Things To Do near Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
Bourne Woods, Bourne (approx. 10 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.
Barkston Junction Bridge, Barkston (approx. 11 miles away)
The bridge carries the East Coast Main Line over the Nottingham to Skegness rail line. It lies close to the former Barkston East Junction, now closed. Nearby Barkston is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of the county.
Uffington Riding Stables, Ryhall (approx. 11 miles away)
Uffington Riding Stables near Stamford, is a family run business. Lisa and her daughter Demi are passionate about horses and about teaching. It's the perfect place to learn to ride, or even revisit a childhood hobby as an adult. The stables have horses and ponies to suit all levels of rid...
St Andrew's Church, Rippingale (approx. 11 miles away)
St Andrew's Parish Church, Rippingale, is open to visitors from Easter until the Autumn and the incumbent is the Revd Linda Pugh. There was a stone church on the site during the Domesday Survey of 1086, but all traces of it have disappeared. Reportedly founded in 1250, the building itself was...
St Andrew's Church, Folkingham (approx. 11 miles away)
The Church of St Andrew is a Grade I listed Anglican church.Work commenced in the late 12th century and the building was largely completed by the late 15th century. Restorations were carried out throughout the 19th century.It features decorated style arcades and a mainly early English chancel, with...
Hansen's Chocolate House, Folkingham (approx. 11 miles away)
Jan Hansen, having worked in the gaming industry across Europe and the middle east, developed a taste for luxury confectionary and first opened a chocolate shop in Stamford in 1986 before moving to Billingborough in 1988. He has since moved his market leading handmade chocolate business...
Paint A Pot Place, Bourne (approx. 11 miles away)
Paint A Pot Place is a family run business which offers great fun for all ages. It’s not about being the best artist, but more about creating your own unique pieces of ceramic artwork, whether it be for a gift, to mark a special occasion, or simply to fill that void on the mantlepiece! B...
Bourne Castle, Bourne (approx. 11 miles away)
Bourne Castle was a medieval motte and double bailey castle. The enclosed mound, inner and outer moats are all that now survive.A motte was a type of castle which used an artificial mound to hold a defensible structure or keep on it's summit.
Stamford Garden Centre, Stamford (approx. 11 miles away)
Stamford Garden Centre is a popular and busy location able to meet all your gardening needs and more. There is a splendid looking restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and specials. There is a garden farm shop, a butchery and a well stocked farm kitchen. With plants, tools, stoves, clothing, gar...
Bourne War Memorial Gardens, Bourne (approx. 11 miles away)
Well kept gardens, with ducks, willows and flower beds a plenty. The bank to the far side of the gardens beside the river is the base of the curtain wall of Bourne Castle's inner bailey. As the inner bailey moat, this water was three times this width.
Raymond Mays, Bourne (approx. 11 miles away)
Thomas Raymond Mays was an racing driver from Bourne and was the driving force behind the E.R.A. and B.R.M. Racing Cars.
South Kesteven Community Point & Library, Bourne (approx. 11 miles away)
Bourne library has moved and now forms part of the new South Kesteven Community Point and Library at the Corn Exchange. With 6 day opening (Mon-Sat) it benefits from a central location, new stock and being part of a one-stop shop for local council services
Heritage Centre, Bourne (approx. 11 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. 11 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.
St Peter & St Paul's Church, Bourne (approx. 11 miles away)
Better known locally as "Bourne Abbey" or "Abbey Church" and founded in c1138, it stands as one of the oldest buildings in Bourne.Bourne Abbey is also the town's only Grade I listed building.