Desborough lies five miles (8 km) south-east of Market Harborough, north-west of Kettering, and south-west of Corby.

Its relics from the town's history include part of an Anglo-Saxon cross carved from stone, a Tudor rood screen, and reminders of the English Civil War.

St Giles is part of the Anglican united benefice of Desborough and Brampton Ash with Braybrooke and Dingley.

Ferdinand Poulton, a Roman Catholic lawyer, was Lord of the Manor and reputedly one of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot conspirators.

[12] Desborough belongs to the Charter of European Rural Communities, which links it to 27 other EU member towns and villages.

[13] It is twinned with Neuville de Poitou in the Vienne department of France and with Bièvre in the Walloon region of Belgium.

[15] With the intention of preventing exploitation of workers by agents and employers, local men founded the Desborough Co-operative Society in 1863.

Over the years, a number of its functions have ceased, including the bank branch and the ladies' shoe and clothing shop.

Every Sunday morning, local volunteers organise Desborough Greenspace junior parkrun held a Desborough leisure centre, a free 2km event aimed at increasing physical activity in children aged 4-14 years and providing volunteering opportunities within the community for all ages.

In 2022, North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) won an International Green Apple Environment Award in a national campaign to find the greenest companies and organisations.

Desborough Green Space Junior parkrun takes place there every Sunday morning at the Leisure Centre.

[18] The town is served by these local newspapers, Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, Harborough Mail and Northampton Chronicle and Echo.