Corby Glen

Corby Glen lies at Grid reference: TF0025 in South Kesteven, in Lincolnshire. Until the 1950s, it was simply Corby, Lincolnshire but in the next county, Northamptonshire, another Corby had been greatly enlarged by the addition of a steel works and housing to match. There had been numerous examples of confusion so the Post Office consulted the inhabitants and the additional name was chosen to distinguish the two. It comes from the name of the river which flows through the village.

It lies mainly to the north of the A151 road and to the east of the River Glen, near where the Glen flows through a small graben in the Jurassic limestone.

It lies in agricultural country and still maintains an annual sheep fair in October, though the economics of sheep farming has much reduced it in recent years. Corby Glen's saw-mill has moved to the former railway station 1½ kilometres from the village. Though the station is closed, the railway, which is the London to Edinburgh line, is very busy. It was part of the track on which the London & North Eastern Railway's locomotive, Mallard achieved its steam speed record.

The church is well known for its medieval wall paintings and the Willoughby Gallery, in the old building of the Robert Read Grammar School, is open to the public.