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Where is Kettering?

Kettering is located in the county of Northamptonshire, East Midlands, three miles north-west of the town of Burton Latimer, 13 miles north-east of the major town of Northampton, and 66 miles north-west of London. Kettering falls within the unitary authority of North Northamptonshire. It is in the NN16 postcode district. The post town for Kettering is Kettering.

Kettering on a map

Map showing extent of Kettering as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Kettering
Map showing location of Kettering within the UK
Location of Kettering within the UK

Which county is Kettering in?

Kettering is in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, the historic county of Northamptonshire, and the administrative county of North Northamptonshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorthamptonshire
Historic CountyNorthamptonshire
Administrative CountyNorth Northamptonshire

Where is Kettering in Northamptonshire?

Kettering is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Northamptonshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Northamptonshire.

Map showing location of Kettering within Northamptonshire
Location of Kettering within Northamptonshire

What is the postcode for Kettering?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Kettering is NN16 8SY.

Where is Kettering in NN16?

Kettering is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the NN16 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the NN16 postcode district.

Map showing location of Kettering within NN16
Location of Kettering within NN16

What is the post town for Kettering?

The post town for Kettering is Kettering. Kettering is in the NN16 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Kettering.

What is the latitude and longitude of Kettering?

The centre of Kettering is located at position 52.39995° latitude and -0.7283° longitude.

Latitude52.39995°
Longitude-0.7283°

What is the easting and northing of Kettering?

The centre of Kettering is located at the grid reference easting 486620 and northing 278753 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting486620
Northing278753

What are the nearest towns to Kettering?

Position of Kettering relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Kettering to the centre of the town.

north-west
3m
Kettering is 3 miles north-west of Burton Latimer
south-east
5m
Kettering is 5 miles south-east of Desborough
south
6m
Kettering is 6 miles south of Corby
north
7m
Kettering is 7 miles north of Wellingborough
north-west
7m
Kettering is 7 miles north-west of Irthlingborough
west
8m
Kettering is 8 miles west of Thrapston
north-west
9m
Kettering is 9 miles north-west of Higham Ferrers
north-west
9m
Kettering is 9 miles north-west of Raunds
north-west
9m
Kettering is 9 miles north-west of Rushden
south-east
10m
Kettering is 10 miles south-east of Market Harborough

What are the nearest cities to Kettering?

Position of Kettering relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Kettering to the centre of the city.

south-east
24m
Kettering is 24 miles south-east of Leicester
south-west
24m
Kettering is 24 miles south-west of Peterborough
north
25m
Kettering is 25 miles north of Milton Keynes
east
33m
Kettering is 33 miles east of Coventry
west
38m
Kettering is 38 miles west of Cambridge
west
42m
Kettering is 42 miles west of Ely
south-east
42m
Kettering is 42 miles south-east of Nottingham
north
48m
Kettering is 48 miles north of St Albans
south-east
48m
Kettering is 48 miles south-east of Derby
east
50m
Kettering is 50 miles east of Birmingham

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