></span>Recent history (from 19th century to present day)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Recent history (from 19th century to present day)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The present town grew in the 19th century with the development of the boot and shoe industry, for which Northamptonshire as a whole became famous. Many large homes in both the Headlands and Rockingham Road were built for factory owners, while terraced streets provided accommodation for the workers. The industry has markedly declined since the 1970s,<sup id="cite_ref-R.L._Greenall_2003._p.215_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R.L._Greenall_2003._p.215-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> large footwear-manufacturers such as <a href="/wiki/Dolcis" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolcis">Dolcis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freeman,_Hardy_and_Willis" title="Freeman, Hardy and Willis">Freeman, Hardy and Willis</a>, Frank Wright and Timpsons, having left the town or closed down in the face of stiff overseas competition, while others have outsourced their production to lower-cost countries. Only two smaller footwear-businesses remain.<sup id="cite_ref-R.L._Greenall_2003._p.21_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R.L._Greenall_2003._p.21-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/William_Carey_(missionary)" title="William Carey (missionary)">William Carey</a>, born in 1761 at <a href="/wiki/Paulerspury" title="Paulerspury">Paulerspury</a>, spent his early life in Kettering before leaving for India as a <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionary</a> in 1793. Carey Mission House and Carey Street were named after him. <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Fuller" title="Andrew Fuller">Andrew Fuller</a> helped Carey found the <a href="/wiki/Baptist_Missionary_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist Missionary Society">Baptist Missionary Society</a> and he is remembered in the Fuller Church and Fuller Street. In 1803 <a href="/wiki/William_Knibb" title="William Knibb">William Knibb</a> was born in Market Street and became a missionary and emancipator of slaves; he is commemorated by the Knibb Centre and Knibb Street. Toller Chapel and Toller Place take their names from two ministers, father and son, who preached in Kettering for a total of 100 years. The chapel was built in 1723 for those who since 1662 had been worshipping in secret. </p><p>Politics in Kettering has not always been a sedate affair: in 1835, a horrified <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>, then a young reporter for the <i><a href="/wiki/Morning_Chronicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Morning Chronicle">Morning Chronicle</a></i>, watched aghast as a <a href="/wiki/Tory" title="Tory">Tory</a> supporter on horseback, intent (along with others) on taking control of by-election proceedings, produced a loaded pistol and had to be restrained by his friends from committing murder. The ensuing riot between Tory and <a href="/wiki/Whig_(British_political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whig (British political party)">Whig</a> supporters led Dickens in his article to form various opinions of Kettering and its voters, none of them complimentary.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After several false starts the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway" title="Midland Railway">Midland Railway</a> opened <a href="/wiki/Kettering_railway_station" title="Kettering railway station">Kettering railway station</a> in 1857, providing a welcome economic stimulus to an ailing local economy, suffering as it was from the loss of wayfaring business since the introduction of railways nationwide. The line in 1857 ran through Kettering from <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a> to <a href="/wiki/Hitchin" title="Hitchin">Hitchin</a>, where it joined the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">Great Northern Railway</a>. Trains ran from there into <a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">London King's Cross</a>. The line was finally linked to London directly in 1868 when the Midland opened its own line from <a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a> to <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">London St Pancras</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>John Bartholomew's 1887 <i>Gazetteer of the British Isles</i> described Kettering as: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Kettering, market town and parish with railway station, Northamptonshire, 8 miles (13 km) N. of Wellingborough and 75 miles (121 km) from London, 2840 ac., pop. 11,095; P.O., T.O.; 3 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Friday. Kettering is an ancient place, and was called by the Saxons, "<i>Kateringes</i>". It is a fairly prosperous town, with tanning and currying, mfrs. of boots and shoes, stays, brushes, agricultural implements, and some articles of clothing. It has a handsome town hall, a cattle market, a <a href="/wiki/Corn_exchange" title="Corn exchange">corn exchange</a> and a grammar school. Many Roman relics have been found in the vicinity.<sup id="cite_ref-bartholomew_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartholomew-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Iron-ore quarrying began in the Kettering area, probably for the first time since Roman times, at Glendon to the north of the town in 1863. At that place the digging of a railway cutting had exposed the ore beds. Quarrying began a little north of what later became Glendon Junction on the west side of the main railway. The Glendon quarries continued in operation until 1980. The last ore was extracted a little to the east of the starting point on the west side of the A6003.