Here we have listed some of Lincolnshire's
Top attractions. With this list we are trying to list those attractions that you
would want to spend at least 3-4 hours at to have a good day out. This is the
start of a list that will both grow over time and hopefully we will be able to
add more columns or information.
Where the names in the first column is hyperlinked,
this links to a Location page with more information on this
site and over time more of these will be added, we will be delighted if some of
you would like to also produce location pages.
For more attractions to visit within
Lincolnshire, then take a look at the
CTY County page and find other listings such as railways, gardens, abbeys and more.
Codes: NT = National Trust, EH =
English Heritage, Wiki = Wikipedia
Attraction |
Near |
NGR |
Website Link
|
Notes |
Alford Windmill
|
Alford |
TF457766 |
Own
Wiki |
|
Alford Manor House |
Alford |
|
Own |
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Ayscoughfee Hall, Museum & Gardens |
Spalding |
TF249223 |
Own |
|
Barton Clay Pits Nature Reserve |
Barton on Humber |
|
Barton Clay Pits |
|
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre |
Coningsby |
|
Own |
|
Baytree Garden Centre and Owl Centre |
Spalding |
|
Baytree |
|
Belton House |
Grantham |
SK929395 |
NT
Wiki |
|
Belvoir Castle |
Grantham |
|
Own
|
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The Boston Stump or St Boltophs Church |
Boston |
|
Wiki
Own
|
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Burghley House
|
Stamford |
TF048062 |
Own
Wiki |
EH members get 20% discount |
Butterfly & Wildlife Park
|
Spalding |
|
Own |
|
Chambers Farm Wood Nature Reserve |
Wragby |
TF158743 |
Own
|
|
Church Farm Museum |
Skegness |
|
Own |
Farmhouse and outbuildings
showing farming at end of 19th century |
Claythorpe Watermill & Wildfowl Gardens |
Alford |
|
Own |
|
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway |
Cleethorpes |
|
Own
Wiki
|
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Crowland Abbey and Triangular (Trinity) Bridge |
Crowland |
|
Own
Wiki |
|
Dobsons Windmill
|
Burgh le Marsh |
TF504649 |
Own |
|
Doddington Hall & Gardens |
Lincoln |
SK900710 |
Doddington Hall |
|
Donna Nook
|
Louth |
TF422998 |
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust |
|
Easton Walled Gardens |
Grantham |
SK938274 |
Own |
|
Ellis Windmill
|
Lincoln |
SK971723 |
Own |
Part of Museum of Lincolnshire Life |
Elsham Hall Gardens and Country Park |
Brigg |
|
Elsham Hall Estate |
|
Epworth Old Rectory |
Epworth |
|
Own |
Home of Charles Wesley as a child |
Gainsborough Old Hall |
Gainsborough |
|
Own
Lincolnshire
EH
|
|
Grimsthorpe Castle, Park & Gardens
|
Grimsthorpe |
TF048062 |
Grimsthorpe Estate |
|
Gunby Hall |
Spilsby |
TF466672 |
NT |
|
Heckington Windmill
|
Heckington |
TF145435 |
windmill |
|
Hewitts Windmill
|
Heapham |
SK874887 |
Lincolnshire Windmills |
|
Humber Bridge |
Barton Upon Humber |
|
Own
|
Europe's longest single span suspension
bridge |
Julian's Bower
|
Alkborough |
SE879217 |
Stone
Circle Details
Wiki |
A turf cut maze, first recorded on site
1697 |
Lincoln Cathedral
|
Lincoln |
|
Own
Wiki |
|
Lincoln Castle |
Lincoln |
|
Own
Wiki |
|
Lincoln Medieval Bishops Palace |
Lincoln |
|
EH
|
|
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre |
East Kirkby |
|
Own |
|
Maud Foster Windmill
|
Boston |
TF332447 |
Own |
|
Mount Pleasant Windmill
|
Kirton in Lindsey |
SK939994 |
Own |
|
Museum of Lincolnshire Life |
Lincoln |
|
Own |
|
The National Parrot Sanctuary |
Friskney |
|
Own
|
|
Natureland Seal Sanctuary
|
Skegness |
TF570638 |
Own |
Seals, penguins, tropical
butterflies, birds, sea life and more |
Normanby Hall Country Park |
Scunthorpe |
|
Own |
300 acres of grounds including
house, deer park, gardens etc |
Northcote Heavy Horse Centre |
Spilsby |
|
Own |
|
Pelhams Pillar |
Caistor |
|
Wiki |
|
Pinchbeck Engine and Fenland Museum |
Spalding |
|
Lincolnshire Info |
|
Rand Farm Park |
Wragby |
|
Own |
hands on experience on a working farm |
Rushmoor Country Park & Rare Breed Poultry |
Louth |
|
Own |
|
Scawby Gardens |
Scawby |
|
Own
|
|
The Seal Sanctuary |
Mablethorpe |
|
Own
|
|
Sibsey Trader Mill
|
Boston |
|
EH
|
|
Snipe Dales Nature Reserve & Country Park |
Honrcastle |
TF330682 |
Lincs
Wildlife Trust |
|
Springfield Shopping and Festival Gardens |
Spalding |
|
Springfield Gardens
|
|
Stockwith Mill |
Spilsby |
|
Own
|
working watermill |
Tallington Lakes |
Stamford |
|
Own
|
|
Tattershall Castle
|
Tattershall |
|
NT
Wiki |
|
Thornton Abbey & Gatehouse |
Thornton |
|
EH
Wiki |
|
Trolleybus Museum |
Doncaster |
|
Own
Wiki |
|
Waltham Windmill
|
Waltham |
|
Own |
Last to be build in Lincs, has
other attractions as well |
Waters Edge Country Park |
Barton on Humber |
|
Visitor Information |
|
Woodside Wildlife & Falconry Park |
Lincoln |
|
Own
|
|
Woolsthorpe Manor |
Grantham |
|
NT |
|
See Also:
Open All Year
Lincolnshire Railways
Lincolnshire Gardens
Lincolnshire Windmills
For more attractions to visit within
Lincolnshire, then take a look at the
CTY County page.
Lincoln Time Travel Pass - For one fixed
price you can visit 1000 years of history in the historic sites of Lincoln,
including Lincoln Cathedral, Medieval Bishops Palace, Lincoln Castle, Museum of
Lincolnshire Life and Ellis Mill (windmill). They are available from Lincoln
Tourist Information centres or in advance by telephone. Adult Pass £9.99 valid
for 3 days, or a Family Pass (2+3) valid for 7 days costs £20.00. See
this link
for details or
visit
www.visitlincolnshire.com
This list will continue to grow as we come
across new places. REMEMBER if know of somewhere that you feel is a good
place please let us know.
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