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.

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

Don't miss Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle's castles if visiting the area around Semilong.

Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston are some of Semilong best towns to visit near Semilong.

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.

Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton) are some of Semilong best historic buildings to visit near Semilong.

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

There are a number of country parks near Semilong including Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

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

There are a number of bluebell woods near to Semilong including Coton Manor Garden.

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

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

The area around Semilong's best disused railway lines can be found at Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

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

Places near Semilong feature a number of interesting historic monuments 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:

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