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Kettering
Market town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England

Kettering

Kettering is a market and industrial town in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England.

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It lies 45 miles (72 km) west of Cambridge, 31 miles (50 km) south-west of Peterborough, 28 miles (45 km) south-east 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 of Ketter's people ".

Get in

Getting to Kettering

The town is encircled on the west and south sides by the east-west running A14. The westbound A14 leads to the M1 (London) and the M6 (Coventry & Birmingham). Eastbound the A14 continues to Cambridge and eventually the port of Harwich. East Midlands Trains runs a regular train service between London St Pancras and Leicester/Nottingham, often with a stop at

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    Kettering

    Connections can be made in Leicester/London/Nottingham to reach other destinations.

See

Worth seeing

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    Rushton Triangular Lodge

    Rushton, NN14 1RP (5 miles north-west of Kettering),.

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    St Peter and St Paul's Church

    Church of England parish church dating from the 15th century, or possibly earlier.

Do

Things to do

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    Wicksteed Park
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    Manor House Museum

    Sheep St, NN16 0AN, museumandgallery@kettering.gov.uk.

Eat

Where to eat

There is also food round wicksteed park however, people mainly take their own food with them which they had as a picnic at the park. eventually food is always around for sale.

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    The Earl of Dalkeith

    Wetherspoon pub with food.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Dietmar Rabich (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.