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.

Corby has some unmissable ruins nearby like Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

There are a several good villages in the Corby area like Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

The area around Corby boasts some of the best castles including Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle.

Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston are some of Corby best towns to visit near Corby.

Corby's best nearby woodlands can be found at Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.

Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton are great places to visit near Corby if you like hiking areas.

Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton) are great places to visit near Corby if you like historic buildings.

There are a several good parks in the Corby area like Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

Corby's best nearby country parks can be found at Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir are some of Corby best lakes to visit near Corby.

The area close to Corby boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Coton Manor Garden.

The area around Corby's best rivers and streams can be found at Northampton Marina.

There are a number of gardens near to Corby including Cottesbrooke Hall.

There are a number of disused railway lines near to Corby including Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

Corby has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

Don't miss Wellingborough War Memorial's historic monuments if visiting the area around Corby.

Places near Corby feature a number of interesting museums including Rushden Museum.

Corby History

There are some historic monuments around Corby:

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