Semilong is a Town in the county of Northamptonshire.

Semilong postcode: NN2 6DF

Retail in Semilong

There are great places to visit near Semilong 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 Semilong features a number of interesting ruins including Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

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

Semilong is near some unmissable castles like Lilbourne Castle,

There are a number of towns near Semilong including Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

The area around Semilong boasts some of the best 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 Semilong best hiking areas to visit near Semilong.

Historic Buildings to visit near Semilong include Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton).

The area around Semilong features a number of interesting parks including 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 great places to visit near Semilong if you like country parks.

There are a several good lakes in the Semilong area like Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir.

Semilong is near some unmissable bluebell woods like Coton Manor Garden,

There are a number of rivers and streams near to Semilong including Northampton Marina.

Gardens to visit near Semilong include Cottesbrooke Hall.

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

Semilong's best nearby nature reserves can be found at Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Semilong including Wellingborough War Memorial.

Places near Semilong feature a number of interesting museums including Rushden Museum.

Semilong History

There are some historic monuments around Semilong:

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