Lincolnshire - 76 Attractions You Must Visit

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About Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. The majority of tourism in Lincolnshire relies on the coastal resorts and towns to the east of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The county has some of the best-known seaside resorts in the United Kingdom, which are a major attraction to visitors from across England, especially the East Midlands and parts of Yorkshire.

Types of Attractions in Lincolnshire

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List of Attractions in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum

Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum is a privately owned museum run by the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society formed in 1959. The museum houses a collection of over 65 vintage cars, buses and commercial vehicles spanning over 80 years of road transport history. There are also many interesting displays of transport history.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Park

Lincolnshire Wildlife Park

Forests

Wildlife Sanctuaries

The Lincolnshire Wildlife park, covers the whole ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. It was founded in 1948 as a voluntary charitable organisation dedicated to conserving the wildlife and wild places of Lincolnshire and to promoting the understanding and enjoyment of the natural world.

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

Man-made Structures- Other

Louth Museum

Louth Museum is an award winning visitor attraction in the historic market town of Louth, nestling at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds. There are four galleries, a library and a gift shop and also there are free activities for kids, and several short exhibitions each season.

Mablethorpe Beach

Mablethorpe Beach is an attractive golden sandy beach offering a fun-filled, family friendly day out. Visit this beautiful Blue Flag Award Winning beach with far-reaching soft golden sand. Discover donkey rides, nearby fairground, cafés, fish and chips, crazy golf and more. There are places to eat including some wonderful fish and chips. There is also Dunes Leisure where there are plenty of family-friendly fairground rides.

Market Rasen Racecourse

Market Rasen Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the town of Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire, England. 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.

Maud Foster Mill

Maud Foster Mill

Man-made Structures- Other

Maud Foster Windmill is a seven-storey, five sail windmill located by the Maud Foster Drain in Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire. It was built in 1819 for the brothers Thomas and Isaac Reckitt by the Hull millwrights Norman and Smithson. it is still producing stone-ground organic flour today. You can climb to the top of the mill and see the machinery and millstones working and there are fine views from the outside balcony.

Moggs Eye

Moggs Eye

Beaches

A beautiful and quiet natural beach backed by grassy sand dunes. The wide strip of golden sand which slopes gently into the sea is a great destination for beachgoers. It is also quite popular with walkers, there is a variety of good walks in the area. There are currently no restrictions on dog walking on the beach. It is also a good surfing destination and also you can spend a good time there.

Moulton Windmill

Moulton Windmill

Man-made Structures- Other

Moulton Mill is the tallest windmill in the country, standing nine stories high and reaching exactly 80 feet to the curb and 100 feet to the top of its cap. The nine-storeyed mill is 80 ft to the curb and 100 ft to the top of the ogee cap. In full working order again with its four patent sails on, Moulton mill is the tallest working windmill in Great Britain and one of the tallest worldwide.

Mrs Smith's Cottage

Mrs Smith's Cottage

Iconic Buildings

Old Ruins

This is a beautiful cottage located in Navenby, Lincolnshire and owned by North Kesteven District Council. It was the home of Hilda Smith from 1922 until 1995, just before her death at a remarkable 102 years of age. One of the iconic attractions in this area and is an example of the olden ages.

Museum of Lincolnshire Life

The Museum of Lincolnshire Life is a museum in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in the UK. Its rich and varied social history collection reflects and celebrates the culture of Lincolnshire and its people from 1750 to the present day. Exhibits illustrate commercial, domestic, agricultural, industrial and community life. Learn all about the rich history of Lincolnshire with interactive galleries and around 250,000 objects to explore, including an authentic World War One tank.

National Trust - Belton House

National Trust - Belton House

Iconic Buildings

Old Ruins

Botanical Gardens

Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish of Belton near Grantham in Lincolnshire, which was built in 1685-8 for Sir John Brownlow. It has over 1300 acres of beautiful gardens and parkland to explore. There are a variety of walking routes around the estate and through the parkland and woods as well as around the lake.

National Trust - Gunby Estate, Hall and Gardens

Gunby Estate, Hall and Gardens, home to the Massingberd family from 1700 until 1967. The Hall has three floors to explore while outside the gardens are full of color throughout the seasons. Paths across the park and estate offer gentle strolls as well as longer walks, where you can tread the footsteps of Gunby’s former guests including Lord Alfred Tennyson and Ralph Vaughan-Williams. The estate is a green oasis in an area of intensive arable cultivation and increasing commercial development.

National Trust - Tattershall Castle

Tattershall Castle is an extraordinary historic site in Lincolnshire that shows evidence from the Early Medieval to the present. The castle and manor passed to the Cromwell family in the mid-fourteenth century and served as the manorial and administrative center of their estates. The building was restored by Lord Curzon between 1911 and 1914 and contains four great chambers with enormous Gothic fireplaces, tapestries, and brick vaulting. There are spectacular views across the Fens from the battl

Natureland Seal Sanctuary

Natureland Seal Sanctuary

Wildlife Sanctuaries

Natureland is a seal sanctuary, with a seal hospital, a small zoo, tropical glasshouses and an aquarium. Animals include seals, African penguins, crocodiles, goats, tarantulas, snakes, terrapins, scorpions, as well as tropical butterflies and birds. Glasshouses contain many exotic plants, including cacti from the US, Mediterranean shrubs, and banana plants.

Newport Arch

Newport Arch

Old Ruins

Newport arch is the most famous Roman remain in Lincoln, and the best preserved and it dates to the start of the 2nd century AD. It is famous as the only Roman arch in Britain still in use for daily transportation. As the north gate of the city, it carried the major Roman road Ermine Street northward almost in a straight line to the Humber.

Pilgrim Fathers Memorial

Pilgrim Fathers Memorial was built in 1957, is just outside Boston at Fishtoft. It marks the area of Scotia Creek where, in 1607, a group of puritans, who were later to be known as the Pilgrim Fathers, attempting to flee to Holland were arrested and handed over to the authorities. It commemorates the attempt at finding religious freedom in September, 1607 by the Scrooby Congregation, a group of English Separatist Protestants who left for Holland. They were precursors of the Pilgrims who later c

RAF Scampton heritage centre

RAF Scampton heritage centre

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Museums

RAF Scampton is renowned as the former home of the famous World War II Dambusters 617 squadron. However, Scampton was established in 1916 during World War One. The museum covers the history of the station from the Great War to the present. It includes many artefacts relating to 617 Dambuster Squadron, including a half-sized bouncing bomb.

RSPB Frampton Marsh

RSPB Frampton Marsh

Outdoors- Other

Frampton Marsh is a nature reserve in Lincolnshire, England. The reserve is situated on the coast of The Wash, some 4 miles from the town of Boston. Frampton Marsh provides close views of the abundant birdlife of The Wash, one of Europe's most special places for wildlife. Avocets, redshanks, skylarks, and whimbrels can all be seen in summer, with thousands of ducks gathering on the freshwater scrapes in winter.

Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve

A beautiful nature reserve that contains tidal sand and mudflats, salt and freshwater marshes and sand dunes. It’s a really beautiful place to go for a walk or spend some time on the beach. You will feel miles from anywhere. It covers a massive 951 hectares and most of the reserve is open to the public and you are requested to keep out of the signed sanctuary areas. There are various routes including an easy access trail with display boards through Rimac.

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