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other quarries opened to the east, south and west of Kettering, all opening and closing at some time between 1875 and 1969. There were also two ironworks in or near the town which used local ore. The Cransley Ironworks stood on the north side of the <a href="/wiki/A43_road" title="A43 road">A43</a> to the west of what is now the junction with the <a href="/wiki/A14_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A14 road">A14</a>. It began smelting iron in 1877 and ceased production in 1959. The site later became a scrapyard. The <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Ironstone_Railway" title="Kettering Ironstone Railway">Kettering Ironworks</a>, on the west side of the main railway to the north of Rothwell Road, began smelting iron in 1878 and ceased production in 1959, though ore quarrying continued until 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1921 <a href="/wiki/Wicksteed_Park" title="Wicksteed Park">Wicksteed Park</a>, Britain's second-oldest theme park, was officially opened on the southern outskirts of the town. </p><p>From 1942 to 1945 the town witnessed a large influx of American servicemen (including on several occasions <a href="/wiki/Clark_Gable" title="Clark Gable">Clark Gable</a>), mainly from the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">US 8th Air Force</a> at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Grafton_Underwood" title="RAF Grafton Underwood">RAF Grafton Underwood</a>, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) away. The airfield was soon nicknamed "Grafton Undermud" in reference to the perceived English weather of "rain, rain and more rain".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first bombing raid – targeting the marshalling yards at <a href="/wiki/Rouen" title="Rouen">Rouen</a> in northern France – was led by Major <a href="/wiki/Paul_W._Tibbets" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul W. Tibbets">Paul W. Tibbets</a>, who in 1945 piloted <i><a href="/wiki/Enola_Gay" title="Enola Gay">Enola Gay</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/B-29" class="mw-redirect" title="B-29">B-29</a> <a href="/wiki/Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Superfortress">Superfortress</a> that dropped the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Atomic bomb">atomic bomb</a> on <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aircraft from Grafton Underwood dropped the 8th Air Force's first and last bombs of the Second World War.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two tiers of local government covering Kettering, at parish (town) and unitary authority level: Kettering Town Council and <a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="North Northamptonshire Council">North Northamptonshire Council</a>. The town council has its offices at 10 Headlands and holds its meetings at various venues.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> North Northamptonshire Council has its main offices in <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a> but retains the former <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Kettering" title="Borough of Kettering">Kettering Borough Council</a> headquarters at the <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Municipal_Offices" title="Kettering Municipal Offices">Municipal Offices</a> on Bowling Green Road as an area office.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_history">Administrative history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Administrative history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Corn_Exchange_Kettering.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Corn_Exchange_Kettering.jpg/225px-Corn_Exchange_Kettering.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Corn_Exchange_Kettering.jpg/338px-Corn_Exchange_Kettering.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Corn_Exchange_Kettering.jpg/450px-Corn_Exchange_Kettering.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3941" data-file-height="2875" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Corn_Exchange,_Kettering" title="Corn Exchange, Kettering">Corn Exchange</a>, Market Square: Built 1853 and also served as a town hall until 1904.</figcaption></figure> <p>Kettering was an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient parish">ancient parish</a>. Until 1872 the parish was governed by its <a href="/wiki/Vestry" title="Vestry">vestry</a>. In 1872 the parish was made a <a href="/wiki/Local_board_of_health#Local_Government_Act_1858" title="Local board of health">local government district</a>, governed by a local board.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The board subsequently held its meetings at the Town Hall, which was the main assembly room at the <a href="/wiki/Corn_Exchange,_Kettering" title="Corn Exchange, Kettering">Corn Exchange</a> in the Market Place, which had been built by a private company in 1853 to the designs of <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Francis_Law" title="Edmund Francis Law">Edmund Francis Law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Such local government districts were reconstituted as <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(England_and_Wales)" title="Urban district (England and Wales)">urban districts</a> in 1894.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1904 the council moved its meeting place to Stamford Road School (now the William Knibb Centre).<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kettering Urban District was enlarged in 1935 to take in <a href="/wiki/Barton_Seagrave" title="Barton Seagrave">Barton Seagrave</a>. The urban district was elevated to become a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a> in 1938, allowing the council to appoint a mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kettering_-_Town_Hall_(geograph_2889662).