CORBY: Worst English Towns 2022

[@enemde3025]

I'm 67 and have lived in Corby since I was 6 years old. I quite agree that our town centre leaves a lot to be desired. You can walk round it in 10 minutes and nothing ever changes apart from Eastern European shops opening all over the town. We do have stunning countryside that surrounds us though, and many historical houses and sites to visit in the area. The thing that makes Corby is the people. They will rally round when there is a crisis and help anyone that needs help. We have a great charitable attitude here. We look after our own.

[@ankushmundhada4043]

Hi I am planning to move to Corby and wanted to understand if Corby is a safe place to live in 2024? I am planning to live somewhere near the town centre, how safe it is?

[@plantman500]

Hi guy, thank for visiting our home town, I’m glad you liked it, you missed so much just across the street, Olympic 50 meter swimming pool with high diving boards, theatre that has great shows, a cinema with 6 screens.

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

Yes I noticed that... I just visited corby for the first time, some of its a little rough but it seemed a friendly place, I was very impressed by the area you mention. Very odd that they missed it, maybe it didn't fit the fact they are portraying it as a sht hole.

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

For some reason, they advertised Corby homes in the London Underground when the Corby train station opened. Lots of Londoners sold their homes and moved to Corby, causing Corby house prices to increase. Houses in Corby use to be a lot cheaper.

[@jlp7184]

That's funny. In the late 80s I remember Londoners would talk down on Corby...wouldn't go near it. Even spoke bad about the women.. " They only drink pints there mate! Lol" . Didn't think that was a bad thing..just love to have a good time. Mind you ...a Corby girl I knew then was stacking large empty Sangria bottles in a window on display from street view. Her mom found out ..told her to get rid of those bottles. Lol

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

@@jlp7184 Unfortunately, the “Londoners” that moved to Corby, didn’t live in the UK in the 80’s.

[@jlp7184]

@@BobBobOnKZbin I had assumed the Londoners were people residing in London. I was referring to actual London citizens. My bad.

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

@@jlp7184 They moved to Corby from London but they’re recent arrivals in the country. They weren’t here in the 80’s. Most of them are African.

[@jlp7184]

@@BobBobOnKZbin Interesting. In the late 80s I remember visiting just about every city in England. Londoners was often used.. referring to London citizens...not a particular group or an era. Maybe a lot of us Americans misunderstood what they meant.

[@HepcatHarley]

Corby is full of very nice people but it's better on the inside than it is on the outside :)

[@bobbyhardy9135]

You have been very kind, but you only really visited the shopping centre area. You could've gone up a little further you could've seen the new pool, library, and cinema complex. You could've also seen the surrounding living area, and the old town which is beautiful. It's also surrounded by the amazing countryside. And at the end of the day. You could have gone somewhere worse. You could have visited Kettering.

[@lynseycameron9406]

Have just seen this. My family have lived there for ten years. I visit my family regularly there. We stayed at the Saxon Crown last year. It was lovely. Though I wouldn't have gone out around there, on my own at night. But I live in Norfolk, so it's different. The houses might have seemed expensive. As they have built six very posh housing estates in Corby, over the last 10 years. Just outside Corby. On the way to Kettering is a lovely farm campsite, with a cafe and farm shop on site. We stayed in our caravan there 3 years ago. Fantastic place to see Red kites. And the most amazing showers yet. I used to live near Stamford 26 years ago. At RAF Cottesmore. And regularly went to the Morrisons. It's near Burghley House. Stamford market on a Friday was amazing. Thanks for giving me some good memories. Take care of yourselves x

[@bernadettequinlivan3385]

Lived there back in the late 80s early 90s it was a busy town back then just outside the town centre is lovely countryside I lived on a road called Beanfield Ave thanks for the tour

[@sammole2564]

Missed going into the old town which is a 10 minute walk away and the Olympic pool, and Rockingham a speedway aswell as the adrenaline alley which is aiming to become an Olympic training centre

[@cjmillsnun]

Rockingham speedway is now a big car park for unsold cars.

[@mylittlechannel9530]

You can use aquafaba, the liquid from tinned chickpeas, to replace eggs if you are making an egg free cake

[@rickysanderson91]

Nothing wrong with Corby atall I’m proud to born and raised in Corby with excellent Scottish roots!

[@adredy]

this is prine and princes with sausages :D

[@jordanjames8591]

It's a shite hole mate what you talking about?

