Lings is a Town in the county of Northamptonshire.

Lings postcode: NN3 8LS

Retail in Lings

There are great places to visit near Lings 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.

Ruins to visit near Lings include Lyveden New Bield, and Overstone Hall (ruin).

Lings's best nearby villages can be found at Lilbourne, Aldwincle, Harringworth, Gretton, Great Brington, Ravensthorpe, and Earls Barton.

Lings is near some unmissable castles like Lilbourne Castle,

Don't miss Kettering, Burton Latimer, Rothwell, Corby, Northampton, Kingsthorpe, and Duston's towns if visiting the area around Lings.

Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Cotton Manor Garden are great places to visit near Lings if you like woodlands.

Hiking Areas to visit near Lings include Fineshade Wood, Salcey Forest, and Ravensthorpe Reservoir.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Lings area like Deene Park, Kirby Hall, Welland Viaduct, Delapre Abbey, The Guildhall, National Lift Tower, and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton).

The area around Lings boasts some of the best parks including Deene Park, Abington Park, Cotton Manor Garden, and Higham Ferrers Riverside Park.

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

Lakes to visit near Lings include Sywell Reservoir, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Sixfields Reservoir, Stanwick Lakes, and Boddington Reservoir.

Bluebell Woods to visit near Lings include Cotton Manor Garden.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Lings include Northampton Marina.

There are a several good gardens in the area around Lings like Cottesbrooke Hall.

Lings's best nearby nature reserves can be found at Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Stanwick Lakes, and Nene Wetlands Nature Reserve.

Wellingborough War Memorial is one of Lings's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Lings.

Don't miss Rushden Museum's museums if visiting the area around Lings.

Lings History

There are some historic monuments around Lings:

• Northampton Castle, remains of
• Eleanor Cross 1km south west of Delapre Abbey
• Abandoned areas of Walgrave Medieval village
• Clifford Hill motte castle
• Settlement remains of the medieval village of Horton, to the east and south of the church, including possible C18 militia works..
• Old St John's Church
• Romano-British settlement and pottery kilns W of Ecton North Lodge
• Saxon palace complex and Saxon and medieval urban deposits in the centre of Northampton
• Place House moat and fishpond
• Brixworth market cross
• Multivallate hillfort at Hunsbury Hill
• Bowl barrow 530m north east of Rose Farm
• Longmans Hill long barrow
• Great house and gardens at Hanging Houghton
• Earls Barton motte castle
• Walgrave moated site.
• Boughton bowl barrow