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Kettering_-_Town_Hall_%28geograph_2889662%29.jpg/220px-Kettering_-_Town_Hall_%28geograph_2889662%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Kettering_-_Town_Hall_%28geograph_2889662%29.jpg/330px-Kettering_-_Town_Hall_%28geograph_2889662%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Kettering_-_Town_Hall_%28geograph_2889662%29.jpg/440px-Kettering_-_Town_Hall_%28geograph_2889662%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1216" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kettering_Municipal_Offices" title="Kettering Municipal Offices">Municipal Offices</a> in Bowling Green Road</figcaption></figure> <p>The council relocated in 1966 to the Municipal Offices in Bowling Green Road, which had previously been <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Grammar_School" title="Kettering Grammar School">Kettering Grammar School</a>, having been completed in 1913 to the designs of <a href="/wiki/John_Alfred_Gotch" title="John Alfred Gotch">John Alfred Gotch</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">Neoclassical style</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The municipal borough of Kettering was abolished in 1974 to become part of a larger <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">non-metropolitan district</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Kettering" title="Borough of Kettering">Borough of Kettering</a>, which also covered <a href="/wiki/Burton_Latimer" title="Burton Latimer">Burton Latimer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Desborough" title="Desborough">Desborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rothwell,_Northamptonshire" title="Rothwell, Northamptonshire">Rothwell</a> and several parishes from the former <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Rural_District" title="Kettering Rural District">Kettering Rural District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kettering itself became an <a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">unparished area</a>. Barton Seagrave was re-established as a separate parish in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The borough of Kettering was abolished in 2021 to become part of the unitary authority of North Northamptonshire, which also took over county-level functions from the abolished <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_County_Council" title="Northamptonshire County Council">Northamptonshire County Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Concurrent with these changes, the <a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">unparished area</a> of Kettering became a <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> which also gained some land from <a href="/wiki/Cranford,_Northamptonshire" title="Cranford, Northamptonshire">Cranford</a> and Barton Seagrave, which enabled it to establish a new <a href="/wiki/Parish_councils_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Parish councils in England">town council</a>. The new Kettering Town Council inherited the mayoralty from the former borough council.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constituency">Constituency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Constituency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kettering is represented in parliament by a constituency of the same name, which is currently (as of August 2024) represented by <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Rosie_Wrighting" title="Rosie Wrighting">Rosie Wrighting</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arena,_Wicksteed_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Arena%2C_Wicksteed_Park.jpg/220px-Arena%2C_Wicksteed_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Arena%2C_Wicksteed_Park.jpg/330px-Arena%2C_Wicksteed_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Arena%2C_Wicksteed_Park.jpg/440px-Arena%2C_Wicksteed_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Wicksteed Park</figcaption></figure> <p>Kettering's economy was built on the <a href="/wiki/Shoemaking" title="Shoemaking">boot and shoe industry</a>. With the arrival of railways in the 19th century, industries such as engineering and clothing grew up. The clothing manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Aquascutum" title="Aquascutum">Aquascutum</a> built its first factory there in 1909. Kettering's economy is now based on <a href="/wiki/Service_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Service Sector">service</a> and <a href="/wiki/Distribution_(business)" class="mw-redirect" title="Distribution (business)">distribution</a> industries due to its central location and transport links. </p><p>Kettering's unemployment rate is amongst the lowest in the UK and has over 80% of its adults in full-time employment.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is home to a wide range of companies including <a href="/wiki/Aryzta" title="Aryzta">Aryzta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weetabix" title="Weetabix">Weetabix</a>, Pegasus Software, <a href="/wiki/RCI_(company)" title="RCI (company)">RCI</a> Europe, <a href="/wiki/Timsons" title="Timsons">Timsons</a> Ltd and Morrisons Distribution as well as <a href="/wiki/Wicksteed_Park" title="Wicksteed Park">Wicksteed Park</a>, the United Kingdom's second oldest theme park, which now plays host to one and a quarter million visitors every season. It has a very large free playground area, which was built by Wicksteed Playscapes, who are based in Kettering; the company is the world's oldest-known playground producer.