Billing is a Village in the county of Northamptonshire.

Retail in Billing

There are great places to visit near Billing 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.

Billing has some unmissable ruins nearby like Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton are great places to visit near Billing if you like villages.

Lilbourne Castle is one of Billing's best, nearby castles to visit in Billing.

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

There are a number of woodlands near Billing including Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Billing area like Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

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 Billing.

Parks to visit near Billing include Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

Billing has some unmissable country parks nearby like Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

The area around Billing features a number of interesting lakes including Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir.

The area around Billing's best bluebell woods can be found at Coton Manor Garden.

The area close to Billing boasts some of the best rivers and streams including Northampton Marina.

Places near Billing feature a number of interesting gardens including Cottesbrooke Hall.

There are a number of disused railway lines near to Billing including Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

Billing has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

Don't miss Wellingborough War Memorial's historic monuments if visiting the area around Billing.

There are a several good museums in the area around Billing like Rushden Museum.

Billing History

There are some historic monuments around Billing:

• Longmans Hill long barrow
• Eleanor Cross 1km south west of Delapre Abbey
• Walgrave moated site.
• Brixworth market cross
• Saxon palace complex and Saxon and medieval urban deposits in the centre of Northampton
• Old St John's Church
• Boughton bowl barrow
• Abandoned areas of Walgrave Medieval village
• Settlement remains of the medieval village of Horton, to the east and south of the church, including possible C18 militia works..
• Romano-British settlement and pottery kilns W of Ecton North Lodge
• Northampton Castle, remains of
• Bowl barrow 530m north east of Rose Farm
• Roman villa 200m W of Doddington Mill
• Place House moat and fishpond
• Earls Barton motte castle
• Clifford Hill motte castle