Raunds is close to Stanwick Lakes, a country park developed from gravel pits and managed by the Rockingham Forest Trust.

[1] This park is internationally recognised for its birdlife and can be reached on foot from Raunds along Meadow Lane bridleway.

In 1905 a dispute arose about wages to be paid to army bootmakers, which culminated in a march to London in May that year.

Robert Coggins lived in the hall where his picture hangs in the meeting room, and he is buried in St Peter's Churchyard.

Raunds once held the record for the highest temperature in Britain at 36.7 °C (98.1 °F), set on 10 August 1911, which stood until 1990.

[7] The Historic England website contains details of a total of 19 listed buildings and six scheduled monuments at or in the vicinity of Raunds.

Access to the M1 and A1 is close and the A14 runs from Britain's largest container port at Felixstowe in Suffolk to join the M6.

Bus services are limited, the X46 links the town with Wellingborough, Rushden and Northampton, running hourly.

It was also planned that the Midland's Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers branch, also closed in 1959, would continue to Raunds, but landowners prevented it.

This line never came to fruition, and the company eventually built its London Extension via Nottingham, Leicester, Rugby and Brackley.

The Nene Valley river section connects to the Middle Level Navigation System, making it possible to reach Cambridge and Peterborough.

Raunds is home to a Hotpoint distribution centre, and depots for Robert Wiseman Dairies, Avery Dennison, DPD,[11] Howdens Joinery and Dr. Martens,[12] all located on the Warth Park estate.

[20] Events include: rock, jazz and folk concerts starring nationally and internationally known artists, performances by Raunds Community Choir and Raunds Temperance Band, song and tune sessions, dancing displays, a ceilidh and an annual youth dance competition.

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