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kettering_General_Hospital" title="Kettering General Hospital">Kettering General Hospital</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> provides Acute and Accident & Emergency department services for north Northamptonshire including <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a>. With its new £20 million campus,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 16,000 students and 800 staff, <a href="/wiki/Tresham_College_of_Further_and_Higher_Education" title="Tresham College of Further and Higher Education">Tresham College of Further and Higher Education</a> is a significant employer in the region. </p><p>The former <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Police" title="Northamptonshire Police">police station</a> and social club on London Road has been closed down and as of 2020 the site is for sale.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northamptonshire Police have an enquiry desk situated within the <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Municipal_Offices" title="Kettering Municipal Offices">Kettering Municipal Offices</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kettering Business Park, a recent and current commercial property development undertaken by Buccleuch Property is situated on the A43/A6003, on the north side of Kettering.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many office buildings are being built as part of the project as well as a leisure sector with a new hotel. Many large distribution warehouses have been constructed in the area, creating thousands of jobs for the local economy. </p><p>Kettering's Heritage Quarter houses the Manor House Museum and the Alfred East Gallery.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The magnificent <a href="/wiki/Boughton_House" title="Boughton House">Boughton House</a>, Queen <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_cross" title="Eleanor cross">Eleanor cross</a> and the 1597 <a href="/wiki/Triangular_Lodge" class="mw-redirect" title="Triangular Lodge">Triangular Lodge</a> are local landmarks within the borough. Sir <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tresham_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Tresham II">Thomas Tresham</a> was a devout <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> who was imprisoned for his beliefs. When he was released he built Triangular Lodge to defy his prosecutors and secretly declare his faith.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The British sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Peep_Show_(British_TV_series)" title="Peep Show (British TV series)">Peep Show</a></i> has various scenes located in Kettering owing to the head office of JLB, the company which employs lead character <a href="/wiki/Mark_Corrigan_(Peep_Show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Corrigan (Peep Show)">Mark Corrigan</a>, being located there. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regeneration">Regeneration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Regeneration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2007, a project was revealed to refurbish and bring new leisure and shopping to the town centre, including water features, public art, sculptures, street furniture, trees, plants and an innovative pavement lighting scheme.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Primary Schools in Kettering include St Peter's School, an independent school, Park Road School, St Thomas More Catholic School, St Edward’s Catholic Primary School, St Andrew's Church of England School, Hawthorn School, Greenfields Primary, St Mary's, Millbrook Junior School and a number of others associated with Secondary Academies. A new Church of England primary school, Hayfield Cross,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is opening in September 2015. </p><p>Kettering has four secondary schools, each with the ability to take on pupils after the age of 16 to allow pupils to complete their A-Levels and BTEC Diplomas. The four secondary schools located in the town are <a href="/wiki/Bishop_Stopford_School" title="Bishop Stopford School">Bishop Stopford School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Science_Academy" title="Kettering Science Academy">Kettering Science Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Buccleuch_Academy" title="Kettering Buccleuch Academy">Kettering Buccleuch Academy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southfield_School,_Kettering" title="Southfield School, Kettering">Southfield School for Girls</a>. Both the Kettering Science Academy and Kettering Buccleuch Academy have become academies in recent years and both academies are joined to separate primary schools to allow for an easier transition from <a href="/wiki/Key_Stage_2" title="Key Stage 2">Key Stage 2</a> to <a href="/wiki/Key_Stage_3" title="Key Stage 3">Key Stage 3</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Latimer_Arts_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Latimer Arts College">Latimer Arts College</a> is also in the area and is located in the nearby village of <a href="/wiki/Barton_Seagrave" title="Barton Seagrave">Barton Seagrave</a>. The school also has a sixth form facility, but no primary schools are specifically linked to them. </p><p>Kettering is also home to one of <a href="/wiki/Tresham_College_of_Further_and_Higher_Education" title="Tresham College of Further and Higher Education">Tresham College of Further and Higher Education</a>'s three campuses. Tresham allows full and part-time students over the age of 16 to study a range of vocational courses such as Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy, ICT, Hospitality and Catering and Motor Vehicle Technology.