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.

The area around Corby features a number of interesting villages including Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

Corby has some unmissable castles nearby like Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle.

The area around Corby features a number of interesting towns including Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

There are a number of woodlands near Corby including Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.

There are a number of hiking areas near Corby including Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

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

Corby's best nearby parks can be found at Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

Country Parks to visit near Corby include 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.

Coton Manor Garden is a great place to visit close to Corby if you like bluebell woods.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Corby include Northampton Marina.

There are a several good gardens in the area around Corby like Cottesbrooke Hall.

Brampton Valley Way at Northampton is a great place to visit close to Corby if you like disused railway lines.

Don't miss Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Corby.

Corby is near some unmissable historic monuments like Wellingborough War Memorial,

Rushden Museum is a great place to visit close to Corby if you like museums.

Corby History

There are some historic monuments around Corby:

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