North Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Kettering, the district's second largest town | |
 North Northamptonshire shown withinNorthamptonshire | |
| Coordinates:52°24′00″N0°43′41″W / 52.400°N 0.728°W /52.400; -0.728 | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Ceremonial county | Northamptonshire |
| Incorporated | 1 April 2021 |
| Administrative HQ | Corby Cube |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority withleader and cabinet |
| • Body | North Northamptonshire Council |
| • House of Commons | 3 MPs |
| Area | |
• Total | 381 sq mi (987 km2) |
| • Rank | 25th |
| Population (2024)[3] | |
• Total | 373,871 |
| • Rank | 24th |
| • Density | 980/sq mi (379/km2) |
| Ethnicity(2021) | |
| Religion(2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode area | |
| Dialling codes |
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| ISO 3166 code | GB-NNH |
| GSS code | E06000061 |
| ITL code | TLF25 |
| GVA | 2021 estimate[5] |
| • Total | £7.4 billion |
| • Per capita | £20,612 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate[5] |
| • Total | £8.5 billion |
| • Per capita | £23,536 |
North Northamptonshire is aunitary authority area in theceremonial county ofNorthamptonshire, England, and was created in 2021.[6] The council is based inCorby, the district's largest town. Other notable towns areKettering,Wellingborough,Rushden,Raunds,Desborough,Rothwell,Irthlingborough,Thrapston andOundle.
North Northamptonshire borders theCity of Peterborough,Rutland,Milton Keynes,Huntingdonshire,Bedford,Harborough,West Northamptonshire andSouth Kesteven districts.
It has a string of lakes along theNene Valley Conservation Park, associatedheritage railway, the village ofFotheringhay which has tombs of theHouse of York as well as a towering church supported by flying buttresses. This division has a well-preserved medieval castle in private hands next to Corby –Rockingham Castle – and about 20 other notablecountry houses, many of which have visitor gardens or days.
North Northamptonshire was created on 1 April 2021 by the merger of the fournon-metropolitan districts ofCorby,East Northamptonshire,Kettering, andWellingborough. The new council took on the functions of these districts, plus those of the abolishedNorthamptonshire County Council within the area. The way these changes was implemented was to create a new non-metropolitan district and anon-metropolitan county covering the area, both called North Northamptonshire. There is no county council; instead the district council performs county-level functions, making it a unitary authority.[7] North Northamptonshire remains part of theceremonial county of Northamptonshire for the purposes oflieutenancy andshrievalty.[8]
In March 2018, followingfinancial and cultural mismanagement by the cabinet and officers at Northamptonshire County Council, the then Secretary of State for Local Government,Sajid Javid, sent commissioner Max Caller into the council, who recommended the county council and all district and borough councils in the county be abolished, and replaced by two unitary authorities, one covering the west, and one the north of the county.[9] These proposals were approved in April 2019. It meant that the districts ofDaventry,Northampton, andSouth Northamptonshire were merged to form a new unitary authority calledWest Northamptonshire, whilst the second unitary authority North Northamptonshire consists of the former Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, and Wellingborough districts.[10][11]
The council logo depictsRockingham Castle, theRiver Welland and ared kite. The red kite is a bird of prey that has become strongly associated with the county of Northamptonshire, and is particularly commonplace in the north-eastern parts of the county around Corby and Rockingham Forest.[12]
North Northamptonshire Council provides bothcounty-level anddistrict-level services. The whole area is also covered bycivil parishes, which form a second tier of local government.[13]
The parish councils for Burton Latimer, Corby, Desborough, Finedon, Higham Ferrers, Irthlingborough, Kettering, Oundle, Raunds, Rothwell, Rushden, Thrapston and Wellingborough have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council".[14]
In terms of television, the area is served byBBC East andITV Anglia which broadcast from theSandy Heath transmitter.[15] TheWaltham transmitter can also be received which broadcastsBBC East Midlands andITV Central programmes.[16]
Radio stations for the area are:
North Northamptonshire is served by the following local newspapers:Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph andNorthampton Chronicle and Echo.