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tresham College also offers <a href="/wiki/Access_to_Higher_Education" title="Access to Higher Education">Access to Higher Education</a> courses and undergraduate courses in association with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bedfordshire" title="University of Bedfordshire">University of Bedfordshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Northampton" title="University of Northampton">University of Northampton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The multi-purpose sports and business facility at the <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Conference_Centre" title="Kettering Conference Centre">Kettering Conference Centre</a> provides both a <a href="/wiki/Leisure_centre" title="Leisure centre">leisure centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Health_club" title="Health club">health club</a>, children's activity and <a href="/wiki/Conference_centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference centre">conference centre</a> all in one venue. It is also the home to <a href="/wiki/Volleyball_England" title="Volleyball England">Volleyball England</a>'s National Volleyball Centre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kettering_Town_F.C." title="Kettering Town F.C.">Kettering Town</a> is the town's football club, who as of the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_in_English_football" title="2021–22 in English football">2021–22 season</a> play in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a>, the sixth tier of English football. Kettering Town played their home matches at <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_Road" title="Rockingham Road">Rockingham Road</a> in the town until 2011. Following spells at <a href="/wiki/Nene_Park" title="Nene Park">Nene Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Irthlingborough" title="Irthlingborough">Irthlingborough</a> and Steel Park in <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a>, the team currently plays at Latimer Park in <a href="/wiki/Burton_Latimer" title="Burton Latimer">Burton Latimer</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby">Rugby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Rugby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kettering is home to <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Rugby_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Kettering Rugby Football Club">Kettering Rugby Football Club</a> (KRFC), located in Waverley Road on the eastern side of the town.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a period of playing under Uppingham Public School Rules the club formally adopted RFU rules in 1875 and quickly became a significant participant in both the local community and the fast-developing Rugby scene in the East Midlands. In the early days games were played on a number of sites including farmers' fields and council-owned grounds. It was during this period, prior to adopting a home of their own, that the club developed its high profile in the town. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A short lived <a href="/wiki/Greyhound_racing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom">greyhound racing</a> track was opened on 4 July 1930 and raced on Friday evenings. The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the <a href="/wiki/National_Greyhound_Racing_Club" title="National Greyhound Racing Club">National Greyhound Racing Club</a>) and was known as a flapping track, which was the nickname given to independent tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is not known how long the track traded.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local news and television programmes are provided by <a href="/wiki/BBC_East" title="BBC East">BBC East</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Anglia" title="ITV Anglia">ITV Anglia</a>. Television signals are received from the <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Heath_transmitting_station" title="Sandy Heath transmitting station">Sandy Heath</a> TV transmitter.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town’s local radio stations are <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Northampton" title="BBC Radio Northampton">BBC Radio Northampton</a> on 103.6 FM, <a href="/wiki/Heart_East" title="Heart East">Heart East</a> on 96.6 FM and <a href="/wiki/Smooth_East_Midlands" title="Smooth East Midlands">Smooth East Midlands</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Connect_Radio_97.2_%26_107.4" title="Connect Radio 97.2 & 107.4">Connect FM</a>) on 107.4 FM. </p><p>Kettering is served by the following local newspapers: <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Evening_Telegraph" title="Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph">Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Chronicle_and_Echo" class="mw-redirect" title="Northampton Chronicle and Echo">Northampton Chronicle and Echo</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC</a> soap opera <i><a href="/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a></i>, the character <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Fowler" title="Sonia Fowler">Sonia Fowler</a> moved to Kettering between 2016 and 2017 for a new job, whilst actress <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Cassidy" title="Natalie Cassidy">Natalie Cassidy</a> was on maternity leave. The town has been referenced several times in the soap since.