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.

Don't miss Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin)'s ruins if visiting the area around Lings.

Villages to visit near Lings include Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

Lings's best nearby castles can be found at Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle.

Towns to visit near Lings include Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

Woodlands to visit near Lings include Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.

There are a number of hiking areas near Lings including Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

Lings has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton).

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

The area around Lings features a number of interesting country parks including Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

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

The area close to Lings boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Coton Manor Garden.

Northampton Marina is a great place to visit close to Lings if you like rivers and streams.

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

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Lings include Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

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

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

Rushden Museum is a great place to visit close to Lings if you like museums.

Lings History

There are some historic monuments around Lings:

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