Kettering
Kettering is covered by postcode districts NN14, NN15 and NN16. It is in the North Northamptonshire council area, England.
Every postcode in Kettering, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 107
- In use before 2020: 1,431
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,538 postcodes in Kettering that ONS places, 107 are new since 2020 and 1,431 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.3974, longitude -0.7163. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 31 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN16 6EB, is the newest of them.
- 20 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN15 6DL, is the newest of them.
- 13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN15 4AN, is the newest of them.
- 12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN15 4BD, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Kettering?
Homes sold for a typical £244,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 1,318 of the 1,461 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 24 of its 1,538 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kettering, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Kettering?
Homes in Kettering sold for a typical £244,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 692 sales, down 2.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £348,000 189 sales
- Semi-detached £242,000 265 sales
- Terraced £196,750 172 sales
- Flat or maisonette £119,998 66 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NN16 district, Kettering's main postcode district: a typical £200,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kettering: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Kettering?
107 of the 1,538 postcodes now in use in Kettering came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 61 of the 876 homes sold in Kettering were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NN16 district, 4%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Kettering | Across the NN16 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 692 (Under 1%) | 1 of 280 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 61 of 876 (7%) | 15 of 386 (4%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Kettering?
Ofcom reports on 1,461 of the 1,538 postcodes in Kettering. At 1,318 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kettering at risk of flooding?
24 of the 1,538 postcodes in Kettering have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 29 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Kettering?
The open schools at the postcodes in Kettering (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School500 m 257 pupils, 266 places
- Compass Primary Academy600 m 403 pupils, 472 places
- Hawthorn Community Primary School850 m 312 pupils, 315 places
- St Peter's School1.1 km 104 pupils, 166 places
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School1.1 km 190 pupils, 210 places
- Grange Primary Academy1.2 km 229 pupils, 220 places
- Kettering Park Junior Academy1.2 km 347 pupils, 360 places
- Kettering Park Infant Academy1.2 km 220 pupils, 270 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Kettering?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kettering is Kettering Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.
- Kettering Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Corby Rail Station Railway station 10.3 kmDrive
- Wellingborough Rail Station Railway station 10.7 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Kettering?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Kettering, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Linden Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2025 · Phone 01536 481734 50 mWalk
- Headlands Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01536 518886 900 mWalk
- Dryland Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01536 518951 1.1 kmWalk
- Eskdaill Medical Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2024 · Phone 01536 526526 1.3 kmCycle
- Weavers Medical Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01536 513494 1.3 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kettering safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,147 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kettering over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 443 September 2025
- 418 October 2025
- 407 November 2025
- 407 December 2025
- 370 January 2026
- 356 February 2026
- 414 March 2026
- 440 April 2026
- 456 May 2026
- 445 June 2026
- 549 July 2026
- 442 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 115, robbery 93, possession of weapons 84, other crime 84, bicycle theft 22, theft from the person 15.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Kettering?
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Kettering
- Police force area
- Northamptonshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- MP
- Rosie Wrighting (Labour)
All 1,538 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Kettering
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell North Northamptonshire about council tax Council tax, on northnorthants.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Kettering
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Kettering postcodes
1,538 postcodes in use in Kettering, by district:
Those districts are all in the NN postcode area.
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Places near Kettering
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kettering's £244,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Kettering
- What is it like to live in Kettering?
- Homes sold for a typical £244,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 1,318 of the 1,461 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 24 of its 1,538 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kettering, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Kettering?
- Kettering is covered by postcode districts NN14, NN15 and NN16, across 1,538 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Kettering in?
- Kettering is in the North Northamptonshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Kettering?
- Kettering is in the Kettering parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Rosie Wrighting (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Kettering?
- Homes in Kettering sold for a typical £244,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 692 sales, down 2.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Kettering?
- In Kettering, primary schools at its postcodes include St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Compass Primary Academy and Hawthorn Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Kettering Science Academy, Isebrook School and Southfield School for Girls. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Kettering have a railway station?
- Yes: Kettering is 1.1 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Kettering, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Kettering?
- Ofcom reports on 1,461 of the 1,538 postcodes in Kettering. At 1,318 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Kettering at risk of flooding?
- 24 of the 1,538 postcodes in Kettering have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 29 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Kettering?
- 107 of the 1,538 postcodes now in use in Kettering came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 61 of the 876 homes sold in Kettering were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NN16 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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