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You can't stand still in Corby for more than ninety seconds without someone asking if you're alright. That habit — unglamorous, unmonetisable, occasionally inconvenient — might be the most valuable thing this town owns. A defence of the humble hello, and a plea not to let it slip.
Every August the Highland Gathering gets the headlines, then the marquees come down and the town goes back to normal — except it never quite does. Here are seven thoroughly unglamorous Corby places where the Scottish side of the town still turns up for work, for tea and for a tune.
They are not pretty, they are not famous, and they have caused more than one marriage guidance conversation in a moving car. But Corby's roundabouts are local landmarks, shared rites of passage and — whisper it — quite brilliant.
Forget the out-of-town rush. This Christmas, we're walking you round twelve independent Corby shops where the gifts are better, the queues are shorter and the money stays in the town. Here's what to buy, where to find it and when the doors are open.
From a former shop unit on Corporation Street to a shared studio in the Old Village, Corby's makers are building a quieter kind of renaissance. We meet three local creators and preview the workshops and markets coming up in 2026.