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routes

The A6 maintrunk route runs from the A14 (M1-A1) link through to Leicester and beyond.
The A14, only about 2 miles away runs east to west and gives a link to the east to:

bulletHuntingdon
bulletthe A1 north and south
bulletCambridge and the M11 to Stansted Airport , the M25 and London
bulletNewmarket and, at the end of the A14, Felixstowe
bulletthe A11 to Thetford, Norwich and the Norfolk coast

To the west the A14 links to

bulletthe M6 to Birmingham and the North-West
bulletthe M1 north

The A14 gives further good links to the A45 and the A43, the latter giving access to Oxford, Reading and the M40

The Rothwell-Desborough A6 bypass retains these links while taking the A6 traffic away from the town.

For details of police speed check cameras go to the Northamptonshire Gatsos site
or 's Northamptonshire Police Safety Camera Page with its links to information about the latest locations of their mobile cameras.

coach and bus

National Express Coaches website

United Counties Bus Company
Part of the Stagecoach company

taxi

Steve Doggett
Private hire taxi service
Owner/operator of licenced six seater luxury Mercedes
Business/social. Pre-booked airport trips and local work
764588, mobile 07976 778664

rail

Desborough no longer has a rail link of its own although there is strong local support and campaigning to restore a station to the town.

Market Harborough and Kettering give rail links to Leicester, Derby, Sheffield, Wellingborough, Bedford, Thameslink trains, Luton Airport and London St Pancras.

Midland Mainline

Midland Mainline operate the rail services from Kettering and Market Harborough.
Their website has details of train times and you can book online/

air

airports

Desborough is central to the following airports and access via the M1, M6 or A14/M11 gives dual carriageway motoring virtually all the way. Coach connections from Kettering, Northampton or Leicester give easy access and British Rail gives easy access to Luton.

Stanstedwebsite

Lutonwebsite

East Midlandswebsite

Birmingham website

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