Desborough
Parish in North Northamptonshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.444, -0.827 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 79 83 |
| Population: | 10,697 |
Desborough is a small town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, sitting on the county’s edge close to Kettering and the Leicestershire border near Market Harborough. It occupies gently rolling Northamptonshire countryside and historically developed as a 19th‑century industrial centre, with strong links to framework knitting and the boot and shoe trades that shaped much of the area’s urban fabric and Victorian terraces.
Today Desborough combines light industry and commuter‑living with a lively local community: amateur sports clubs, heritage groups and regular local events reflect a strong civic identity. The town’s streets and surrounding lanes offer a tangible sense of industrial and social history set against convenient road and rail links to larger towns in the region.
Postcode districts covering Desborough
Most populated places nearby
- Leicester 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Northampton 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Rugby 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Kettering 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Kettering Town 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Corby 6.7 miles10.7 km
- Wellingborough 11 miles17.7 km
- Hinckley 24 miles38.6 km
- Rushden 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Melton Mowbray 22.4 miles36.1 km
- Daventry 19 miles30.5 km
- Oadby 14.9 miles24 km
Neighbouring places
- Desborough Built-up area 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Braybrooke Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Brampton Ash Parish 1.8 miles3 km
- Rothwell and Mawsley Ward 1.9 miles3 km
- Rothwell Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Rushton Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Harrington Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Stoke Albany Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Orton Parish 3 miles4.8 km
- Wilbarston Built-up area 3 miles4.9 km
- Arthingworth Parish 3.1 miles5 km
- Dingley Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
Example postcodes in Desborough
NN14 2FA, NN14 2WG, NN14 2BD, NN14 2PX, NN14 2QG, NN14 2SA, NN14 2LS, NN14 2WP, NN14 2TH … See all
Transport links
- East Midlands Airport 34 miles54.7 km
- Birmingham International Airport 38.8 miles62.4 km
- Market Harborough Railway Station 4.3 miles6.8 km
- Kettering Railway Station 5.3 miles8.6 km
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Schools in Desborough
- Havelock Infant School Primary
- Havelock Junior School Primary
- Loatlands Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Pipewell Abbey Historic site 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Rockingham Road Stadium 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Spanhoe Wood Forest 11.5 miles18.5 km
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Nene Park Stadium 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Saints Stadium 14.7 miles23.6 km
- Sixfields Stadium, Northampton Town Stadium 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Leicester Racecourse Recreation 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Normanton Park Estate 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Santa Pod Raceway Recreation 17.4 miles27.9 km
- University of Leicester University 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Welford Road Stadium, Leicester Tigers Stadium 17.9 miles28.8 km