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Orlingbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is between the towns of Kettering and Wellingborough. Administratively it forms part of North Northamptonshire but was in the borough of Wellingborough until 2021. At the time of the 2011 census, the parish's population was 439 people.The villages name origin is uncertain. 'Grove', 'woodland swine-pasture', 'hill' or 'fortification' connected with Ordla'. The hundred takes its name from Orlingbury. The site of the meeting-place is unknown. The west part of Orlingbury hundred was Mawsley hundred.

Lighthouse Theatre is a performing arts theatre in Kettering, England which opened in 2008. It is the main performing arts venue in the town following closure and demolition of the Kettering Savoy in 1997. The 560-seat theatre is sited at the Kettering Conference Centre, Thurston Dr, Kettering NN15 6PB.

The Kettering Conference Centre is a multi-functional sports and conference centre located in Kettering, Northamptonshire. It is also the location of Volleyball England's National Volleyball Centre, and the 560 seat Lighthouse Theatre.

The deserted village of Wythmail is located 4.5 miles south of Kettering in the English county of Northamptonshire. The village of Orlingbury is 1.1 miles to the east. Wythmail was part of the parish of Orlingbury.

Little Harrowden is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. The village is nearly 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Wellingborough, off the A509 road. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 892.The village is in one of the longest and narrowest parishes in Northamptonshire and is built around the Church of St Mary the Virgin, which dates back to circa 1190. The population of the parish is spread across various occupations from industrial in the east to farming in the west. The local primary school has been established for approximately 350 years and, along with the village hall, acts as a focal point in the village. Another focal point is the pub, The Lamb, which is run by Charles Wells.

Bishop Stopford School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.The school is located in the Headlands, Kettering. The current headteacher is Jill Silverthorne. Former students of Bishop Stopford are known as Old Stopfordians.

Broughton is a large village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. The village is around 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Kettering and is bypassed by the A43 road. At the 2011 census, the population of the parish was 2,208.The village's name is derived from Old English meaning "fortification farm/settlement" or, perhaps, "brook farm/settlement".Broughton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Burtone. The church (St. Andrew), which is mostly early 14th century (although the chancel was actually rebuilt in 1828), incorporates part of a (12th century) Norman aisleless church at the south-west angle, including the reset south doorway with colonettes, scallop capitals and zigzags. The village has some notable Jacobean houses.Broughton currently has one pub, The Red Lion; it used to also have The Sun but that closed. A protest to keep the pub running was fought for by driving a tank to Kettering Borough Council offices but no appeal has been won. The village also has three shops. It used to have a separate post office; that is now part of one of the shops. Many years ago, it had a cinema, five bakers, 7 pubs, 6 shops, a petrol station, and a butcher.

The Town Ground in Kettering, England was used by Northamptonshire for 65 first-class cricket matches between 1923 and 1971. It also staged four List A games in the early 1970s, and has occasionally been used by Northamptonshire's Second XI.

Kettering railway station serves the town of Kettering in Northamptonshire, England. It lies south-west of the town centre, on the Midland Main Line, 71 miles (115 km) north of London St. Pancras.

Southfield School (formerly known as Southfield School for Girls) is a girls' secondary school and coeducational sixth form with academy status, located in Kettering in the English county of Northamptonshire.Previously a foundation school administered by Northamptonshire County Council, the school converted to academy status in August 2011, and in 2021 it joined with Kingsthorpe College in Northampton as part of the Orbis Education Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust. The school continues to coordinate with Northamptonshire County Council for admissions. Southfield School offers GCSEs as programmes of study for girls. The school operates a coeducational sixth form, where students can choose to study from range of A Levels and BTECs. After a period of sustained improvement, becoming the best performing school in Northamptonshire, in 2021 Southfield was awarded the World Class Schools Quality Mark.

Badsaddle, Withmale Park and Bush Walk Woods is a 25.2-hectare (62-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire.This is ancient coppice woodland with oak and ash on wet calcareous soils. Ground flora include herb paris, goldilocks buttercup and four species of orchid.There is access to Bush Park and Withmale Park Woods from Redhouse Road, which runs between them, and to Badsaddle Wood by a track from the A43 road.

Kettering is a market and industrial town in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is located 67 miles (108 km) north of London and 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of Ketter's people (or kinsfolk)".In the 2011 census Kettering's built-up area had a population of 63,675. It is part of the East Midlands, along with other towns in Northamptonshire. There is a growing commuter population as it is on the Midland Main Line railway, with East Midlands Railway services direct to London St Pancras International taking about an hour.