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.

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

Don't miss Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton's villages if visiting the area around Semilong.

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

The area around Semilong features a number of interesting towns including Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

Don't miss Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden's woodlands if visiting the area around Semilong.

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

Semilong 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).

There are a several good parks in the Semilong area like Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

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

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

Coton Manor Garden is a great place to visit close to Semilong if you like bluebell woods.

Places near Semilong feature a number of interesting rivers and streams including Northampton Marina.

Cottesbrooke Hall is a great place to visit close to Semilong if you like gardens.

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

The area around Semilong features a number of interesting nature reserves including Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

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

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

Semilong History

There are some historic monuments around Semilong:

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