Things To Do near Skendleby
Bellmount Tower, Grantham (approx. 36 miles away)
Home to brown long-eared bats and pipistrelle bats, Bellmount Tower is a Grade II listed building. Though located with Belton House grounds it is only accessible via a short walk from the car park beside the road to the east of the park. The viewing tower cannot be accessed directly from the p...
Belton House, Grantham (approx. 36 miles away)
Belton House is one of the finest examples of Carolean architecture in the UK and was the setting for "Rosings Park" in the BBC's 1995 television version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.set in its own extensive deer park with delightful gardens, luxuriantly planted orangery and lakeside walks....
Kexby House Gardens, Gainsborough (approx. 36 miles away)
In the small village of Kexby stands the Victorian Kexby House, set within extensive mature gardens and paddocks with views over the open Lincolnshire countryside.This most impressive and substantial of gardens includes wide lawns, ponds, topiary shapes, island beds, a prairie meadow and magnificent...
Fairgardens Plant Centre, Gainsborough (approx. 36 miles away)
Based in Kirton Lindsey, Fair Gardens are family owned and run with a dedicated team of experienced employees who are always happy to help.The centre has a relaxed atmosphere and customers will find it houses a large variety of stock to browse varying from bulbs and vegetables, plants, tools and gar...
Gedney Hill Mill, Gedney (approx. 36 miles away)
Gedney Hill Mill is a Grade II listed 19th century building. Constructed of red brick with a flat roof it stand six storeys high with slight plinth. The village of Gedney Hill is a civil parish in the district of South Holland, close to the Cambridgeshire border 9 miles (14 km) south-east fr...
Hunters Lodge Fishery, Elsham (approx. 36 miles away)
Hunters Lodge Fishery is a four lake complex situated in the beautiful surroundings of the Wolds. They have 3 specimen carp Lakes, Willows, Kestrel and Kingfisher boasting carp over 30lb, and 1 Silver fish lake stocked with a variety of different species (incl small Carp, Ide, Rudd, Bream, Barbel...
Hewitts Windmill, Heapham (approx. 37 miles away)
In the West Lindsey disctrict stands Hewitts Windmill, a historic part of an agricutural community and working landscape. Today, as a non-working and renovated Tower mill with sails, it is a standing testament to a bygone age of milling, its constuction owed to the millwright Johnson of Low Burnh...
Thornton Abbey & Gatehouse, Ulceby (approx. 37 miles away)
The enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse of Thornton Abbey is the largest of all English monastic gatehouses. It was founded as a priory in 1139 by William le Gros, the Earl of Yorkshire, and raised to the status of Abbey in 1148.
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Gedney Hill (approx. 37 miles away)
Gedney Hill is a Grade II listed Anglican parish church dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It dates from the late 14th century and was heavily restored during the 19th century including he rebuilding of its outer walls. The church features perpendicular style tie-beams and stained glass windows. I...
Belton Garden Centre, Grantham (approx. 37 miles away)
Within the beautiful village of Belton, in a lovely rural location several miles from the old market town of Grantham, is the Belton Garden Centre.Owned by the Elkington family, who have farmed in Lincolnshire for many generations, the centre offers a wide selection to satisfy all those gardening ne...
Upton Chip Shop, Upton (approx. 37 miles away)
Upton Chippy can be found in the middle of Upton village. It's no ordinary fish and chip shop either as it's one of the last, if not thee last, coal fired fish and chip shops in existence. Virtually nothing has changed since 1948 and the place is like a working museum.
The Palm Farm, Ulceby (approx. 37 miles away)
The Palm Farm was launched in 1972 and at the time were pioneers in the promotion of hardy palms and exotics.The nursery is located in and around a walled garden, orchard and paddocks of an old Hall from which it gets an air of maturity. In the last forty years many specimens of trees and shrubs hav...
Cleatham Hall, Manton (approx. 37 miles away)
In the Buildings of England by Pevsner, Cleatham Hall is mentioned as originally being a plain Georgian box. It was rebuilt in 1855 in the Palladian style by Mr Maw including a geometrical cantilevered stone staircase with cast iron balusters. The garden is also mentioned being of rich in Victori...
Scawby Hall And Gardens, Scawby (approx. 37 miles away)
Scawby Hall is a Jacobean manor house and was begun by Richard Nelthorpe of Glandford Brigg (1569—1640) in 1605 and has been lived in by members of the Nelthorpe family ever since. The stunning building is Grade I listed and contains a number of important paintings including five by George Stub...
Cherry Holt Garden Centre, Bourne (approx. 37 miles away)
Cherry Holt Garden Centre is a family run business providing a friendly and reliable service.Shoppers will find staff extremely helpful and sharing a genuine passion for gardening. There is always someone on hand to share tips and advice with.The centre specialises in bespoke sheds, summerhouses, wo...