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/A14_road_(England)" title="A14 road (England)">A14</a> skirts the west and south of the town, links the town with the <a href="/wiki/A45_road" title="A45 road">A45 dual carriageway</a>, <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a> and <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6</a> motorways. The <a href="/wiki/A6003_road" title="A6003 road">A6003</a> links Kettering to <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a>. The <a href="/wiki/A43_road" title="A43 road">A43</a> links Kettering with Corby and the county town of <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> and the A509 (Kettering/Wellingborough Road) links Kettering with <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a>. The <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(England)" title="A6 road (England)">A6</a> Links Kettering with <a href="/wiki/Rushden" title="Rushden">Rushden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1986, the bus station was relocated away from the market area to the Newland Street entrance of the modern Newlands shopping centre. This caused a fatal decline in market trade, although buses were re-allocated there in April 1987 before closing again in September 1989. A smaller version of a bus station was also closed in May 1999 and so buses just served the <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Library,_Northamptonshire" title="Kettering Library, Northamptonshire">library</a> and Newlands Shopping Centre; however, since May 2010, all buses now serve the new Horsemarket bus interchange and they no longer serve the library. New bus stops have been installed around the railway station and The Headlands. </p><p>The town is served by bus services operated by <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Midlands" title="Stagecoach Midlands">Stagecoach Midlands</a> with the following routes: </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kettering_Bus_Map_2024.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Kettering_Bus_Map_2024.png/264px-Kettering_Bus_Map_2024.png" decoding="async" width="264" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Kettering_Bus_Map_2024.png/396px-Kettering_Bus_Map_2024.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Kettering_Bus_Map_2024.png/528px-Kettering_Bus_Map_2024.png 2x" data-file-width="1950" data-file-height="1425" /></a><figcaption>Kettering Bus Map in Autumn 2024</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>15 – Kettering – Highfield Road – Stamford Road – Geddington – Corby</li> <li>16 – Brambleside – Kettering – Cranford – Thrapston – Raunds</li> <li>48 – Stamford Road – Kettering – Burton Latimer – Irthlingborough – Wellingborough</li> <li>50 – Kettering – Burton Latimer – Irthlingborough – Higham Ferrers – Rushden – Bedford</li> <li>17 – Thrapston – Ise Lodge – Kettering – Telford Way – Rothwell – Desborough</li> <li>18 - Ise Lodge – Kettering – Telford Way – Rothwell – Desborough – Market Harborough</li> <li>19 – Ise Lodge – Kettering – Rothwell – Desborough – Rushton – Corby</li> <li>X4 – Peterborough – Oundle – Corby – Kettering – Wellingborough – Northampton</li> <li>X10 – Kettering – Broughton – Moulton – Northampton</li> <li>10 – Kettering – Mawsley – Moulton – Northampton</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kettering_Station_With_Class_222.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kettering_Station_With_Class_222.jpg/255px-Kettering_Station_With_Class_222.jpg" decoding="async" width="255" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kettering_Station_With_Class_222.jpg/383px-Kettering_Station_With_Class_222.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kettering_Station_With_Class_222.jpg/510px-Kettering_Station_With_Class_222.jpg 2x" data-file-width="686" data-file-height="386" /></a><figcaption>Train at Kettering Station</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/EMR_Connect" class="mw-redirect" title="EMR Connect">EMR Connect</a> Rail services operated by <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">East Midlands Railway</a> depart every 30 minutes from <a href="/wiki/Kettering_railway_station" title="Kettering railway station">Kettering</a> to <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">London St Pancras</a>, with an average journey time of 59 minutes. These trains stop at <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough_railway_station" title="Wellingborough railway station">Wellingborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bedford_railway_station" title="Bedford railway station">Bedford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luton_railway_station" title="Luton railway station">Luton</a>. Faster, direct <a href="/wiki/EMR_Intercity" class="mw-redirect" title="EMR Intercity">Intercity</a> services also depart every 30 minutes, with an average journey time of 41 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-EMT_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EMT-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St Pancras also provides an interchange with the <a href="/wiki/Eurostar" title="Eurostar">Eurostar</a> service to France and Belgium. Kettering has direct trains to <a href="/wiki/Corby_railway_station" title="Corby railway station">Corby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicester_railway_station" title="Leicester railway station">Leicester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham railway station">Nottingham</a> to the north and <a href="/wiki/Derby_railway_station" title="Derby railway station">Derby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield railway station">Sheffield</a> can be reached with a change at Leicester. <sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With its good rail links, a large and growing <a href="/wiki/Commuting" title="Commuting">commuter</a> population takes advantage of Kettering's position on the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line" title="Midland Main Line">Midland Main Line</a> railway. