North Northamptonshire

6°CClear

• Today: 10° / 5° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:26

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

557 reported road collisions (2025)

161 killed or seriously injured · 705 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

• 5 rated 4–5 ★ (5 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wicksteed Park (5.9 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£252,884 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across North Northamptonshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£992 average monthly rent▲ 5.2% YoY

• 1 bed £683
• 2 bed £882
• 3 bed £1,067

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (7.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

4,989 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (6.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (6.6 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Barton Road, Kettering Tesla (5.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

359,523 residents in North Northamptonshire · 364/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK18,012
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK14,560
• Net moves+3,452

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 160 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,424 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 161,180)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

154 schools · 58,508 pupils

111 primary · 20 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 61 of 68 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

144 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Northamptonshire

393 CQC-registered services

• Care homes111
• GP practices37
• Dentists62
• Homecare agencies145
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 79% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Northamptonshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 27 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

324 applications decided

88.9% granted · 288 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Reform UK majority

• Lab 4
• Con 11
• LD 1
• Grn 8
• Ref 39
• Oth 5

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£750 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,357 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

65% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 49,917 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.3 women · 58.7 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kettering:

• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing314 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth229 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND204 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 178 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants173 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Grafton Underwood · 0.3 km

  Grafton Underwood is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 134 people, increasing to 146 at the 2011 census. The village was used in…

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  RAF Grafton Underwood · 1.1 km

  Royal Air Force Grafton Underwood or more simply RAF Grafton Underwood is a former Royal Air Force station located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.

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  Alt-Fest · 1.2 km

  Alt-Fest was a crowd-sourced alternative music and lifestyle festival, intended to run from 2014 onwards at Boughton Estate, Kettering, England. The inaugural festival promised six stages and 180 bands, held over a th…

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  Slipton · 2.6 km

  Slipton is a village in the civil parish of Lowick, in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. Slipton has a small but exquisite church, St John The Baptist, a short…

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  Boughton House · 3.0 km

  Boughton House is a country house in the parish of Weekley in Northamptonshire, England, located about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Kettering. It is situated within an estate of 11,000 acres (4,451.5 ha).

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  Cranford, Northamptonshire · 3.1 km

  Cranford is a civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. The two settlements in the parish are:Cranford St Andrew Cranford St John

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)