England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Kettering
Kettering is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 56,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Kettering, with about 74 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- EMA63 km · East Midlands Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Kettering
Kettering is a market and industrial town in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. It lies 45 miles (72 km) west of Cambridge, 31 miles (50 km) south-west of Peterborough, 28 miles (45 km) south-east of Leicester and 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Northampton; it is west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Kettering
See
- Rushton Triangular Lodge
- St Peter and St Paul's Church
Do
- Wicksteed Park
- Manor House Museum
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Kettering
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Kettering hotel | 74 | 4.1/5 447 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Kettering to stay in
There can't be no sleeping area at Wicksteed Park because it's only for a day trip; however, there are hotels all around Kettering such as luxury hotels, 5* hotels, B&B, Caravan retal, and many more.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Kettering
7 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Rushton Hall | 4.8 km | |
| Barton Seagrave Hall | 2.9 km | |
| Rowell Charter Inn | 5.3 km | |
| Royal Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| Kettering Park Hotel & Spa | 3.3 km | |
| Red Lion Inn | 6.5 km | |
| Rothwell House Hotel | 5.3 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Kettering
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Kettering are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 62 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Kettering: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is East Midlands Airport (EMA), about 63 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Luton Airport (LTN, 64 km) and Birmingham Airport (BHX, 69 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The town is encircled on the west and south sides by the east-west running A14. The westbound A14 leads to the M1 (London) and the M6 (Coventry & Birmingham). Eastbound the A14 continues to Cambridge and eventually the port of Harwich. East Midlands Trains runs a regular train service between London St Pancras and Leicester/Nottingham, often with a stop at Kettering station. Connections can be made in Leicester/London/Nottingham to reach other destinations. A cheaper rail ticket to Stansted Airport can be purchased if asked to go via Leicester instead of London.
Getting around
The town is served by many buses on local and inter-town routes. Local buses are green and called Kettering Connect. They operate at a frequency between two and four per hour depending on the route. A timetable can be accessed online or from the tourist information in the town centre. Buses operating an inter-town service tend to operate from in front of the town library on Sheep street. The majority of these are operated by stagecoach and are coloured in their red, white & blue livery.
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EMA · East Midlands Airport
LTN · London Luton Airport
BHX · Birmingham Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Kettering
Eat
There is also food round wicksteed park however, people mainly take their own food with them which they had as a picnic at the park. eventually food is always around for sale.
Drink
Inside the Wicksteed Park there are bars that serve food and cold/hot drinks. There are different caravan food shops parked at the front of the park; they serve cold/hot food such as hot dogs, ice cream, hot chocolate, and sweeties.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Kettering
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Kettering: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Kettering?
By published guest score: Travelodge Kettering (4.1 / 5 · 447 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Kettering?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Kettering are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 62 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Kettering?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is East Midlands Airport (EMA), about 63 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Luton Airport (LTN, 64 km) and Birmingham Airport (BHX, 69 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Kettering?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Kettering
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.