Burghley Drive, Corby
Introduction
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Burghley Drive, Corby
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 10 Jun 2007
Corby is a strange contrast to the rather genteel Northamptonshire countryside that surrounds it, having developed as an industrial town around a steel works from the 1930s onwards. Many of the workers moved here from Scotland and were housed in estates such as this one.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.481998
Longitude
-0.694724