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, nature reserves, historic monuments and museums.

There are a several good ruins in the Abington area like Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

There are a several good villages in the Abington area like Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

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

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

The area around Abington boasts some of the best woodlands including Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Cotton Manor Garden.

Abington's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Ravensthorpe Reservoir.

The area around Abington features a number of interesting historic buildings including Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton).

Parks to visit near Abington include Deene Park, Abington Park, Cotton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

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

There are a number of lakes near Abington including Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the area around Abington like Cotton Manor Garden.

Northampton Marina is a great place to visit close to Abington if you like rivers and streams.

Abington is near some unmissable gardens like Cottesbrooke Hall,

Abington has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

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

Museums to visit near Abington include Rushden Museum.

Abington History

There are some historic monuments around Abington:

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