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Five airports are within 2 hours' drive of the town, these being <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luton_Airport" title="Luton Airport">Luton</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Airport" title="East Midlands Airport">East Midlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Airport" title="Birmingham Airport">Birmingham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stansted_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Stansted Airport">Stansted</a>. Luton can be reached directly by train, while East Midlands and Stansted can be reached by one change at Leicester. <a href="/wiki/Sywell_Aerodrome" title="Sywell Aerodrome">Sywell Aerodrome</a>, located 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west of Kettering, caters for <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">private flying</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flight_training" title="Flight training">flight training</a> and corporate flights. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Kettering" title="List of people from Kettering">List of people from Kettering</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kettering experiences an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>) which is similar to most of the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Kettering, GBR </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14<br />(58) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7<br />(44) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.51<br />(1.78) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.39<br />(1.33) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.87<br />(1.13) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.39<br />(1.73) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.49<br />(1.37) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.66<br />(1.83) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.21<br />(1.66) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.69<br />(1.85) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.49<br />(2.16) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.68<br />(2.24) </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.98<br />(1.96) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">53.16<br />(20.94) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nearby_places">Nearby places</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Nearby places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kettering's nearest towns are <a href="/wiki/Desborough" title="Desborough">Desborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burton_Latimer" title="Burton Latimer">Burton Latimer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rothwell,_Northamptonshire" title="Rothwell, Northamptonshire">Rothwell</a>, with the larger towns of <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a> and <a 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href="/wiki/Market_Harborough" title="Market Harborough">Market Harborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cottingham,_Northamptonshire" title="Cottingham, Northamptonshire">Cottingham</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a> villages</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geddington" title="Geddington">Geddington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Broughton,_Northamptonshire" title="Broughton, Northamptonshire">Broughton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mawsley" title="Mawsley">Mawsley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby,_Warwickshire" title="Rugby, Warwickshire">Rugby</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Kettering</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Thrapston" title="Thrapston">Thrapston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huntingdon" title="Huntingdon">Huntingdon</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Town twinning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kettering is <a href="/wiki/Town_twinning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town twinning">twinned</a> with:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kettering,_Ohio" title="Kettering, Ohio">Kettering, Ohio</a>, United States</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahnstein" title="Lahnstein">Lahnstein</a>, Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kettering,_Tasmania" title="Kettering, Tasmania">Kettering, Tasmania</a>, Australia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettering&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwales/census2021">"Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021"</a>. <i>Census 2021</i>. 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Ltd, 2003, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86077-254-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-86077-254-4">1-86077-254-4</a>. p.7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100926002413/http://www.corby.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/CouncilNews/Pages/Corby%E2%80%93fastestgrowingplaceinEnglandandWales.aspx">"Corby – fastest growing place in England and Wales"</a>. Corby Borough Council. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.corby.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/CouncilNews/Pages/Corby%E2%80%93fastestgrowingplaceinEnglandandWales.aspx">the original</a> on 26 September 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 July</span> 2010</span>. <q>The statistics highlight North Northamptonshire's emergence as the biggest single growth area outside London</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Corby+%E2%80%93+fastest+growing+place+in+England+and+Wales&rft.pub=Corby+Borough+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corby.gov.uk%2FCouncilAndDemocracy%2FCouncilNews%2FPages%2FCorby%25E2%2580%2593fastestgrowingplaceinEnglandandWales.