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Geddington

Geddington is a village in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of around 1,503. There are 8 bus stops, around 1 restaurant and café, and the nearest railway station is Corby, 5.6 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Geddington area — all from official UK open data.

The wider council area has around 359,523 residents at roughly 364 people per km².

Council
North Northamptonshire
County
Northamptonshire
Constituency
Kettering
Police force
Northamptonshire
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 141st of 294 English council areas — better than 52% of them.

Home affordability64
Affordable rents59
Good schools57
Life expectancy33
Employment48
Low council tax54

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 70% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 16° · 83% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:27

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 56% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Criminal damage & arson1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ise · Northamptonshire

Local policing priorities

  • The new priorities for this period (April 2026 to September 2026) are: • Burglary • Road safety and road traffic offences • Drug dealing…
  • Previous priorities From October 2025 to March 2026 • Road safety and road traffic offences • Drug dealing and drug misuse • Burglary

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

489 reported road collisions (2024)

109 killed or seriously injured · 642 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

24 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 23 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Kettering (5.7 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kettering (5.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£256,610 average 3.4% YoY

Across North Northamptonshire · to 2026-06

Detached£409,963
Semi-detached£252,781
Terraced£203,525
Flat£118,316

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£988 average monthly rent 5.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £681
  • 2 bed £878
  • 3 bed £1,063

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.7p · Asda (4.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (4.3 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

64 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Holiday Inn Express, Kettering (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

359,523 residents in North Northamptonshire · 364/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Council tax

£2,424 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,616
B £1,885
C £2,155
D £2,424
E £2,963
F £3,501
G £4,040
H £4,848

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

Schools

154 schools · 58,508 pupils

111 primary · 20 secondary · 23 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Brooke Weston AcademyGood
  • Corby Business AcademyGood
  • Kettering Science AcademyGood
  • Prince William SchoolGood
  • Rushden AcademyGood
  • Sir Christopher Hatton AcademyGood
  • Southfield School for GirlsGood
  • The Ferrers SchoolGood
  • Wollaston SchoolGood
  • Lodge Park AcademyRequires improvement
  • Manor SchoolInadequate
  • Montsaye AcademyInadequate
  • Bishop Stopford School
  • Corby Technical School
  • Huxlow Academy
  • Kingswood Secondary Academy
  • The Latimer Arts College
  • Weavers Academy
  • Weldon Village Academy
  • Wrenn School

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

Care & health services

395 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes113
  • GP practices37
  • Dentists62
  • Homecare agencies145
  • Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Northamptonshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Geddington)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 63 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

258 applications decided

89.9% granted · 232 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Rosie Wrighting

Labour

Kettering

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

17,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £37,856 avg

e.g. Become a Italian Tutor in Geddington – Flexible & Remote, Tutor, Online Social sciences Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£750 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Biomass 39% · Gas 17% · Imports 3%

113 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kettering:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Geddington · 0.2 km

    Geddington is a village and civil parish on the A4300, previously A43, in North Northamptonshire between Kettering and Corby. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,503, virtually unchanged from 1…

  • St Mary Magdalene, Geddington · 0.4 km

    St Mary Magdalene is a Church of England church in Geddington, Northamptonshire, England. It is a grade I listed building. In 2017 it was wrongly thought to be the Shrine of Hagius until the belief was found to be bas…

  • Newton, Northamptonshire · 1.1 km

    Newton, sometimes called Newton in the Willows, is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton and Little Oakley, in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northampto…

  • Boughton House · 1.7 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).

  • Greenbelt Festival · 2.0 km

    Greenbelt Festival is a festival of arts, faith and justice held annually in England since 1974. Greenbelt has grown out of an evangelical Christian music festival with an audience of 1,500 young people into its curre…

  • River Ise and Meadows · 2.0 km

    River Ise and Meadows is a 13.5-hectare (33-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest along the River Ise in Northamptonshire between Geddington and the Kettering to Corby railway line east of Rushton.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Geddington?
Geddington is a town in Northamptonshire, England, in the North Northamptonshire local authority.
What is the population of Geddington?
Geddington has an approximate settlement population of 1,503.