Getting to and from Desborough
Desborough is ideally situated within minutes of Market Harborough, a commuter town with links to London St Pancras, Leicester, Nottingham, and Sheffield.
It’s only a 10-minute drive from our development to Market Harborough railway station, from which you can catch a direct service to London St Pancras, getting into London in about 1 hour.
With easy access to the A14 and the A43. our development is ideally located for those needing to regularly commute to Kettering, Wellingborough or Northampton.
Kettering is a 15-minute drive away from our development while Northampton is a 35-minute drive away.
Things to do in Desborough
Our development is only a 15-minute walk away from the Desborough Leisure Centre.
The leisure centre’s facilities include a gym, an indoor basketball court/football pitch, table tennis tables, and badminton nets. The centre can also be hired out for things like children’s birthday parties.
Desborough also has several parks and nature reserves, including Desborough Pocket Park and the family-friendly Desborough Recreation Ground, with its playgrounds and large playing fields.
Our development is just seven-minutes’ walk from a Sainsbury’s superstore, and there’s a 24-hour M&S Simply Food a 10-minute walk away.
Popular schools in Desborough
Saxon Park is within walking distance of excellent primary schools including:
- Loatlands Primary School is a 25-minute walk from our development and caters to children ages 3-11. Its values centre around the importance of mutual respect, resilience and curiosity.
- Havelock Infant and Junior Schools is a 25-minute walk from our development and caters to children ages 4-11. The school sees each of its students as “learning warriors”, encouraging each child to never give up and keep striving to learn more.
Slightly further out, there are several secondary schools to choose from, including the Montsaye Academy Sixth Form College, a five-minute drive away, and the Kettering Buccleuch Academy, an 18-minute drive away.
Living in Desborough
Desborough is a small town with a real sense of community. Nothing is more evident of this than its annual carnival. Taking place in the summer, the carnival has been part of the town’s calendar over the last 100 years and usually features everything from fairground rides to a fancy dress parade.
A lovely place to raise a family, with a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere, if you’d like to hear more about our new homes in Desborough, please feel free to get in touch with our team today.