[@juliahopkinson4013]

Corby has a great cinema with very comfy seats...👍🏻 just next to the leisure centre. Which has excellent swimming facilities and cheap to use. 😁

[@vickiburgoyne9392]

Thank you for the tour of Corby I enjoyed looking at the shops, all us ladies do 😆😆 I loved your cooking again Mazzy, even if it was just bangers and mash.. Can’t wait for the next one.. Much love 💖💖💖

[@juliemoy9116]

Me too 😅

[@Stevebayes66]

Poor old Corby! I guess having the guts ripped out of the local economy with the closure of the steel works hasn’t help it. Just a shopping centre and nothing much else. Still hopefully the registration will help bring more employment. Thanks for the mention by the way!

[@madhatter217]

You missed Corby Village and you really should look at the history of Corby it's very interesting.

[@Bullybellator]

Would i feel safe living in corby considering I'm british Caribbean? Born in north London, cockney accent.

[@mushdawggg6667]

Bit of a late reply but yeah I reckon you'd feel safe in corby. Nowadays there's a lot of different nationalities and the towns pretty much built on different people from all over coming together and making it their home. Feels a bit dead sometimes, like there's nothing going on, but it's an alright little town

[@clareclark6535]

Looks functional though x I would go shopping there on a shopping 🛍 day

[@guillodean]

"Hardly any pubs here" - whilst stood outside Paletto Lounge Shame you didn't go inside the Wetherspoons, it's not nearly as old-man'ish as many others Having been to Keighley I can see the similarities with the centres.

[@suziemc5291]

That looks like the rough side of Harlow. Market Square end. If you go to the water Gardens it nicer. But that looks like the same planners we're used.

[@johnmunro4952]

13:19 " no pubs" you are standing outside the palleto lounge when you said that😂

[@philly_uk3443]

Great video as always 👌Btw Stamford does have a McDonalds it's located behind Morrisons 😊

[@paulyoung6165]

Hi Dan and Mazzy your meals looked Really nice , And Corby looked quite a nice place to shop , take care both.

[@BobbyDodds]

Hi Dan and mazzy I’m just having another binge of your videos today I watched mazzy x the morning now onto you’re worst towns videos mazzy seams a really happy lady always smiling just love the both of you really nice people.love Bobby d from scotland 😊😊😊❤

[@shutittadger634]

Great review on our wee town . Thank god yous never went round the estates lol

[@shutittadger634]

Made the town look how it was ( it was very quiet though 🙄 lol great video guys thank you

[@ankushmundhada4043]

Hi I am planning to move to Corby and wanted to understand if Corby is a safe place to live in 2024? I am planning to live somewhere near the town centre, how safe it is?

[@denniscuddy1396]

You missed a lot of things like the skatepark which is famous around the world and a few Olympic medal winners trained there. Lots of pubs in Corby and not too far away from the centre. You missed out the swimming pool, cinema and the cube. If you decide to come to corby, let me know and I’ll show you around

[@cheriethompson2266]

I’m pretty sure it is a sin to cut a pork pie in half and then bake all the moisture out or it!

[@durhamlad6662]

Best thing about Corby is the people, I worked there for many years and to be honest it’s really nice 👍… hot pork pie and mushy peas definitely a northern treat .. Yummy.

[@family2096]

Hi just a Fort you can't put a rating on corby till you actually do all off corby there is a high street called the old village shops there and also shops at Rockingham Road the peel Centre tesco Morrison services stations 2 aldis shops at bean field willlow brook Road studfall shops swimming pool the largest in corby therter cinema not just everything in one place you know so how can yous put a rating on when you havevt done a full tour.

[@TravelTrollsTV]

We can do whatever we like.

[@MarthaandtheVandwellers]

Smokers Corner, AKA Stoke Dry Car Park. Loads of dog walkers and birdwatchers use it. Did you see the Ring-necked Duck and the Smew(s) whilst you were there?

[@maddisonoro2007]

corbys amazing ive lived here my whole life its no where near the worst.

[@snowyowl539]

That meal looked delicious Mazzy . I’ve never had hot pork pie x

[@midgecooper1772]

This reminds me of Woodley near Reading. Not pretty but very functional. Thanks for sharing.

[@Dave64track]

The meal looked good Mazzy I love onion gravy on mash. Corby didn't look that bad like you said it's not an old historical town so nothing for tourists to look at.

[@durhamlad6662]

Actually Corby has a old town .. but mainly built in the 50’s for the steel industry..many Scots moved there to work.

[@ianbrown3948]

Corby was mentioned in the doom day book and the history of Corby is mostly based on Viking invasion and that how they got the name Corby

[@stevencs9947]

Hi , the steel works closing had a bad effect on the area . There is an oval race track you can take your van on lol.😎

[@kriskeylard6162]

Yes Dan, you are right. It's very much like Keighley around the bus station area near the Airedale Centre. Grey buildings with little colour.

[@Forever-Defiant]

There is a Maccy D's in Stamford, it was round the back of Morrisons. you wouldn't have seen it unless you came down Ryhall Road.

