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.

Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin) are some of Corby best ruins to visit near Corby.

There are a number of villages near Corby including Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

Castles to visit near Corby include Lilbourne Castle.

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

The area around Corby boasts some of the best woodlands including Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.

The area around Corby features a number of interesting hiking areas including Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

Don't miss Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton)'s historic buildings if visiting the area around Corby.

The area around Corby boasts some of the best parks including Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park are some of Corby best country parks to visit near Corby.

Don't miss Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir's lakes if visiting the area around Corby.

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

Northampton Marina is one of Corby's best, nearby rivers and streams to visit in Corby.

Places near Corby feature a number of interesting gardens including Cottesbrooke Hall.

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

The area around Corby features a number of interesting nature reserves including Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Corby like Wellingborough War Memorial.

Don't miss Rushden Museum's museums if visiting the area around Corby.

Corby History

There are some historic monuments around Corby:

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