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- October 19, 2026
Make Friends in Corby, from parkrun to the boating lake
More than one in five people in Corby are 15 or under, so many residents are raising young families.
68,100+
people in the Corby built-up area as counted by the 2021 census (ONS)
21%
of the population in the Corby West, Kingswood, Lloyds and Oakley wards (Census 2021 boundaries) is 15 or under; regional share 18% (ONS, 2021 census)
14%
of homes across those four Corby wards are lone-parent households; regionally the share is 10% (2021 census data, ONS)
Corby has a parkrun every Saturday
To make friends in Corby, use the places that run on a set day. Corby parkrun starts at West Glebe Park on Cottingham Road every Saturday at 9am, the park’s pavilion hosts community classes and groups, and Corby Boating Lake has a café with bird-watching. The Corby Cube on George Street houses the library and a theatre. Gofrendly is a further route for Corby women to meet others nearby.
Corby: making friends, explained in four answers
Where is Corby parkrun?
Corby parkrun takes place at West Glebe Park on Cottingham Road on Saturdays at 9am. Walking, jogging or running are all fine, so it is an easy weekly habit for Corby residents who want to meet the same people regularly.
What is there for families at the boating lake in Corby?
Corby Boating Lake on Cottingham Road has a café with views for bird-watching and trails leading into Corby Woodlands, and a model boat club meets there. It is a pleasant, low-cost outing for Corby parents who want to get to know each other.
Where can you swim in Corby?
Corby East Midlands International Pool on George Street has a 50-metre pool, a 20-metre pool and diving boards, and opens early on weekdays. If you book a fixed weekly session, you will soon recognise the regulars and find it easy to start talking in Corby.
How do mums in Corby make friends?
Gofrendly, a women-only friendship app, lets Corby women find other women nearby, including other parents, and message first. A walk round the boating lake or a coffee after parkrun is a plan that fits around family life and is easy to repeat.
Corby, a young town
Corby grew rapidly as a steel town and later a new town, and today it is part of North Northamptonshire. Across its four town wards, children of 15 or younger account for more than 21% of the population and lone parents head roughly 14% of homes, both higher than across the region. For parents raising children here, school gates and playgrounds are natural meeting points, but it helps to have something that is just for you as well, even if it is only an hour a week.
Raising children can be lonely when most of your conversations are with under-tens. Corby has free and low-cost spaces where adults gather regularly, from the parkrun to the classes at West Glebe Pavilion. Round the boating lake you will find paths round the water plus a café, and the international pool on George Street has sessions for all ages, from lessons to lane swimming, so you can bring the children or come alone. Places to start:
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West Glebe Park and Pavilion on Cottingham Road, offering a pump track, outdoor gym and community classes.
2
Corby parkrun at West Glebe Park, Saturdays at 9am.
3
Corby Boating Lake, with a café, bird-watching and trails into Corby Woodlands.
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Corby Library inside the Corby Cube on George Street, open Monday to Saturday.
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Corby East Midlands International Pool, with a 50-metre pool and diving boards.
LOCAL TIP
Pick one that fits around school times and go back each week.
How to
Corby: how to meet new friends
1
Do Corby parkrun at your own pace on Saturday and talk to people at the finish.
2
Join a community class at West Glebe Pavilion where the same faces return.
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Message Corby women on Gofrendly and take the children for a walk round the boating lake together.
4
Book a swim at the international pool and invite another parent along next time.
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The Corby page and its authors
Gofrendly founders Claudia Gård and Ulrika Lilja and the editorial team are the writers behind this Corby guide, made with parents and other women in this young town in mind.
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