Rushton

22°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 11° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:27

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

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)

58 food businesses within 2 miles

• 52 rated 4–5 ★ (45 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kettering (5.4 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£256,610 average▲ 3.4% YoY

Across North Northamptonshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.7p · Asda (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (3.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

52 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Eurogarages Kettering (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches3

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)

£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%)

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

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

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

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

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

258 applications decided

89.9% granted · 232 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Photography Tutor in Rushton – Flexible & Remote, Online Social sciences Tutoring Job in Rushton – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Rushton – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£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

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:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership428 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s397 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office311 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test308 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing307 local signatures · 11,416 nationwide

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

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  Glendon and Rushton railway station · 0.3 km

  Glendon and Rushton railway station is a Grade II listed former railway station in Rushton, Northamptonshire.

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  Rushton Hall · 0.5 km

  Rushton Hall in Rushton, Northamptonshire, England, was the ancestral home of the Tresham family from 1438, when William Tresham, a veteran of the Battle of Agincourt and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster bought th…

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  Rushton, Northamptonshire · 0.6 km

  Rushton is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Rothwell and 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Kettering. The parish covers 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) and is situated on…

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  Rushton Triangular Lodge · 1.1 km

  The Triangular Lodge is a folly, designed by Sir Thomas Tresham and constructed between 1593 and 1597 near Rushton, Northamptonshire, England. It is now in the care of English Heritage. The stone used for the construc…

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  Glendon, Northamptonshire · 1.5 km

  Glendon is a deserted village in the English county of Northamptonshire. Its location was on land to the east of Glendon Hall, now within the parish of Rushton, in the North Northamptonshire district. Neighbouring tow…

• Kettering Rural District · 1.7 km

  Kettering was a rural district in Northamptonshire in England from 1894 to 1974.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)