Corby
Corby is a town and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district, in Northamptonshire, England, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Northampton.
Corby is a town and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district, in Northamptonshire, England, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Northampton. In 2021, the parish had a population of 62,341, while the wider built-up area had a population of 68,160. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of Corby; at the 2021 census, the former borough had a population of 75,571.
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Worth seeing in and around Corby
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Rockingham Castle
Rockingham Castle is a former royal castle and hunting lodge in Rockingham Forest, approximately two miles from the town centre of Corby, Northamptonshire, England.
3.2 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Rockingham, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Kirby Hall
Kirby Hall is a Grade I listed Elizabethan country house, located near Gretton, Northamptonshire, England. The nearest main town is Corby.
6 km · country house in Northamptonshire, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Mary Magdalen
St Mary Magdalene is a Church of England church in Geddington, Northamptonshire, England. It is a grade I listed building.
5.7 km · Grade I listed church in Geddington, North Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Pipewell Hall And Wall Attached To Right
Pipewell Hall in Northamptonshire, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built near the ruins of a Cistercian abbey in 1675.
5.4 km · building in Wilbarston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Alder Wood and Meadow
Alder Wood and Meadow is a 13.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Corby in Northamptonshire. The semi-natural ancient broadleaved woodland is a surviving fragment of the Royal Forest of Rockingham.
6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St John the Baptist
St John the Baptist Church is the oldest parish church in the town of Corby, Northamptonshire, England. It has been an active place of worship since the 1200s.
1.6 km · church in Corby, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St John
The Church of St John the Evangelist is the Church of England parish church in Caldecott, Rutland. It is a Grade II* listed building.
5.3 km · church in Caldecott, Rutland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Nicholas
St Nicholas' Church is a church in Bringhurst, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
5.5 km · church in Bringhurst, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Geddington Chase SSSI
An area of 39.1 hectares in the north-west corner of Geddington Chase has been designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is located south-east of Corby in Northamptonshire.
4.4 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Kirby Hall
- 02Lyveden New Bield
From Wikivoyage: Corby, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Corby
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 57 km · Birmingham (BHX), 71 km · London Luton (LTN), 72 km
- Stations
- Corby railway station, 900 m · Gretton railway station, 5.7 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Corby60 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £7–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Corby82 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Corby71 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £8–11
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Corby
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Corby. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Corby – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Corby
Corby is 34 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Geddingtonvillage in Northampton, United Kingdom5.3 km
- Rockinghamvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England3.2 km
- East Carltonvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom5.8 km
- Stanionvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Cottinghamvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom4.3 km
- Middletonvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, UK4.5 km