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Kettering

This article is about the town in England. For the city in Ohio, see Kettering, Ohio. For other uses, see Kettering (disambiguation).

Kettering
Clockwise from top: Horsemarket. Market Hill. Town Centre. Market Street
Kettering is located in Northamptonshire
Kettering
Kettering
Location within Northamptonshire
Population56,676 (Parish, 2021)
63,150 (Built up area, 2021)[1]
OS grid referenceSP8778
• London67 miles (108 km)
Civil parish
  • Kettering Town
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Areas of the town
List
Post townKETTERING
Postcode districtNN14, NN15, NN16
Dialling code01536
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitewww.ketteringtowncouncil.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°23′35″N 0°43′23″W / 52.39312°N 0.72292°W / 52.39312; -0.72292

Kettering is a market and industrial town as well as a civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is 45 miles (72 km) west of Cambridge, 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Peterborough, 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Leicester and 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Northampton. It is west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of Ketter's people (or kinsfolk)".[2]

At the 2021 census Kettering had a population of 63,150.[1] It is part of the East Midlands, along with the rest of Northamptonshire.[3] There is a growing commuter population as it is on the Midland Main Line railway, with East Midlands Railway services direct to London St Pancras International taking about an hour.

  1. ^ a b "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ R.L. Greenall: A History of Kettering, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 2003, ISBN 1-86077-254-4. p.7.
  3. ^ "Corby – fastest growing place in England and Wales". Corby Borough Council. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010. The statistics highlight North Northamptonshire's emergence as the biggest single growth area outside London

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