Corby is an industrial town and a local government district located 13km north of Kettering in Northamptonshire, England. The district as a whole had a population of 53,174 at the 2001 Census; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure. Corby is in a triangle formed by Leicester, Peterborough and Northampton. The Borough of Corby borders onto the Borough of Kettering, the District of East Northamptonshire and the District of Harborough. In 1967 the British steel industry was nationalised and the Stewarts & Lloyds steel tube works at Corby became part of British Steel. In 1973 the government approved a strategy of consolidating steel making in five main areas: South Wales, Sheffield, Scunthorpe, Teesside and Scotland, several of which are coastal sites with access to economic supplies of iron rich imported ores, and in 1975 the government agreed a programme that would lead to the phasing-out of steel making in Corby.
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Local Attractions :
Burghley House & Events :
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Rockingham Castle :
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Deene Park :
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