Kettering

Kettering
Clockwise from top: Horsemarket. Market Hill. Town Centre. Market Street
Kettering Location within Northamptonshire
Population	56,676 (Parish, 2021) 63,150 (Built up area, 2021)[1]
OS grid reference	SP8778
• London	67 miles (108 km)
Civil parish	Kettering Town
Unitary authority	North Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Barton Seagrave Burton Latimer (town) Isham Town Centre Warkton Weekley
Post town	KETTERING
Postcode district	NN14, NN15, NN16
Dialling code	01536
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Kettering
Website	www.ketteringtowncouncil.gov.uk
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°23′35″N 0°43′23″W / 52.39312°N 0.72292°W / 52.39312; -0.72292

Kettering is a market and industrial town as well as a civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is 45 miles (72 km) west of Cambridge, 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Peterborough, 28 miles (45 km) southeast 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 (or territory) of Ketter's people (or kinsfolk)".^[2]

At the 2021 census Kettering had a population of 63,150.^[1] It is part of the East Midlands, along with the rest of Northamptonshire.^[3] There is a growing commuter population as it is on the Midland Main Line railway, with East Midlands Railway services direct to London St Pancras International taking about an hour.