The village is served by a primary school that was rated good at its last Ofsted inspection,[3] and which takes children from ages 4 to 10 years.

[6] There are a number of cafes, restaurants and takeaway food outlets including Fish & Chips, Indian and Chinese cuisine.

[18] Kegworth is twinned with Bois-Guillaume, a suburban town located on the plateau immediately to the north of Rouen in Normandy, north-western France.

[21] After the royalists defeated Simon de Montfort in 1265, estates gained by the Earl of Gloucester included land in Kegworth.

[21] Although farming was a large factor in Kegworth life and still remains on the fringes, industry started in the late 18th century/early 19th century with the introduction of stockingers shops.

Women and children also worked when they could, and the hosiery and lace trade were ranked as two of the most important industries in the village from 1841 onwards.

Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, the Danish royal family and the King of Spain were all customers of the stockingers of Kegworth.

[21] A depression in the 1890s coincided with the introduction of the internal combustion engine, a motorbike factory was started that developed into the present Slack and Parrs.

In 1899 their work was arduous with long hours, and the restricted personal freedom and the lack of privacy was poor by the standards of today but at the time they counted themselves lucky to be fed, clothed and housed.

Industrialisation was the beginning of the end of this era in Kegworth's history, but there were still socks and stockings being made in the village as late as the 1940s.

47 people died in a plane crash on 8 January 1989, when it came down just short of the runway on the eastern side of the nearby East Midlands Airport.

Since 1989, the Parish Council and those who remember that fateful night have marked each anniversary by laying wreaths at both memorial sites.

[22] A special commemorative service was held in 2019 at St Andrew's Church in the village, to mark the 30th anniversary of the disaster.

The nearby University of Nottingham Sutton Bonington Campus has grown markedly since 2006 and many students now live in the village.

Many other buildings similarly hide their oldest parts under stucco or modern fronts, as at the top of Packington Hill, where early 18th-century timber frames show at the rear.