Relocation from London to Kettering or Market Harborough

[Bluevelvet70]

I am looking to move from london and was considering market harborough or Kettering both of which are communtable to london. I've visited both Market harborough which is lovely picturesque but not racially diverse at all so worry about this where as kettering is but doesn't seem as nice as MH. Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions welcome

I live in Northampton and can’t believe you have a dilemma between MH or Kettering. Bluntly, Kettering in a dump and MH is lovely, with some nice villages nearby.

The only reason we would go to Kettering is for the railway station, we would never venture into “town”

MH has some good shops like Mint Velvet,White Company and Space NK, but also has some good independents, including a fishmonger and butchers.

There really is no comparison.

I relocated the opposite direction many many years ago. The plus side is that you're on the outskirts of beautiful countryside and fairly good road/rail transport links with both. And you'd get a lot more for your money than London.

Kettering Town centre is dying and looking a bit run down. The only cinema closed this year. Some of the schools aren't great. You'd have to drive to get anywhere.

I really toyed with the idea of moving back for more space but the above put me off. I guess it depends on what's important. If you like the areas, go for it.

Kettering is a dump, market harborough is a lovely little area with a thriving town still

I used to live in the area, don't go to Kettering. MH is ok if you like this sort of thing.

No idea why anyone would want to live in Northants tbh. Its so fucking conservative and backwards.

That's exactly what I was about to say, and I don't even know both areas well, but I know that much. Kettering isn't the kind of place you choose to live if you can afford somewhere nicer.

MH is okay. As you say it's not very diverse though.

It has a great bakery and a fair few upmarket shops.

It’s diverse if you include the travellers sites!

I went to MH during last summer … I was sat in a little area by the river /stream in the town centre and listened to a grown man grooming a young adult of 17/18 in hate speech . It made me feel physically sick . MH is off our list . Many people had said it was not diverse but it had an undercurrent about it . My friend who lives in the village of Middleton said there has been a rise of this type of behaviour in the last year.