Things To Do near Piglet Cottage
Gainsborough Library, Gainsborough (approx. 3 miles away)
In the busy maket town of Gainsborough the lending library is well stocked with thousands of books offering plenty of choice for the local residents. Organised, spacious and wheelchair friendly there is comfortable seating and helpful staff on hand with any questions or inquiries you might have....
Marshalls Yard Shopping Complex, Gainsborough (approx. 3 miles away)
Marshall's Yard is a truly unique retail environment in Gainsborough. Featuring historic listed buildings and sympathetically designed new structures, the courtyard setting creates a village square feeling, bringing together stunning architecture and leading retailers. With 32 fantast...
Tuetoes Woods, Gainsborough (approx. 3 miles away)
Laughton Forest was planted by the Forestry Commission in 1927. Before this time, the area was mainly open heathland with ponds, small woodlands and shifting sand dunes. The forest still supports a wide range of these habitats, which include many locally and nationally rare plants, animals and birds...
Gainsborough Model Railway, Gainsborough (approx. 3 miles away)
The Gainsborough Model Railway Museum features one of the largest model railways displays in 'O' gauge. It depicts The East Coast Main Line from Kings Cross to Leeds Central and is a stunning display. The project began during the early 1950s and, today, it covers an astonishing 2500 square feet....
The Old Smithy Museum, Owston Ferry (approx. 3 miles away)
The Old Smithy on the high street of Owston Ferry is just as it would have been in 1958 when its owner left it.Today, a museum, the building has been expanded and displays photos of the past and the present village day life. It is an ideal place to visit for clubs and small school groups and anyone...
Trinity Arts Centre, Gainsborough (approx. 3 miles away)
This exciting venue based in Gainsborough offers live bands, music, theatre, stand up comedy, drama, cinema and much more every week.The auditorium is modern and seats an audience of 200 who can enjoy a wide variety of entertainment four nights a week.The centre is closed on Monday, Tuesday and Sund...
St Martin's Church, Owston Ferry (approx. 4 miles away)
The earliest reference to a church in Owston Ferry is circa 1150 CE. As none of the present fabric dates before 1280, there must have been an earlier building on the site. The site itself is within the inner bailey of the "Motte and Bailey" castle which formerly stood there. A triple archway was...
Oak Tree Fishery, Haxey (approx. 4 miles away)
Oak Tree is a 26 peg coarse fishery in lovley rural surroundings. It is stocked with carp up to low doubles. The water is suitable for disabled anglers.
Shepherds Place Farm, Haxey (approx. 4 miles away)
Shepherds Place Farm is a great day out for all the family and the place to get up close and personal with many farmyard favourites.There is a new lovely on-site cafe with great low prices serving hot and cold foods, drinks and all manner of snacks and sweets to feed every hungry mouth! A picnic are...
Tidal Trent Angling Club, Gainsborough (approx. 5 miles away)
The club has been active for more than forty years with two ponds in a nice secluded rural area just outside Gainsborough. They are well stocked with Roach, Rudd, Pike, Perch, Carp, Bream, Tench and Eels. All tactics work. Night fishing possible. Membership only.
Axholme Line Nature Reserve, Haxey (approx. 5 miles away)
The reserve is a 2 km stretch of a former railway line consisting of areas of grassland, woodland and scrub. The Axholme Joint Railway traversed the area, but the line has now been abandoned. There are still railway stations in Crowle and Althorpe on the line between Scunthorpe and Sheffield....
Becks Lane Equestrian Centre, Scotter (approx. 5 miles away)
Becks Lane Riding School and Stables is located in Scotter, Gainsborough. It is one of many popular riding schools across the Lincolnshire county and full details can be obtained by contacting them direct. Nearby Scotter is a large village and civil parish in the county's West Lindsey dist...
Hewitts Windmill, Heapham (approx. 5 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...
Scotter Library & Community Hub, Scotter (approx. 5 miles away)
The Hub provides a selection of library services and is managed on a day to day basis by the local community group Scotter Library and Community Hub (Scotter Forward). A broad selection of paperbacks and hardbacks are free to borrow and the library is well organised, spacious and wheelchair frien...
St Peter's Church, Scotter (approx. 5 miles away)
In the large village of Scotter the 11th century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Peter and seats 400 parishoners. Stone built, parts of the building echo from the early Norman period and restorations were extensive in the early part of the 19th century. The church is in the Scotter w...