Things To Do near Mrs Smiths Cottage Museum
Woodhall Spa Library, Woodhall Spa (approx. 13 miles away)
With new book stock, new carpeting and lighting and improved internet access, the library at Woodhall Spa is still an important part of the local community. Organised, spacious and wheelchair friendly there is comfortable seating and helpful staff on hand with any questions or inquiries you might...
Heckington Railway Station, Heckington (approx. 13 miles away)
Heckington railway station is quite unique in that it also houses a small Heritage Museum. The station was opened by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway during the 19th century. It is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains. The station is unstaffed and offe...
Heckington Eight Sailed Windmill, Heckington (approx. 13 miles away)
A magnificent windmill and so much more. Here's what you will find when you visit! A window into the life of a Victorian miller and his family whose lives were interwined with the windmill in their back garden. A microbrewery uniquely using malt ground at the mill to produce award wining beer....
Heckington Station Railway Museum, Heckington (approx. 13 miles away)
The museum is housed in the original 1859 Heckington Railway station buildings. It is a working station with trains to Skegness. The station and trains service is currently managed by East Midlands Trains.
Kinema in the Woods, Woodhall Spa (approx. 13 miles away)
The Kinema building was originally a farm building, then a concert pavilion and a cricket pavilion before becoming a cinema.It is the only fully functioning UK cinema to employ back projection and showed its first silent film in 1906.
Dogdyke Pumping Station, Tattershall (approx. 13 miles away)
Dogdyke steam drainage station was built in 1856 to replace the existing wind-driven pump to drain a large area of farmland between the rivers Bain and Witham.The engine, which runs in steam on all the Open Days, is the original external condensing beam-engine built by Bradley and Craven of Wakefiel...
Cottage Museum, Woodhall Spa (approx. 13 miles away)
A small community museum first opened in 1987. It's run entirely by volunteers and is housed in a cottage which was the former home of the Wield Family. The museum both preserves and presents artefacts and other material connected to Woodhall Spa and its history.
Woodhall Spa Tourist Information Centre, Woodhall Spa (approx. 13 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.
RAF Scampton Heritage Centre, Scampton (approx. 14 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...
St Mary's Church, Welton (approx. 14 miles away)
Built during the mid 13th century, St Mary's is an attractive church set in its own grounds, in the heart of Welton village.The building features one of the earliest stained glass windows and is dedicated to the brave men and women of the RAF, the RFC and the RNFC.Village benefactor and physician, D...
Museum of RAF Firefighting, Scampton (approx. 14 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...
Goltho Wood, Wragby (approx. 14 miles away)
Goltho Wood is brimming with well-travelled footpaths and cycle routes. Passing from woodland to wetland beneath sprawling limewoods to an expansive, flat landscape containing medieval and monastic sites, the area is receptive to both nature-lovers and historians. The generally flat terrain ca...
Woodhenge, Chainsaw Sculpture, Wragby (approx. 14 miles away)
Mick Burns is a artist using bespoke wood and a chainsaw. One of his amazing pieces of works stands within Goltho Woods and has been gifted to the Woodland Trust. The uprights have leaves carved into the inner face. The table and the sighting hands all line up with the central uprights to view...
Tattershall Castle, Tattershall (approx. 14 miles away)
Tattershall is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of the county, located on the A153 Horncastle to Sleaford road.The village is steeped in history and none more so than the castle, fashioned during the early 13th century by Robert de Tattershall. It was greatly expanded and rebu...
Bloxholme & Brauncewell Walk, Broxholme (approx. 14 miles away)
Along delightful paths and through splendid countryside is the walk from Broxholme to Brauncewell. The walk is 3.4 miles / 5.5 km. Brauncewell is the site of a deserted medieval village. Please visit the link below for further information including content that can be downloaded.