Things To Do near St Mary's Church
Stamford Tourist Information Centre, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
Lincolnshire's Tourist information centres are a useful resource for planning your trip to the county. The staff are brimming with local knowledge and ideas on how to get the most out of your visit.
Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
Stamford Arts Centre provides you with the opportunity to experience and participate in a wide selection of art forms from theatre, music and film to sculpture, dance and drawing.The 160+ seat theatre also doubles up as a cinema which, over the last 15 years, has become a film hub for Stamford showi...
St Mary's Vaults Inn, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
A late medieval timber-framed inn still serving real ale.
Washingborough Community Centre, Washingborough (approx. 27 miles away)
The Washingborough community centre can be found on Fen Road. With a host of events and activities at the centre ranging from dance to sport and much more there is always something to look out for. The village is 3 miles east from Lincoln city centre, in the North Kesteven district of the coun...
Harlaxton Manor, Harlaxton (approx. 27 miles away)
Built in the 1830s for Gregory Gregory, a wealthy Nottinghamshire businessman, it replaced the original Elizabethan Manor House in Harlaxton Village. Built in Ancaster stone, it is an exuberant merging of Gothic, Jacobethan and Baroque styles creating an unforgettable and dramatic impact.Few houses...
St Mary's Church, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
The "Mother Church" as it is sometimes called is noticeable for its large broach spire. The earliest parts of the church date from the late 12th century, but the tower is early 13th century.A broach spire is a tall pyramidal or conical structure usually on the top of a tower or a turret. It starts o...
Stamford Town Hall, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
Purpose-built in 1778 and is today used as a magistrates court. Presently houses an extensive collection of regalia and historic Stamford memorabilia.
St John's Church, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
Founded sometime in the 12th century and rebuilt c1451. It now has a 15th century exterior which belies the main feature within.Rows of wooden angels with extended wings line the nave and chancel roof.
All Saints Church, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
Recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, All Saints stands as one of Stamford's oldest churches.Located between All Saints' Place and Red Lion Square, it dominates the market area between the Danish borough and the Castle area.Little remains of the original structure, some 12th century masonry in the...
Wragby Library Community Hub, Wragby (approx. 27 miles away)
Wragby Library has moved from its old location at Grammar School Way to be situated within the new Community Fire Station on Millbrook Lane. It has been modernised and refurbished with new fittings and new book stock and is organised, spacious and wheelchair friendly. The hub is run by volunte...
Barn Hill, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
One of Stamford's most attractive and well-preserved streets. This picturesque cobbled stoned street provided key locations for the BBC TV series Middlemarch and the film The Golden Bowl.
Red Lion Square, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
Stamford's ancient market place and pretty much the centre of Stamford. The building running along the south side of the square is thought to be a late medieval wool hall.
Daniel Lambert, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
Born in Leicester March 13th, 1770 and died suddenly during a visit to Stamford for the races in 1809. His coffin was built on wheels requiring some 20 men to lower it down a ramp into his grave in St Martin's Church.In 1793 he turned the scale at 32 stone and in 1804 weighed over 49 stone. Daniel t...
Town Bridge, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
The town bridge in Stamford crossing the River Welland.
Queen Eleanor's 12 Crosses, Stamford (approx. 27 miles away)
The Eleanor Crosses were 12 stone monuments erected for King Edward I's wife Queen Eleanor following her death in 1290. Each monument represents a resting place used when taking her body to London.Stamford erected a modern monument inspired by the "lost cross". It can be found in Sheepmarket, rather...