Great Corby
Great Corby is a village in northern Cumbria, England, above the eastern bank of a wooded gorge on the River Eden. Directly across the river from Great Corby is the village of Wetheral.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,160 residents
- Description: village in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Great Corby, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include River Eden and Wetheral Priory Gatehouse.
River Eden
River
The River Eden is a river that flows through Cumbria, England. It rises on Black Fell Moss, near the village of Outhgill, and runs in a generally north-westerly direction through the Vale of Eden and Solway Plain before reaching the sea at the Solway Firth.
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse
Historic building
Photo: Lynne Kirton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse is a 15th-century stone fortification in Wetheral, Cumbria. The priory was founded at the start of the 12th century and the gatehouse controlled the entrance to its outer courtyard.
Corby Castle
Building
Photo: Lynne Kirton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corby Castle is a Grade I listed building and ancestral home of a cadet branch of the prominent Howard family situated on the southern edge of the village of Great Corby in northern Cumbria, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broadwath and Burnrigg.
Broadwath
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broadwath is a hamlet in the Cumberland district, in the English county of Cumbria. Broadwath is on Cairn Beck. Nearby settlements include the villages of Wetheral, Warwick Bridge, Great Corby and Heads Nook.
Burnrigg
Hamlet
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burnrigg is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located to the east of Carlisle. In 1887, The British Architect said "on a site particularly high and open, are two small two- storied blocks of tenements, in all thirty-two, two small rooms to each, no other accommodation except four privies".
Heads Nook
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Heads Nook is a village close to the market town of Brampton within the Cumberland district. It is in the English county of Cumbria.
Great Corby
- Category: locality
- Location: Wetheral, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.88138° or 54° 52′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.82327° or 2° 49′ 24″ westPopulation
2,160Elevation
187 feet (57 metres)Open location code
9C6VV5JG+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 20967224OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
9429265Wikidata ID
Q5599013
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Great Corby” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Corby”
- Dutch: “Great Corby”
- French: “Great Corby”
- Irish: “Great Corby”
- Japanese: “グレート・コービー”
- Japanese: “グレード・コービー”
- Polish: “Great Corby”
- Spanish: “Great Corby”
- Swedish: “Great Corby”
- Welsh: “Great Corby”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wetheral and Wetheral Plain.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great Corby Village Hall and Corby Woods.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Great Corby”. Photo: JonnyH, CC BY-SA 3.0.