Wellingborough

Wellingborough is a Town in the county of Northamptonshire.

Wellingborough is a market town in the North Northamptonshiredistrict of Northamptonshire.

At the time of the 2011 census, its population was 21,775. 12 miles (19 km) east of Northampton on the A45 . It is situated on the south-eastern escarpment of Rockingham Forest , an ancient royal hunting forest which spans the border between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire .

It has a population of 21,775 (2011 Census) making it the largest town in Northamptonshire before the county council reorganisation in 1974 Wellingborough was at one time larger than Northampton itself. For centuries Wellingborough was a small market town based on cloth making and shoe manufacturing. During industrial development in late Victorian times coal.

Wellingborough postcode: NN8 1AF

Retail in Wellingborough

There are great places to visit near Wellingborough 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.

Wellingborough's best nearby ruins can be found at Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

The area around Wellingborough features a number of interesting villages including Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

Wellingborough has some unmissable castles nearby like Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle.

Wellingborough has some unmissable towns nearby like Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston.

Wellingborough has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Coton Manor Garden.

Wellingborough has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, and Brampton Valley Way at Northampton.

The area around Wellingborough boasts some of the best historic buildings including Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton).

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

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

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

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

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

Wellingborough is near some unmissable gardens like Cottesbrooke Hall,

Brampton Valley Way at Northampton is a great place to visit close to Wellingborough if you like disused railway lines.

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

The area close to Wellingborough boasts some of the best historic monuments including Wellingborough War Memorial.

There are a number of museums near to Wellingborough including Rushden Museum.

Wellingborough History

There are some historic monuments around Wellingborough:

Areas of Wellingborough

Like most towns and cities Wellingborough is comprised of a number of areas, once separate villages or small towns and parishes now part of Wellingborough.

Many of the areas of Wellingborough have their own character and places of interest.

Places to see near Wellingborough

Ruins near Wellingborough

Villages near Wellingborough

Castles near Wellingborough

Towns near Wellingborough

Woodlands near Wellingborough

Hiking Areas near Wellingborough

Historic Buildings near Wellingborough

Parks near Wellingborough

Country Parks near Wellingborough

Lakes near Wellingborough

Bluebell Woods near Wellingborough

Rivers and Streams near Wellingborough

Gardens near Wellingborough

Disused Railway Lines near Wellingborough

Nature Reserves near Wellingborough

Historic Monuments near Wellingborough

Museums near Wellingborough

History of Wellingborough

All Hallows Church is the oldest existing building in Wellingborough and dates from c.Â 1160. The manor of Wellingborough belonged to Crowland Abbey Lincolnshire, from Saxon times and the monks probably built the original church. The earliest part of the building is the Norman doorway opening in from the later south porch. The church was enlarged with the addition of more side chapels and by the end of the 13th century had assumed more or less its present plan. The west tower, crowned with a graceful broach spire rising to 160 feet (49Â m), was completed about 1270, after which the chancel was rebuilt and given the east window twenty years later. The church was restored in 1861 by Edmund Francis Law. The 20th-century Church of St Mary was built by Ninian Comper.