Corby is an inustrial 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. The nearest towns are Kettering, Market Harborough, Desborough and Rothwell. Corby is about 24 miles north-east of the county town, Northampton.