Things To Do near Hough-on-the-Hill
Market Rasen Library, Market Rasen (approx. 29 miles away)
Market Rasen Library has improved! The library now benefits from improved internet access computers, Wi-Fi and new stock. In the busy town of Market Rasen, the public library is one of many popular places to drop in and visit. Well stocked shelves and spinners are packed with a wide choice of...
Market Rasen Railway Station, Market Rasen (approx. 29 miles away)
With Grade II listed buildings, Market Rasen station was constructd by Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway in the mid-19th century. It was a substantial structure with an overall roof below which all the usual station facilities could be found including a bookstall. Today, it is manag...
Lade Bank Pumping Station, Old Leake (approx. 29 miles away)
A Grade II listed building, the pumping station at Lade Bank was built in 1867. The station was rebuilt in 1938 alongside the earlier building. New oil engines were installed in 1940. The purpose of the station was to counteract the effects of the shrinking of the peat in the East Fen wit...
Snipe Dales Country Park & Nature Reserve, Winceby (approx. 29 miles away)
A country park and nature reserve on the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The Greenwich Meridian, chosen as the Prime Meridian in 1884, passes through this point.Snipe Dales is one of few semi-natural wet valley systems still surviving.
High Ropes Adventure, Market Rasen (approx. 29 miles away)
Located at Linwood Warren, High Ropes Adventure has been operating since 1996 and boasts to be the largest and best ropes course in Lincolnshire. As a family business with first class facilities and excellent safety record people are attracted from all over the country. There are ropes courses hi...
Linwood Warren, Market Rasen (approx. 29 miles away)
A splendid heathland - Linwood Warren reserve forms part of a once more extensive area. All three heathers (bell heather, cross-leaved heath and ling) occur, and there are damp areas rich in mosses and lichens - including the Iceland moss, a rare northern upland species which is a relict here on...
Market Rasen Racecourse, Market Rasen (approx. 29 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...
St Paul's Church, Gainsborough (approx. 29 miles away)
St Paul's Parish Church, Morton, Gainsborough, is a Grade II listed building, constructed during the 19th century. The building was enlarged in 1891 and retained only the tower of the original church. It features magnificent stained glass windows by the famous author and artist William Morris...
Red Hill, Goulceby (approx. 29 miles away)
The Wolds is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the highest area of land in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent. The landscape is one of undeniable beauty, a sweeping vista of low hills, woodland, winding paths and steep valleys, underlain by chalk, limestone and sandstone...
War Memorial, Old Bolingbroke (approx. 29 miles away)
To the glory of God and in grateful memory of the men of Old Bolingbroke who gave their lives in the War 1914 - 1918 & 1939 - 1945.The memorial is a stone cross and stands on a small village green.Old Bolingbroke is a village near Spilsby. The Prime Meridian passes to the west. The village of New Bo...
Bolingbroke Castle, Old Bolingbroke (approx. 29 miles away)
Built around c1220-30 by Ranulph de Blundevill and situated in the heart of Old Bolingbroke at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds. It was the birthplace of the future King Henry IV in 1366.The castle had a moat some 90 feet wide which came up to the walls. It only ever saw action once in 1643 during...
Lindsey Loop, Market Rasen (approx. 29 miles away)
Nothing beats blowing away the cobwebs and stretching the limbs on a long and interesting walk through the Lincolnshire countryside.The Lindsey Loop is a 96-mile long distance recreational walking route linking the six market towns in East and West Lindsey.The towns, Market Rasen, Caistor, Louth, Al...
Greenfield Pottery, Holbeach (approx. 29 miles away)
We are a working studio pottery based on a small farm on the outskirts of Holbeach, near Spalding. We make a variety of thrown and hand-built work, which varies from domestic wares to more sculptural pieces. We fire to earthenware and stoneware, and make our own glazes. We offer regular 2 hour...
St Peter & St Paul's Church, Old Bolingbroke (approx. 29 miles away)
Seating about 250 people, the church was built of traditional Spilsby sandstone c1363 by John of Gaunt and originally three times its current size. The church suffered at the hands of Oliver Cromwell and fellow parliamentarians as they laid seige at Bolingbroke Castle in 1643 and was restored and...
Willingham Woods, Market Rasen (approx. 29 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...