Corby
Built-up area in North Northamptonshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.488, -0.687 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 89 88 |
| Population: | 56,810 |
| Dialling code: | 01536 (Kettering) |
Corby in North Northamptonshire, England sits on the northern fringe of the East Midlands close to the remnants of Rockingham Forest. Once a small market village, it expanded rapidly in the 20th century around ironstone and steel production and drew a large influx of workers from Scotland, earning a long-standing "Little Scotland" cultural flavour; later deindustrialisation after the closure of the steelworks prompted economic and social challenges.
In recent decades Corby has focused on regeneration, with new housing, commercial parks, light manufacturing and distribution jobs, civic projects such as The Corby Cube and a reinstated rail link to London that opened in 2009 improving connectivity. The town now combines a relatively young population, active community and sports life with easy access to surrounding countryside and motorsport and leisure facilities in the Rockingham area.
Postcode districts covering Corby
Most populated places nearby
- Leicester 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Northampton 19.5 miles31.4 km
- Peterborough 18.6 miles30 km
- Rugby 24.3 miles39 km
- Kettering 6.2 miles10 km
- Kettering Town 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Wellingborough 12.7 miles20.4 km
- Rushden 14.6 miles23.5 km
- Melton Mowbray 21 miles33.7 km
- Huntingdon 23.6 miles37.9 km
- Oadby 18 miles28.9 km
- Market Harborough 9.9 miles15.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Lloyds Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Corby Rural Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Kingswood Ward 1.3 miles2 km
- Corby West Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Stanion Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Oakley Ward 1.9 miles3 km
- Weldon Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Rockingham Parish 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Newton and Little Oakley Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Middleton Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Cottingham Parish 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Deene Parish 3 miles4.9 km
Example postcodes in Corby
NN17 2YG, NN18 0QD, NN18 0QP, NN17 1BH, NN17 5BQ, NN18 8DB, NN17 1TE, NN17 2DD, NN18 0SN … See all
Transport links
- East Midlands Airport 35.8 miles57.7 km
- Luton Airport 44.5 miles71.6 km
- Corby Railway Station 0.1 miles0.1 km
- Kettering Railway Station 6.9 miles11 km
Hotels in Corby Ad
- Best Western Rockingham Forest Hotel 4
- Hampton by Hilton Corby/Kettering 3
- Holiday Inn Corby - Kettering A43 4
- Snooze Hotel 3
Schools in Corby
- Beanfield Primary School Primary
- Brooke Weston Academy Secondary
- Corby Business Academy Secondary
- Corby Old Village Primary School Primary
- Corby Primary Academy Primary
- Corby Technical School Secondary
- Danesholme Infant Academy Primary
- Danesholme Junior Academy Primary
- Hazel Leys Academy Primary
- Kingswood Primary Academy Primary
- Kingswood Secondary Academy Secondary
- Little Stanion Primary School Primary
- Lodge Park Academy Secondary
- Maplefields Academy Special
- Oakley Vale Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School Primary
- Priors Hall - A Learning Community Primary
- Rockingham Primary School Primary
- St Brendan's Catholic Primary School Primary
- … See all
Local points of interest
- Pipewell Abbey Historic site 4 miles6.4 km
- Spanhoe Wood Forest 5.2 miles8.3 km
- Rockingham Road Stadium 5.6 miles9.1 km
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 6 miles9.7 km
- Normanton Park Estate 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Nene Park Stadium 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Walcot Hall Estate 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Burghley House Historic site 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Santa Pod Raceway Recreation 17.9 miles28.8 km
- Leicester Racecourse Recreation 18.8 miles30.2 km
- Sawtry Abbey Historic site 19.2 miles31 km
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 19.4 miles31.2 km