Kettering
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Kettering is a market and industrial town in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. It lies west of Cambridge, south-west of Peterborough, south-east of Leicester and 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)".
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Kettering
- UK place.population_ref
- 56,676 (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Kettering Town
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Northamptonshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northamptonshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Kettering
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Ise Lodge
- UK place.p2
- Burton Latimer (town)
- UK place.p3
- Isham
- UK place.p4
- Town Centre
- UK place.p5
- Warkton
- UK place.p6
- Weekley
- UK place.post_town
- KETTERING
- UK place.postcode_district
- NN14, NN15, NN16
- UK place.postcode_area
- NN
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- 17th century
- Recent history (from 19th century to present day)
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Constituency
- Economy
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- Transport
- Roads
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- Snooker
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- Notable people
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Kettering is a market and industrial town in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. It lies west of Cambridge, south-west of Peterborough, south-east of Leicester and 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)".
At the 2021 census, Kettering had a population of 63,150. It is part of the East Midlands, along with the rest of Northamptonshire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kettering” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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