The southern limits of the town border on the county of Bedfordshire, and to its north lies the River Nene ( locally pronounced Nen ) which flows into The Wash. Rushden lies in a small valley, with a stream or brook known as Sidney Brook flowing through the centre of the town.

Passing Irthlingborough on its north western bank, the Nene now flows past Nene Park, the former ground of Rushden and Diamonds Football Club, now occupied by Kettering Town Football Club.

Bates was born on May 16, 1905 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, and educated at Kettering Grammar School.

A petition signed by thousands of local residents in the towns of Wellingborough and Rushden for a new A & E to be built in Wellingborough has been handed to 10 Downing Street ( when Prime Minister Gordon Brown was in power ), by local MP Peter Bone on 10 February 2010.

The 1970s ITV Police Drama series Hunters Walk was filmed on location in Rushden and the surrounding villages.

Rushden Splash Pool on Station Road and the Pemberton Centre, slightly out of town were planned to move to a new site to make room for in the town centre from the move of Splash and a knock on move of Alfred Street School to the Site of the Pemberton Centre.

Over the years the club has played at Chamberlain's Field, near the old Higham railway station, Saffron Meadows, and the John White's ground in Rushden and now plays at Manor Park, Rushden, on pitches rented weekly from the town council.

However, there are proposals by The Association of Train Operating Companies to build a new railway station on the Midland Mainline ( to the West of Rushden ) to be known as Rushden Parkway.

Currently, the nearest railway station is at Wellingborough about five miles ( 6 km ) away, on the Midland Main Line, although no bus service currently links Rushden to Wellingborough station-the X46 bus service stops at Midland Road in Wellingborough about half a mile from the station.

Rushden and Diamonds was formed on 21 April 1992 by a merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds.

The following season, after a summer in which Max Griggs handed the club over to the Supporters ' Trust, the club continued to struggle and on 29 April, Rushden were relegated back to the Football Conference after a 2-0 away defeat to Boston United.

In the top left corner is the Rampant Lion, representing the Sartoris family, who donated some land on Hayden Road to Rushden Sports Club in 1922.

During another match between the two sides at Rockingham Road on Shrove Tuesday, eggs and flour were thrown over the wall at the Rushden fans.

Rochdale have participated in the Football League playoffs on three occasions: 2002, where they lost 4 – 3 on aggregate to Rushden and Diamonds, 2008, where they went through to Wembley on penalties, 5 – 4 after a 3 – 3 draw aet over 2 legs, with Ben Muirhead netting the crucial penalty for Dale, however at Wembley despite scoring the first Goal Dale suffered a 3 – 2 loss to Stockport.

He is currently on trial with Rushden & Diamonds in a bid to earn a contract for the new season.

He did not feature regularly in the first team at Southend and joined Rushden & Diamonds on loan in October 2004, where he scored five goals in ten appearances, and then Wycombe Wanderers, before joining Rushden & Diamonds permanently in February 2005, where he made 51 appearances in all competitions in two seasons.

In late 2005 he spent a month on loan at Aldershot in an attempt to recover his goalscoring form, and joined Rushden & Diamonds on loan in January 2006.

Sywell Aerodrome is the local aerodrome serving Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering and Rushden as it is situated midway between these towns.

The first competitive game between the sides was played out in the 1996 – 1997 season, with Rushden running out 1 – 0 winners at Nene Park.

In the 15 league games contested, and over 1, 000 minutes of league football played between the two sides, Kettering won just twice, while Rushden recorded eight victories.

On 3 January 2011, for the most recent game between the two sides, Kettering ended an 11 year wait for a win over the Diamonds, beating Rushden for only the second time in their history with a 2-1 triumph at Nene Park.

In a game between the two teams at Nene Park in 2008-2009, a flare was thrown onto the playing surface from the Rushden section, prompting an investigation.

As of 2012, a stretch of the line is operated between Rushden station and Prospect Avenue.

He served as a Rushden Urban District Councillor between 1906-10 and a Leeds City Councillor from 1923 to 1929, then as Alderman in Leeds 1929-36.

The main routes serving Rushden are Stagecoach services 50 / 49 with connections to Kettering and Bedford and the X46 / 47 providing links with Raunds, Wellingborough, Irchester and Northampton.

Running north west from Luton, the road travels through Bedford, bypasses Rushden, Kettering and Market Harborough, continues through Leicester, Loughborough, Derby and Matlock before going through the Peak District to Bakewell, Buxton, Stockport, Manchester, Salford, Pendleton, Irlams o ' th ' Height, Pendlebury, Swinton, Walkden, Little Hulton, Bolton, Chorley, Preston, Lancaster, Kendal and Penrith before reaching Carlisle.

The main settlements are Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough, Rushden, Bedford, and Luton.

It is the smallest town in England to have possessed a league association football team, Rushden & Diamonds which is now owned by Kettering town club.

The clubs remained in the same division for five seasons before, in 2001, Rushden gained promotion to the Football League, while Kettering were relegated that same season from the Conference.

After a seven year gap, in 2008 – 09 the teams again found themselves in the same division, after Rushden suffered two quickfire relegations and Kettering gained promotion from the Conference North.

Throughout the history of the fixture, Rushden & Diamonds maintained an impressive of record of having never lost a competitive away match against Kettering Town.

In 1931, he married Madge Cox, his sweetheart from the next road in his native Rushden.

In his home town of Rushden, H. E.

The Random House archive and library is located in Rushden in Northamptonshire.

Dr. Martens sponsored Rushden & Diamonds F. C.

Most wards in the Borough Council of Wellingborough are covered by the constituency and also include the wards in East Northamptonshire, the wards are: Brickhill, Castle, Croyland, Finedon, Great Doddington and Wilby, Hemmingwell, Higham Ferrers Lancaster, Higham Ferrers Chichele, Irchester, North, Queensway, Redwell East, Redwell West, Rushden Hayden, Rushden Spencer, Rushden Bates, Rushden Sartoris, Rushden Pemberton, South, Swanspool, and Wollaston.

Wellingborough's nearest towns are Rushden, Higham Ferrers and Irthlingborough.

The A45 links Wellingborough with Northampton, Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Raunds, Thrapston, Oundle and Peterborough.

Ringstead, Keyston, Stanwick, Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Thrapston, Hargrave, Wellingborough, Irthlingborough, Chelveston.

Rushden is a town and civil parish in the county of Northamptonshire, England.

The parish of Rushden covers an area of some and is part of the district of East Northamptonshire.

The population of Rushden was estimated at around 28, 368, making it the fifth largest town in the county.