[@juliemoy769]

Great vlog 👍

[@jlp7184]

I was there 1987-88. There were more pubs. A club called Martines was a nice spot. The Frying Scottsman Fish & Chips was nice.

[@nickdunn5723]

Great to see a cooking segment again mazzy haha 😆

[@clareclark6535]

I enjoy watching mazzy cook x

[@marywalsh8344]

@@clareclark6535 love her portions too 😁

[@paulbeesley5743]

It's sad the way our towns are becoming now. Betting shops, phone shops, charity shops. Every town seems to be the same. Great sausage and mash I could eat that every day. 😀😀

[@adrianpipe3323]

Didn't look too bad for the country's worst places. That woman in the gift shop at about 21 mins glaring at you through the window was scary though, hardly inviting to head in and there was some weirdo stood outside too with the too big black coat. That meal looked great, except the pork pie because of the horrible jelly stuff they put in them.

[@austinedwards1918]

Being of Caribbean origin, I love bangers and mash and pork pie, yummy

[@archiediggins641]

Wondered if you could set Coby as a benchmark. And then each subsequent town is rated either higher or lower then you will get your very own top 25 list fairly.

[@archiediggins641]

Corby!

[@such-as-life9777]

I've lived here just over year in that time there have been 6 stabbings which mostly happen in the town and the hmo in this town is ridiculous 320 of them and more on there way we live next to one we have had nothing but trouble from them the only good thing I can say it that most of the people are so so nice very easy to talk to, I can't wait to move from here it cant come soon enough!!!

[@stephenreie9847]

Not being ignorant but what is hmo?

[@such-as-life9777]

@@stephenreie9847 it's a house with multiple occupancy from 12 upwards of more people.

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

Did you move to Corby from London?

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good vid mazzy and dan

[@maggiemitchell4359]

Corby looks ok nice and tidy great video : )

[@macca67-s1m]

That weatherspoons is actually quite nice 👍

[@ShazzAnne]

When I was pregnant with my daughter my craving was a hot pork pie. Never had it before and haven’t had it since, lol.

[@UrFaveEdits_]

I love Corby, the town centre is run down but my street is really well kept, the states like exeter, Kingswood and danesholme are not the best places but it’s not all bad

[@AmuletVenus]

yess the pole fair was amazing,every 20 years, also it was because queen elizabeth the 1st was stuck in corby (because she was stuck in mud) and we (corby people) helped her, so she made there be a fair every 20 years, right next to asda

[@nicholassmith8774]

I was born & bread in Corby , glad I got out , still a shit hole!

[@angeladiffley6876]

Great place in the fifties and sixties , downhill after that ,family worked in stewart and lloyds

[@juliemoy9116]

Oh,I thought looked nice little town.good video 😍

[@indibassi]

The most common crimes in Corby are violence and sexual offences, with 2,884 offences during 2023, giving a crime rate of 55. This is 2.8% lower than 2022's figure of 2,967 offences and a difference of 1.59 from 2022's crime rate of 57.

[@shanedavis9166]

My birding place, the Eyebrook Res.

[@iaincurrie1688]

Your still in Scotland, Corby was known as Little Scotland due to the number of ex pat Scots who lived there and worked in pits and steel.

[@jlp7184]

I believe some Latvians and Lithuanians were there too ...back in 1987 88. There were quite a few visiting Rockingham Castle then. A long time Corby resident told me these Russianssought refuge there from a previous war

[@juliepownall2000]

Hi Dan and mazzy corby wasn't that bad the sausage and mash looked great 😋 and onion gravy storms on their way storm eunice esp on Friday take care 👍

[@kennethhough3251]

Say would your view of this town been different if it was hot & sunny clear blue skys??? Just wondering if your review been different??? :-)

[@JAYZWORKSHOP]

Great video, Mazzy the food looked amazing 🤩

[@eng9040]

Cant help but see funny things in the background in your vids. This time a woman standing outside a store wearing a mask looking at you.🤣

[@rossnolan2883]

Brilliant 👍

[@shanedavis9166]

You need to be here during the Highland Gathering. A lovely weekend.

[@indibassi]

490 crimes were reported here in April 2024 Crime type Instances Violence and sexual offences 198 Anti-social behaviour 109 Criminal damage and arson 37

[@ianbrown3948]

The steel works still there but it’s closed down

[@neilmccaig9913]

Looked alright Corby...And did you demolish the rest of that porky pie Dan lol...as you said not many pubs in the town centre, but as you know guys plenty of pubs in my home town lol

[@jasonowen4768]

Looks like you walked back in time to 1980

[@jordanoliphant5292]

Wait it was u I walked past u guys omg I was wearing full black on the phone

[@adamsayles2155]

Corby is run down but has the nicest people at heart but deffo very violent side

[@gordobarby9163]

Corby Is the best if you know where to find the lifestyle

[@roymarshall7689]

I am with you there dan primark is one shop I will not go in

[@duffymoony]

Two pubs in the TC, The Candle and The Corinthian, not counting The Saxon King.

