Great Corby

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Great Corby is a village in northern Cumbria, England, above the eastern bank of a wooded gorge on the River Eden. Directly across the river from Great Corby is the village of Wetheral. The two villages are linked by a railway viaduct, part of the Tyne Valley Line from Newcastle to Carlisle which passes to the north of the village. The railway station at Wetheral is accessible to residents of Great Corby by a pedestrian footpath attached to the railway viaduct.

The village contains two pubs, the Queen Inn and the Corby Gates, the latter being situated by a level crossing on the railway at the northen entrance to the village. There is also a primary school. There is no church, the village forming part of Wetheral parish.

Great Gorby is notable for Corby Castle, a historic home of the Howard family on the southern edge of the village overlooking the river. Corby Castle is now owned by Northern Irish businessman Edward Haughey, the brother of former Irish Taoiseach Charles Haughey.