Abington is a Town in the county of Northamptonshire.

Abington postcode: NN3 3HN

Retail in Abington

There are great places to visit near Abington including some great ruins, villages, castles, towns, woodlands, hiking areas, historic buildings, parks, country parks, lakes, bluebell woods, rivers and streams, gardens, disused railway lines, nature reserves, historic monuments and museums.

Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin) are great places to visit near Abington if you like ruins.

Abington has some unmissable villages nearby like Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

There are a several good castles in the Abington area like Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle.

There are a several good towns in the Abington area like Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

The area around Abington features a number of interesting woodlands including Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.

Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton are some of Abington best hiking areas to visit near Abington.

Don't miss Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton)'s historic buildings if visiting the area around Abington.

Abington's best nearby parks can be found at Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park are some of Abington best country parks to visit near Abington.

Don't miss Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir's lakes if visiting the area around Abington.

Places near Abington feature a number of interesting bluebell woods including Coton Manor Garden.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Abington include Northampton Marina.

Gardens to visit near Abington include Cottesbrooke Hall.

Don't miss Brampton Valley Way at Northampton's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Abington.

Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve are great places to visit near Abington if you like nature reserves.

Wellingborough War Memorial is one of Abington's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Abington.

There are a number of museums near to Abington including Rushden Museum.

Abington History

There are some historic monuments around Abington:

• Multivallate hillfort at Hunsbury Hill
• Clifford Hill motte castle
• Romano-British settlement and pottery kilns W of Ecton North Lodge
• Eleanor Cross 1km south west of Delapre Abbey
• Boughton bowl barrow
• Upton bowl barrow
• Settlement site 330yds (300m) N of mill
• Old St John's Church
• Churchyard cross base in St John the Baptist's churchyard
• Abandoned areas of Walgrave Medieval village
• Longmans Hill long barrow
• Upton medieval village and C17 garden earthworks
• Saxon palace complex and Saxon and medieval urban deposits in the centre of Northampton
• Bowl barrow 530m north east of Rose Farm
• Walgrave moated site.
• Settlement remains of the medieval village of Horton, to the east and south of the church, including possible C18 militia works..
• Brixworth market cross
• The Berry ringwork
• Northampton Castle, remains of
• Churchyard cross base in St Michael's churchyard