Corby is a Town in the county of Northamptonshire.

Corby postcode: NN17 1

Retail in Corby

There are great places to visit near Corby including some great ruins, villages, castles, towns, woodlands, hiking areas, historic buildings, parks, country parks, lakes, bluebell woods, rivers and streams, gardens, disused railway lines, nature reserves, historic monuments and museums.

The area around Corby features a number of interesting ruins including Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

Corby's best nearby villages can be found at Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

Lilbourne Castle is a great place to visit close to Corby if you like castles.

Corby's best nearby towns can be found at Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

Woodlands to visit near Corby include Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Corby area like Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

There are a number of historic buildings near Corby including Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton).

Corby has some unmissable parks nearby like Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

There are a several good country parks in the Corby area like Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

Corby has some unmissable lakes nearby like Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir.

There are a number of bluebell woods near to Corby including Coton Manor Garden.

Don't miss Northampton Marina's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Corby.

The area close to Corby boasts some of the best gardens including Cottesbrooke Hall.

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Corby include Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

Nature Reserves to visit near Corby include Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

Wellingborough War Memorial is a great place to visit close to Corby if you like historic monuments.

Corby is near some unmissable museums like Rushden Museum,

Corby History

There are some historic monuments around Corby:

• Slipton Lodge moated site.
• Standing cross on The Green, 130m north west of The Bede House
• Little Weldon Roman villa
• Moated site 1km south west of Rockingham Castle
• Deserted medieval village on A6003, Snelston
• Rushton Triangular Lodge: an Elizabethan warrener's lodge and rabbit warren
• Kirby Hall: an Elizabethan country house and gardens, including the remains of the medieval village of Kirby
• Rockingham Castle, shrunken medieval village, moat and warrens
• Market cross 8m west of the Market House
• Roundhouse or lock-up
• Geddington Cross: Eleanor cross and conduit house
• A late 16th century house, gardens and dovecote, 300m west of Mill Farm
• Cistercian abbey and medieval settlement at Pipewell
• Iron Age enclosure
• Roman road in Hazel Wood
• Round barrow W of Pipewell Upper Lodge
• Geddington Bridge
• Lyddington Bedehouse: a medieval bishop's palace and post-medieval almshouse with moat, gardens, fishponds and cultivation remains
• Market cross 10m west of Cross Farmhouse