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKettering" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R.L. Greenall: A History of Northamptonshire, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1979, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5">1-86077-147-5</a>. p.19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Greenall20-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Greenall20_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Greenall20_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Greenall20_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">R.L. Greenall: A History of Northamptonshire, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1979, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5">1-86077-147-5</a>. p.20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIngram2020" class="citation book cs1">Ingram, Mike (2020). <i>Northampton:5,000 years of history</i>. Northampton Tours Publications. p. 5. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9798579592910" title="Special:BookSources/9798579592910"><bdi>9798579592910</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Northampton%3A5%2C000+years+of+history&rft.pages=5&rft.pub=Northampton+Tours+Publications&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=9798579592910&rft.aulast=Ingram&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKettering" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJackson2010" class="citation book cs1">Jackson, Dennis (2010). <i>A Northamptonshire Archaeologist</i>. 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Northampton 5000 years of history Page 6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Greenall9-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Greenall9_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Greenall9_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Greenall9_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Greenall9_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">R.L. Greenall, A History of Kettering, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 2003, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86077-254-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-86077-254-4">1-86077-254-4</a>. P. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R.L. Greenall, A History of Kettering, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 2003, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86077-254-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-86077-254-4">1-86077-254-4</a>. P. 10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, Dennis; work cited pp 81-87, 112,113,125,126,130,131, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9507151-4-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9507151-4-8"><bdi>978-0-9507151-4-8</bdi></a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R.L. Greenall: A History of Northamptonshire, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1979, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5">1-86077-147-5</a>. p.26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R.L. Greenall: A History of Northamptonshire, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1979, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5">1-86077-147-5</a>. p.29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wood_(historian)" title="Michael Wood (historian)">Michael Wood</a>: The Domesday Quest, BBC Books, 1986 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-563-52274-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-563-52274-7">0-563-52274-7</a>. p. 90.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R.L. Greenall: A History of Northamptonshire, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1979, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5">1-86077-147-5</a>. p.34.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Domesday Book: A Complete Translation, Penguin Books, 1992, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-100523-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-14-100523-8">0-14-100523-8</a>. p. 596.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Michael_McNay" title="Michael McNay">Michael McNay</a>: Hidden Treasures of England, Random House Books, 2009, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-905211-83-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-905211-83-X">1-905211-83-X</a>. p.271.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R.L. 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Ltd, 2003, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86077-254-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-86077-254-4">1-86077-254-4</a>. p.4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oundlestpeters.org.uk/">"St Peters Church Oundle"</a>. <i>www.oundlestpeters.org.uk</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.oundlestpeters.org.uk&rft.atitle=St+Peters+Church+Oundle&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oundlestpeters.org.uk%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKettering" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-R.L._Greenall_2003._p.21-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-R.L._Greenall_2003._p.21_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-R.L._Greenall_2003._p.21_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">R.L. 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Ltd, 1979, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-86077-147-5">1-86077-147-5</a>. p.42.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-R.L._Greenall_2003._p.215-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-R.L._Greenall_2003._p.215_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R.L. Greenall, A History of Kettering, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 2003. p.215.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R.L. Greenall, A History of Kettering, Phillimore & Co. 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