Rushden
Built-up area in North Northamptonshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.285, -0.595 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 95 66 |
| Population: | 37,584 |
| Dialling code: | 01933 (Wellingborough) |
Rushden is a market town in North Northamptonshire, England, sitting on the western edge of the River Nene valley and within easy commuting distance of Northampton and Peterborough. Historically it grew up on the 19th‑century boot and shoe industry, and that industrial legacy is still visible in older terraces and former mill buildings, while recent regeneration around Rushden Lakes has created a notable retail, leisure and nature-park complex.
The town retains a lively community feel with the Rushden Transport Museum celebrating its transport heritage, local markets and festivals, and plenty of green spaces along the river - a mix of small‑town social life and evolving economic reinvention.
Postcode districts covering Rushden
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 18.4 miles
- Northampton 12.6 miles
- Peterborough 24.5 miles
- Bedford 11.6 miles
- Kettering 9.2 miles
- Kettering Town 9.1 miles
- Corby 14.6 miles
- Wellingborough 4.7 miles
- Bletchley 21.2 miles
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 21 miles
- Huntingdon 17.8 miles
- Daventry 24.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Rushden Pemberton West Ward 0.8 miles
- Wymington Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Rushden South Ward 1.2 miles
- Higham Ferrers Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Irchester Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Newton Bromswold Parish 2.4 miles
- Podington Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Chelveston-cum-Caldecott Parish 2.5 miles
- Irthlingborough Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Knotting and Souldrop Parish 3.1 miles
- Little Irchester Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Stanwick Built-up area 3.6 miles
Example postcodes in Rushden
NN10 0JA, NN29 7ER, NN10 9XS, NN10 6FL, NN10 9YJ, NN10 6FN, NN10 0HZ, NN10 0PQ, NN10 0YS … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 29.9 miles
- Stansted Airport 44.8 miles
- Wellingborough Railway Station 3.7 miles
- Kettering Railway Station 9.4 miles
Hotels near Rushden Ad
- Travelodge Wellingborough Rushden 3 1.7 miles
- Our Guests 2.3 miles
- The Stanwick Hotel 3 3.3 miles
- Premier Inn Wellingborough 3 3.8 miles
- Winstanley House 3 4.3 miles
- The Columbia Hotel 2 4.7 miles
- Kettering Park Hotel and Spa 4 7.8 miles
- The Woolpack Inn Islip 8 miles
- Barton Hall Hotel & Spa 4 8.2 miles
- The Falcon Hotel 5 7.3 miles
Schools in Rushden
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School Primary
- Denfield Park Primary School Primary
- Rushden Primary Academy Primary
- South End Infant School Primary
- South End Junior School Primary
- Whitefriars Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Nene Park Stadium 3 miles
- Santa Pod Raceway Recreation 3.5 miles
- Rockingham Road Stadium 10.4 miles
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 12 miles
- Moot Hall Museum 12.8 miles
- Walcot Hall Estate 14.1 miles
- Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Saints Stadium 14.1 miles
- Pipewell Abbey Historic site 14.2 miles
- Sixfields Stadium, Northampton Town Stadium 14.7 miles
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 15.7 miles
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 16.6 miles
- Linford Wood Forest 17.4 miles