Things To Do near The Forge Cottage
RAF Scampton Heritage Centre, Scampton (approx. 23 miles away)
RAF Scampton has had a rich and varied history. Home for 617 Squadron - we know them more as the Dambusters - and the RAF Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows. The heritage centre offers a history of RAF Scampton and is within an original WW2 hangers. There are over 1500 artifacts (including a Blue Ste...
Museum of RAF Firefighting, Scampton (approx. 23 miles away)
At RAF Scampton can be found Britain's only Museum of RAF Fire Fighting, since the closure of the one at RAF Manston, Kent. Housing an incredible and fascinating collection of vehicles and artefacts, the museum tells the story of fire fighting from the earliest days to modern times. There are...
Seal Sanctuary & Wildlife Centre, Mablethorpe (approx. 23 miles away)
A great day out for all ages. The wonderful sanctuary in Mablethorpe has a wide variety of rescued animals including Primates, Reptiles, Birds of Prey, Meerkats, Aviary Birds and lovable seals. Across two acres of landscaped gardens and natural dunes, gain first hand experience of some of the...
The Butterfly & Wildlife Park, Long Sutton (approx. 23 miles away)
Closed in 2012, the Butterfly & Wildlife Park was located outside Long Sutton, a market town in the South Holland district of the fens. Near to the Wash and 13 miles (21 km) east from the busy town of Spalding, the park was an ideal place to visit for adults and children with a tropical house...
Bellmount Tower, Grantham (approx. 24 miles away)
Home to brown long-eared bats and pipistrelle bats, Bellmount Tower is a Grade II listed building. Though located with Belton House grounds it is only accessible via a short walk from the car park beside the road to the east of the park. The viewing tower cannot be accessed directly from the p...
Belton House, Grantham (approx. 24 miles away)
Belton House is one of the finest examples of Carolean architecture in the UK and was the setting for "Rosings Park" in the BBC's 1995 television version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.set in its own extensive deer park with delightful gardens, luxuriantly planted orangery and lakeside walks....
Long Sutton Library, Long Sutton (approx. 24 miles away)
The busy public library in Long Sutton is packed with thousands of paperbacks and hardbacks to choose from and is an integral part of the local community. Organised, spacious and wheelchair friendly; staff are helpful and will be happy to answer any questions or inquiries you might have. Compu...
Toft Newton Fishery, Market Rasen (approx. 24 miles away)
A stunning 40 acre reservoir set in open farmland. Rainbow and Brown are stocked weekly with fish averaging 1.25-1.5lbs. Fishery records: 14lb 10oz Rainbow, 9lb 3oz Brown, 20lb 6oz Salmon. Natural flies include Buzzers, Olives, Damsel, Sedge. Recommend using Buzzers, Damsels, Nymphs....
Belton Garden Centre, Grantham (approx. 24 miles away)
Within the beautiful village of Belton, in a lovely rural location several miles from the old market town of Grantham, is the Belton Garden Centre.Owned by the Elkington family, who have farmed in Lincolnshire for many generations, the centre offers a wide selection to satisfy all those gardening ne...
Doddington Hall & Gardens, Doddington (approx. 24 miles away)
Currents events now updated for 2017! The Hall Begun in 1595 by Robert Smythson, one of England’s foremost Elizabethan Architects, Doddington Hall was completed in 1600 and has never been sold or cleared out since. Doddington is still a lived-in and much loved family home, alive with history...
East Bank Lighthouse, Sutton Bridge (approx. 24 miles away)
The East and the West Bank Lighthouses in Sutton Bridge are both Grade II listed buildings. Both are described as early 19th century structures with 20th century alterations. Both are brick built, and have been rendered and colour washed. They each consist of a single central red brick stack o...
West Bank Lighthouse, Sutton Bridge (approx. 24 miles away)
The East and the West Bank Lighthouses in Sutton Bridge are both Grade II listed buildings. Both are described as early 19th century structures with 20th century alterations. Both are brick built, and have been rendered and colour washed. They each consist of a single central red brick stack o...
Skellingthorpe Old Wood, Skellingthorpe (approx. 24 miles away)
Skellingthorpe Old Wood is an ancient woodland within Witham Valley Country Park. Beautifully scenic it lies close to the village of Skellingthorpe and is easily accessed on foot, by bike or on horseback. It is a varied site with a mixture of ancient oak, lime woodland and conifers. The woodla...
Skellingthorpe Old Wood Walk, Skellingthorpe (approx. 24 miles away)
Skellingthorpe Old Wood is an ancient woodland within Witham Valley Country Park. The walk is 4.6 miles. Beautifully scenic it lies close to the village of Skellingthorpe and is easily accessed on foot, by bike or on horseback. It is a varied site with a mixture of ancient oak, lime woodland and...
St Helen's Church, Saxby (approx. 24 miles away)
St Helen's parish church is a Grade I listed building, constructed in 1775 as an ashlar-faced red-brick mortuary chapel. The chapel, later a church, had been attributed to Carr of York (who constructed the nearby Norton Place) but no evidence to prove this has been found. It has been assumed t...