[@siarkitech1331]

Well, pretty much a review of Corby Town Centre. Not Corby...

[@nickdunn5723]

Second

[@furface9779]

yes, unlike the double dipper

[@nickdunn5723]

Second is always better haha

[@BobBob-dr6lf]

Well done

[@thomascorby1296]

I think corby is like most towns in the uk every single shop either useless or not used

[@elaineagar6128]

Just had to check home town wasn't on the list lol 😆

[@barrythecat9705]

you should do Harlow,Essex....place is a hole lol

[@margaretdyson8149]

Keithley has some beautiful architecture,eg the library.I don't live in this place but I pass through some time . I visited Cliff castle when my children were young and my knee gave way on me ,before soft play areas were thought off. A man appeared from nowhere and offered to take me to the local hospital ,as we didn't have our own transport.but I didn't take him up on his kind offer as we didn't know where the hospital was.but that was the start of my knee problem.

[@andybrown223]

Nice video 👍

[@DarkWolfGaming.]

I live in corby and it's really nice🥰🥰

[@Deploythechickennuggets]

Corby has history it was a small tower the the steel work was opened and the Scot’s imgretet to Corby

[@juliemoy769]

🌹🌹💖💚OMG a ghost 👻 town or what spooky, Dan not like Gravesend, KENT. YES Mazzy hot pork pie 🥧 😋 like Sunday lunch you have Yorkshire put with gravy,before main meal??(I know why) 😀 good 👍 vlog ❤

[@rondawalker5910]

Nice town. And your dinner looked very good. Hope you both are doing well. ❤️

[@milowileman1400]

I spent my childhood I that town

[@lazergod1259]

I live in corby it's great but we're there's fights drunk people roaming around and many places smells of drugs

[@johncruickshank7455]

Corby never had anything to do but lovely people, now North Londonshire moved in, all we have is bad manners and range rovers :) Hence why i went back to Big Scotland. RIP Corby :)

[@mommunson]

Yea I wouldn't say it's top 5. I didn't see it being that bad. Thanks for showing it. I give it a 7 out of 10

[@yorkshiremonkey7576]

No history because it's a ' New Town'

[@Schemez-16vhiphopbeatz]

i heard corby is full of Scottish folks might need to visit one day

[@mufccharliemufcglazersout]

Steelworks tube works blast furnace

[@pauldunnill8184]

I've seen a lot worse places.

[@davidgeorge1281]

Is Croydon on the list at all? A Saturday night out in Croydon? 😳

[@mbalihove9175]

🤣

[@j.j.1064]

I remember somone scrawled over a sign saying wat yeu loookin at!! No attractions. The best thing about Corby is the exit roads. The surrounding country side is really lovley and this is just a blight on the landscape. I know as I spent 33 miserable years there. When the steelworks closed they had to build a huge tempoary labor exchange to deal with the signees. Majority of the people were unemployed. The gov were terrified that the population would disperse and gave Micheal Hessltine the job of finding a solution in which he made it a "National Enterprise zone" with next to zero buisness rates and other incentives to attract buisnesses. It did stop the exodus of people degentrifying other ascending communities which was it's purpose. A bit like containing a social "Chernobyl". It worked, but you wouldn't want to visit.

[@jamesmccann355]

I couldn't agree more. Where do you live these day's...

[@roadgent7921]

If it's that bad how come so many people want to move to Corby? Check the 2021 census. You're describing things 40 years ago like it happened yesterday.

[@hellboyneo1]

Stamford has a McDonald's guys

[@andreacarr1506]

FAB VIDEO . HAIR UPDATE PLEASE MAZZY 🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@kathyfrench4139]

Your hair and cap look great Mazzy 😊

[@christinehodge3608]

Never been here before, looks ok

[@bizzie1956]

Corby is the home of the famous Corby Trouser Press as used to be found in all hotels when travelling salesman used different hotels every night

[@Onlythumbz]

The trouser press was invented by a man called Peter Corby and unfortunately has nothing to do with Corby town

[@andreabalderstone4272]

Love the cooking segment Mazzy 😁

[@marywalsh8344]

We bought our semi detached house in Dublin almost 50 years ago for €7,850 and they are selling now for €700,000 plus 😊

[@jamesroberts1878]

it was a rural village until the scottish turned up to work in the steel works and made it in to a town