Things To Do near Captain Matthew Flinders RN
Heritage Centre, Bourne (approx. 12 miles away)
Adjacent to the Bourne War Memorial Gardens and once a working mill. Baldocks Mill, the Bourne Heritage Centre displays information and artifacts relating to the town. There is an entire floor devoted to Raymond Mays and his racing career.Baldocks Mill is also the only remaining mill in the town and...
Red Hall, Bourne (approx. 12 miles away)
Red Hall is a fine example of an Elizabethan mansion built c1605. It was sold in 1860 to the Bourne and Essendine Railway Company and used as the stationmaster's house and ticket office for the railway lineCurrently owned by the Bourne United Charities who acquired it in 1962.
All Saints Parish Church, Ruskington (approx. 12 miles away)
Ruskington is a large village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of the county, located on the north-south B1188 road and slightly north of the A153 road. All Saints Parish Church has been in existence since the 11th century. The Norman stone building replaced an earlier Anglo Saxon...
RSPB Freiston Shore, Thurlby (approx. 12 miles away)
At Freiston Shore you can get excellent views of waterbirds on the salt water lagoon, especially at high tide when wading birds roost, sometimes in their thousands. Summer is a good time to see nesting wading birds, including avocets and ringed plovers. In winter, brent geese congregate along wit...
Billinghay Swimming Pool, Billinghay (approx. 12 miles away)
Billinghay community swimming pool was built forty years ago by the local residents and has continued to be managed and staffed by both volunteers and paid workers. The pool is a warm, safe and friendly environment for all ages. Children must be supervised. Times and prices are available on the w...
St Michael's & All Angels Church, Edenham (approx. 13 miles away)
The church seats 450+ people and the tower is reputed to have been built in the reign of Henry VI. You'll find cedar trees growing in the churchyard and one in particular that hangs over the main road is reputed to be over 150 years old.
Ivy Lane Riding School, Coningsby (approx. 13 miles away)
Ivy Lane Riding School and Livery Stables is based in the popular village of Coningsby. A fun and friendly horse riding school lessons are availalble for experienced riders and beginners. Please contact the school for advance booking and prices.
Sibsey Trader Windmill, Sibsey (approx. 13 miles away)
This 6 sailed windmill was built in 1877 complete gear, sails and fantail. The high winds of March 2004 led to the mill losing a sail - a cost of approximately £13,000.The mill is not particularly tall but the surrounding flat landscape gives the illusion that it is. You can tour the mill and see t...
Bourne Woods, Bourne (approx. 13 miles away)
Bourne Wood is a quiet ancient woodland with mixed conifers and semi-natural broadleaf trees. Bourne Woods is also part of Kesteven Forest.
Church of St Margaret the Virgin & Martyr, Sibsey (approx. 13 miles away)
Dedicated to Saint Margaret, this striking medieval Church in Sibsey, marries traces of Norman architecture with Victorian restoration.A grade I listed building, with a grade II cross, it was restored in the early-mid 19th century, with the chancel rebuilt and nave and aisles partly rebuilt.Today th...
North Ings Farm Museum, Lincoln (approx. 13 miles away)
The North Ings Farm Museum is a working farm museum containing a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway, running on a circuit of 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km).Situated at Dorrington, between Lincoln and Sleaford, there is a variety of agricultural machinery, tractors, commercial vehicles, portable steam pump...
Type 22 World War 2 Pillbox, Frieston (approx. 13 miles away)
During the Second World War, defences were constructed around Freiston Shore as part of the anti-invasion defences when Britain stood alone against Germany. A number of pillboxes, gun emplacements and coastal lights were constructed and the remains of these fortifications can be seen and explored...
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...
Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe (approx. 13 miles away)
Grimsthorpe Castle is a country house four miles (6 km) north-west of Bourne on the A151. It lies within a 3,000 acre park of rolling pastures, lakes, and landscaped woodland. While not a castle in the strict sense of the word, its character is massive and martial – the towers and outlying pavilio...
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre, Coningsby (approx. 13 miles away)
Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight was formed in July 1957. There are displays and fly pasts involving an Avro Lancaster, a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane.The visitor centre allows an up close guided tour of the aircraft when not in use, as well as exhibits about the airc...