English Heritage sites near Corby Glen Parish
APETHORPE PALACE
18 miles from Corby Glen Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
18 miles from Corby Glen Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
19 miles from Corby Glen Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
KIRBY HALL
20 miles from Corby Glen Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
25 miles from Corby Glen Parish
Remains of a grammar school for church choristers, founded in the mid-15th century by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, the builder of nearby Tattershall Castle (National Trust).
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
26 miles from Corby Glen Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
Churches in Corby Glen Parish
St John the Evangelist, Corby Glen
Church Street
Corby Glen
Grantham
NG33 4NJ
https://corbyglenchurches.uk
St John's Church and Churchyard are open daily for visitors and private prayer from 9am until 4.30pm.
Services of Holy Communion are held on Wednesday at 10am and on most Sundays at 10.45am. A lay-led service of Morning Worship is held on the first Sunday of each month, starting at 10.45am.
When there is a fifth Sunday in the month a Group Holy Communion is celebrated elsewhere in the Benefice, starting at 10.45 am.
Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer are offered in church every day when the church is opened and about half an hour before it closes.
We support local Food Banks by being a collection point for food donations
In pre-Covid times, Messy Church, featuring crafts, cooking, stories, singing for everyone, took place in the Church Street Rooms on a Saturday afternoon close to important days in the Church year. During the pandemic, Messy Church continued to be enjoyed by local families via Activity Bags.
Pubs in Corby Glen Parish
Fighting Cocks
An eighteenth century village hostelry serving well kept Bateman Beers and home cooked bar meals,
The Fighting Cocks is an attractive, character pub situated in the heart of Corby Glen.
The village is close to the A1 and so the pub is eas...
Woodhouse Arms
2 Bourne Road, Corby Glen, NG33 4NS
(01476) 552452
thewoodhousearms.co.uk/