Cheapest
Average
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Fastest Journey
51 m
Average
1 h
Buses per day
10
Distance
20 km
It's difficult to get from Northampton to Kettering without changing at least once.
Distance | 12 miles | |
Average coach duration | 2 h 19 min | |
Coach frequency | 9 a day | |
Direct coach | Yes, there is 1 direct coach a day | |
Coach companies | National Express |
Coaches from Northampton to Kettering cover the 12 miles long trip taking on average 2 h 19 min with our travel partners like National Express. Normally, there are 9 coaches operating per day, including direct services available. Travellers depart most frequently from Northampton and arrive in Kettering, Eskdaill St.
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National Express is the UK’s leading long-distance coach provider operating over 550 coaches per day and serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express also operates coach services to all major UK airports, such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Bristol, 24 hours a day. All National Express coaches have air conditioning and provide free WiFi access along with onboard entertainment. Most coaches come with seat belts and power outlets at every seat, so you can charge your phone or laptop during a long journey. For your coach between Northampton and Kettering, you can select from three ticket fares: Restricted Fare, Standard Fare, and Fully Flexible Fare.
Passengers wishing to travel by coach between the two historic market towns of Northampton and Kettering in the East Midlands have to make do with only one departure per day. Although it doesn't provide a great deal of choice for travellers, the service is certainly very easy to remember and plan around as it generally leaves at the same time every day. Journey times are equally unvarying, routinely clocking in at a little over half an hour.
National Express is currently alone in laying on a service between these two picturesque towns in Northamptonshire.
The journey usually lasts 37 minutes, with little or no variation across the week. All services are direct, so there's no need to change coaches even at the weekend.
There's only one coach from Northampton to Kettering every day, setting off in the middle of the evening. Departure times and journey durations are the same throughout the week, including Saturday and Sunday.
Departure bus station: National Express services leave Northampton from the coach stop on Victoria Street, not to be confused with the North Gate bus station next to Market Square. It's less than half a mile from the town centre with its wealth of period architecture, and a four to five-minute walk to the main bus interchange, where the numbers 3 and 7 buses travel between the centre of town and Camp Hill, Grange Park and West Hunsbury. Coaches from Birmingham, London and Heathrow also call in at the Victoria Street stop on a regular basis.
Arrival bus station: Services from Northampton terminate at Kettering Bus and Coach station on Eskdaill Street, just a two to three-minute walk from the town centre, with its shopping malls and many sites of historic interest. The station has a coffee shop, fast food outlet and other amenities, while a supermarket is just outside for passengers wishing to buy groceries or refreshments. Coaches to Corby, Wellingborough and Milton Keynes regularly depart from Eskdaill Street, and the train station is under half a mile away.
Omio customers travelling this route book their coaches from Northampton to Kettering, Eskdaill St.
Passengers board their coach most frequently from Northampton and travel around 2 miles (3.2 km) from the city centre to this coach station.
Passengers travelling this route most often arrive at Kettering, Eskdaill St and need to travel approximately 0.5 miles (761 m) from the coach station to the city centre in Kettering.
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