Things To Do near Farforth
Irby & Bratoft Library, Irby in the Marsh (approx. 13 miles away)
The Irby & Bratoft community library is located in the Village Hall in the delightfully named Brambleberry Lane.Organised, spacious and wheelchair friendly the staff are local volunteers and are helpful and will be happy to answer any questions or inquiries you might have.There are hundreds of books...
Woodhall Spa Airfield Nature Reserve, Woodhall Spa (approx. 13 miles away)
Woodhall Spa Airfield is the site for a new nature reserve in the county and is busy with wildlife. There is parking but access is through a locked gate, Please contact 01507 526667 during office hours for the access code. It is requested that you remain on the runway at all times to preserve...
Stickney Farm Park, Stickney (approx. 13 miles away)
Now closed, with most of the animals moved to Tattershall Farm Park, Stickney was designed to be an educational and fun day out for kids of all ages. Sited on a working farm, it had allowed adults and children alike to get close to the farm animals with a "hands-on" experience.
ARK Wildlife Park, Stickney (approx. 13 miles away)
Set in 10 acres of beautiful Lincolnshire countryside, ARK wildlife park offers a wide range of animals, offering visitors the chance to get up close with stunning exotic mammal species, amazing reptiles and some familiar friends. Every day visitors will have the opportunity to come face to face...
Willingham Woods, Market Rasen (approx. 13 miles away)
Willingham Woods is a stunning and calming forest of pinewoods, located east of Market Rasen.Busy all year round, though more so during the summer months, it is a popular destination for families, cyclists, dog walkers and motor bikers to stop and visit as well as people just passing through.Wander...
Rand Farm Park, Rand (approx. 13 miles away)
At Rand Farm Park, there's plenty of fun for all ages.Meet all of the Rand Farm Park animals including adorable pigs, cheeky mountain goats and softer than soft alpacas.Board the ride-on tractors, discover bucket and spade fun at the indoor sandpit and explore the heated Indoor Adventure Play Barn,...
Stickney Village Show, Stickney (approx. 13 miles away)
With rides and stalls and farm animals, the annual village show, held in the summer, is a fun filled gathering of local friends and families beneath, hopefully, a clear blue sky. Situated at the centre of the Lincolnshire Fens, this picturesque village is a civil parish in the East Lindsey distri...
St Luke's Church, Stickney (approx. 13 miles away)
The 13th century Anglican parish Church is dedicated to Saint Luke and is a Grade II listed building.During the mid 19th century a new chancel was built and several years later the rest of the building was restored. Nearing the end of the century the tower was partly pulled down but was rebuilt by t...
Thorpe Camp, Tattershall (approx. 13 miles away)
The Thorpe Camp visitor centre is all about preserving Lincolnshire's recent history. Home of the 97, 619, 617 (Dambusters) and the 627 Squadron that flew out of RAF Woodhall Spa in the 1940's, the Preservation Group established the centre in 1988 to commemorate those airmen who flew duri...
Manor Farm Caravan Park & Fishery, Anderby (approx. 13 miles away)
The lake has reed beds around the edge with depths from 1 ½ feet to around 9 feet with a ledge around half the lake. There is carp to 30+ lbs and roach to 2lbs. Manor Farm Caravan Park is a small family run park that offers peaceful rural surroundings catering for caravaners and campers seeking...
Market Rasen Racecourse, Market Rasen (approx. 14 miles away)
Market Rasen Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the historic town of Market Rasen.The course is a right-handed oval with a circumference of around one-and-a-quarter miles. Although National Hunt racing is traditionally a winter sport, Market Rasen stages a year-round programme of racing.Its...
Coningsby Railway Bridge, Coningsby (approx. 14 miles away)
The Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway, locally known as the New Line, was a railway line linking the East Lincolnshire Railway to the Lincoln to Boston railway through the fens. Open in 1913 by GNR it was built to improve access from Lancashire and Yorkshire industrial centres to the seaside...
Herons Mead Touring Park Fishery, Orby (approx. 14 miles away)
A horse shoe lake with lily’s to one side and set in calming surroundings. The park has 8 acres of woodland to walk around along with a 2 acre coarse well-stocked fishing lake with carp to 26lbs, tench to 6lbs and plenty of rudd and roach. The water is suitable for disabled anglers.
Huttoft Car Terrace Beach, Huttoft (approx. 14 miles away)
A large sandy expanse of beach over dunes just to the north of Moggs Eye Beach.There is a car terrace which pretty much allows you to park on the beach, though be careful going up the ramp to the terrace. If it has been windy the sand is blown from the beach onto the ramp and can become deceptively...
St Mary's Church, Hogsthorpe (approx. 14 miles away)
The church of St Marys was built in the 12th century, a typical early English style of limestone and greenstone, and is now a Grade I Listed Building.Its tower is 12th century but the font is 15th century and the pulpit dates from the early 18th century. The church was restored in the mid 19th centu...