Abington is a Town in the county of Northamptonshire.

Abington postcode: NN3 3HN

Retail in Abington

There are great places to visit near Abington 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.

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

Abington has some unmissable villages nearby like Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

Lilbourne Castle, and Rockingham Castle are some of Abington best castles to visit near Abington.

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

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

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

The area around Abington 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).

There are a number of parks near Abington including Deene Park, Abington Park, Coton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

The area around Abington boasts some of the best country parks including Sywell Country Park, Brixworth Country Park, Stanwick Lakes, and Irchester Country Park.

Abington's best nearby lakes can be found at Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Pitsford Water, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir.

Coton Manor Garden is one of Abington's best, nearby bluebell woods to visit in Abington.

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

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

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

The area around Abington boasts some of the best nature reserves including Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

Historic Monuments to visit near Abington include Wellingborough War Memorial.

There are a several good museums in the area around Abington like Rushden Museum.

Abington History

There are some historic monuments around Abington:

• Churchyard cross base in St Michael's churchyard
• Romano-British settlement and pottery kilns W of Ecton North Lodge
• Bowl barrow 530m north east of Rose Farm
• Settlement remains of the medieval village of Horton, to the east and south of the church, including possible C18 militia works..
• Upton bowl barrow
• Longmans Hill long barrow
• The Berry ringwork
• Churchyard cross base in St John the Baptist's churchyard
• Settlement site 330yds (300m) N of mill
• Walgrave moated site.
• Northampton Castle, remains of
• Old St John's Church
• Upton medieval village and C17 garden earthworks
• Brixworth market cross
• Saxon palace complex and Saxon and medieval urban deposits in the centre of Northampton
• Boughton bowl barrow
• Eleanor Cross 1km south west of Delapre Abbey
• Clifford Hill motte castle
• Abandoned areas of Walgrave Medieval village
• Multivallate hillfort at Hunsbury Hill