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By Car
So where are Kettering Town located? Well they are in Northamptonshire playing at Nene Park, the former home of Rushden & Diamonds. The ground is located in Irthlingborough, just off the A6 between Bedford & Kettering. It is a little strange as the ground basically seems to be in the middle of nowhere, on the outskirts of Irthlingborough and surrounded by green fields. Travelling down the A6 it just seems to appear out of nothing!
From The North/Midlands:
Leave the motorway at the M1/M6 intersection and take the A14 towards Kettering. On just passing Kettering take the A6 towards Irthlingborough/Rushden/Bedford, you will reach the ground on your left.

From The South:
Leave the M1 at Junction 15 and take the A508 towards Northampton. At the junction with the A45 turn right towards Wellingborough. Follow the A45 past Wellingborough and then towards Rushden. At the junction with the A6 turn left towards Irthlingborough. You will come to the ground on your right.

There is a fair sized car park at the ground, which used to be free, but now costs £2 per car to park in (plus motorbikes £2, minibuses £5, coaches £10). However, it is normally full within an hour of kick off and this leads to a number of cars parking on grass verges along the A6. Steve Bingham a visiting Lincoln City fan adds; 'As regards parking on the verges, make sure you don't park across the footpaths or you may well get a parking ticket from the local constabulary'. It can also take some time to exit the official car park after the game (one Cambridge fan informed me that it took him 45 minutes and suggested that this was another reason why fans parked along the A6).


By Train
The nearest railway station is in Wellingborough, which is six miles away! Therefore it may be advisable to take a taxi to the ground and then at the same time book one for the return.
John Thompson informs me; 'Alternatively you take a train to Bedford and then take the hourly number 50 bus from Bedford bus station, about 10 minutes walk from the railway station. I caught the 12:55 bus from there direct to outside the ground, excellent value at �4.50 and approx 55 mins journey time. Return was at 16:55 so if the game drags on into injury time you may miss the first bus although there is another 20 minutes later which although advertised as a change in Rushden is I suspect the same bus all the way through to Bedford'.


 

General Information:

The ground was completely rebuilt during the 1990's. What emerged was not only a modern stadium, but one of quality in terms of workmanship and materials used. The ground is totally enclosed, with all stands covered and roughly the same height. Three sides of the ground are all seated, with terracing behind one goal in the home end. The Air Wair Stand at one end is particularly pleasing to the eye, having a semi-circular roof. The corners of the ground although enclosed do not house supporters. One corner has an electric scoreboard, apparently bought from Millwall FC. An unusual feature are the owl statues on the roofs brought to deter other birds from the area.

 

Admission 2011/12:

Adults £18
Concessions £15
Under 21's £12
Under 16's £6
Under 11's £3

Programme Price
Official Programme £3


Last Season: 15th, Conference Premier League

Average Attendance: 1,371

A Fans View:

Away fans are housed in one end of the ground, in the all seated, Air Wair stand where the normal allocation for away supporters is 1,000. This end is normally shared with home supporters but if demand requires it then the whole of this stand can be given to visiting fans, increasing the number to 2,372.