Britain's Abandoned Roads - Episode 3 - Northern Orbital Road Corby Northamptonshire

#abandoned #roads #Corby

I go out to explore some of the UKs abandoned or disused roads. Old roads in the woods, motorway junctions or forgotten slip roads, this series has it all! Join me as I travel all over the country seeking out forgotten infrastructure.

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[tomduff]

Some see a disused road and an eye sore, I see a free drag strip

[craighobbs]

The countryside and villages near Corby are actually outstanding.

[nickhill]

Still not finished, Corby Borough Council has now been incorporated into the 'new' North Northamptonshire Council, who, whilst no-one in their wildest dreams thought possible), seem even more inept then the Councils it replaced.

Interesting point for those who don't know, Rockingham Motor Speedway was actually in the former District of East Northamptonshire, so Corby Council had little influence, they could only make their views known to East Northants

[stuartpope]

I live in corby and didn't even know this road existed 😳

[gavmusic]

Corby is the place that just keeps giving when it comes to bleak treats. I'm loving these videos.

[McRocket]

You have this way of speaking that is GREAT for YouTube, imho.
You come across as intelligent, a bit edgy/cool, humorous, confident...yet easy going.
Sorry, I cannot explain it more concisely.
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[BeardmanOnline]

Your videos are so underrated. I can imagine how much time it takes to put the story together. You deserve hundreds of thousands of subscribers!

[andrewbatty]

I don't know why you are all blaming the council. This is a private sector built road built by an overambitious builder as part of their planning permission for a huge housing development. On completion it would have been handed over to the council. The builder went bust part way, which is where we come in to pay to eventually finish it off. Remember business is all about privatising profits and socialising losses.

[adamchristini]

This road is no longer abandoned - its having a bit of a New Year New Me moment. Someone has bought the land to store more cars (between this road and the Speedway) so the road is now open and used during the day, presumably for construction vehicles. Update the vid with a visit Jon!

[paulychilds]

Man, my folks live like a mile or two away from there and I never even knew this road existed! I see it now on satellite photos. What a waste! Exploring time, next time I visit!

The racetrack was a massive missed opportunity. What were they thinking?

[mikeoglen]

Never knew we had abandoned roads in England...I'm sure a New Town of 200 000 will grow around it soon.

[colinellis]

Corby isn't as bad as it's made out to be. There are a lot of very friendly people and just like every other town and city there are those that let the place down and I'm not just talking about Northamptonshire council. The roads have recently starting to be repaired which is good because trust me they are in dire need of it, the town centre isn't nearly as grubby as it once was and there are warehouses going up all over the place which granted aren't the easiest on the eye but they do create jobs.

[petrolhead]

Love these short videos. And to think top gear lampoon's f ups in Europe. They could have stayed home

[ukroadtrips]

I'm intrigued to see if the streetlights work at night! Great video as always Jon!

[drankfrebin]

This a cracking channel, this man is going places. Thank you

[dweatherley]

I'm really enjoying these videos, keep it up!

[andykilvington]

Your dry wit and sense of humour never fail to make me laugh. Another great vid - of such a lovely place (not).

[robertbaxter]

I like driving down the A1. You can see quite a bit of the old road here and there overgrown.

[andrewmanning]

In fairness, Rockingham Speedway is used as EVEN MORE car storage now! So not a total waste!! :S

[Kelastris]

These could be converted into a pretty good tramway if the demand was there for a system to connect up the residential areas in the southeast to the industrial and commercial zones to the west