Lings is a Town in the county of Northamptonshire.

Lings postcode: NN3 8LS

Retail in Lings

There are great places to visit near Lings 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.

The area around Lings features a number of interesting ruins including Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

There are a number of villages near Lings including Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

There are a several good castles in the area around Lings like Lilbourne Castle.

Lings's best nearby towns can be found at Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

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

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

There are a several good historic buildings in the Lings area like Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton).

Lings has some unmissable parks nearby like Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

Country Parks to visit near Lings include Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

Lings's best nearby lakes can be found at Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir.

Bluebell Woods to visit near Lings include Coton Manor Garden.

Lings is near some unmissable rivers and streams like Northampton Marina,

Cottesbrooke Hall is one of Lings's best, nearby gardens to visit in Lings.

Brampton Valley Way at Northampton is one of Lings's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Lings.

There are a several good nature reserves in the Lings area like Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Lings like Wellingborough War Memorial.

The area close to Lings boasts some of the best museums including Rushden Museum.

Lings History

There are some historic monuments around Lings:

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