GRANTHAM BOURNE • the DEEPINGS • RUTLAND Visitor Guide & Accommodation
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The official STAMFORD& GRANTHAM BOURNE • THE DEEPINGS • RUTLAND visitor guide & accommodation www.southwestlincs.com 2018 R E festival 2018 26/30 SEPTEMBER “The best science and arts festival in the world”. Professor Valerie Gibson Gravity Fields Festival Patron Newton festival promises voyages of discovery International science, arts, heritage, drama, stunning outdoor theatre and world class speakers come together in September for another superb Gravity Fields Festival (26-30 September). Its ‘Voyages of Discovery’ theme allows organiser South Kesteven District Council to illustrate the world-changing discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, locally born and educated and the festival’s inspiration. It also provides a botanical link to illustrious Lincolnshire naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences Sir Joseph Banks who, like Newton, was President of The Royal Society. Events in and around Grantham will deliver something for everyone, with a mix of serious and fun science high on the programme and a free Saturday evening spectacular in the town centre set to attract thousands of people. www.gravityfields.co.uk For more information visit www.southwestlincs.com Visitor Guide and Stamford Accommodation hether you have a day, a weekend or longer to explore, our corner of Lincolnshire has got Wsomething for everyone. Characterised by historic market towns and picturesque villages scattered across outstanding countryside, South West Lincolnshire is a great place to visit. You’ll be spoilt for choice for accommodation, from five star luxury to cosy country cottages. Our location and 30 AUGUST - 2 SEPTEMBER excellent transport links mean that the region is easy to LAND ROVER BURGHLEY explore on foot, by bike or by car. HORSE TRIALS With castles and stately homes, arts centres and a lively World class equestrian action festival scene, you’ll never be short of things to do. People and so much more. Shop come from far and wide to events; from the famous Land til you drop at 600-plus niche Rover Burghley Horse Trials, to the Gravity Fields science, retail units in a glorious arts and heritage festival. parkland setting. Our historic market towns boast delightful eateries, burghley-horse.co.uk coffee houses and niche shops. Find ancient hostelries and great village pubs throughout the area. Grantham Come and stay a while, you’ll love it. Gateway to Lincolnshire 4-7 ■ Visit Stamford 8-11 ■ Visit Grantham 12-15 ■ Visit Bourne 16-17 ■ Visit The Deepings 18-19 ■ Visit Rutland 20 26 - 30 SEPTEMBER Celebrations beckon for RAF 100 21 GRAVITY FIELDS FESTIVAL Science and art has never Accommodation - where to stay 22 been so much fun. See Hotels and Inns 24-25 amazing venues for a fantastic programme of events for all Guest Houses, Farm Houses & B&Bs 25-29 the family. Self Catering 30-35 gravityfields.co.uk Camping and Caravanning 35 Cover picture: Browne’s Hospital, Stamford www.southwestlincs.com 3 South Kesteven - Gatewayitting at the southern gateway to to Lincolnshirebreweries. Lincolnshire, our area is one of beautiful As a traditional route from London to York Scountryside with delightful and attractive and beyond, the A1 gives easy access to a contrasts, bursting with quintessential district which typifies the British way of life, English heritage, history, amazing places to its peculiarities and a wealth of tradition. stay – and great food. By rail, Grantham itself is just an hour from South Kesteven’s stone towns have London’s Kings Cross station. historic centres that have been unchanged Once here, the district offers a rare for centuries, spawning their own traditions, chance to get away from it all, with quiet markets and festivals. lanes linking villages, just inviting a good Where else can you find a scarecrow walk or cycle ride. festival, a traditional sheep fair, wonderful Many local pubs offer boutique gardens, castles, historic houses, an artisan accommodation. chocolatier, the birthplace of arguably the Our churches are legendary, from world’s greatest scientist, and England’s Stamford’s dreaming spires to the finest stone town? magnificence of St Wulfram’s Church in The countryside is home to delightful Grantham, a visitor attraction in its own villages, many with traditional country pubs right, and the country churches honouring serving quality local produce, washed down the fallen from two world wars. by artisan beers brewed in local micro- Stay in magnificent hotels, from the Beautiful countryside typifies the area 4 www.southwestlincs.com What’s On SAT 26 - SUN 28 MAY George Hotel in Stamford to the country Stamford Antiques, house splendour of Stoke Rochford Hall. Collectors & Vintage Fair Rutland Water, one of the largest man made lakes in Europe, lies just to the west of SUN 3 JUNE Stamford, with a multitude of leisure pursuits Rutland County Show including watersports, cycling, fishing and bird watching. SAT 9 - SUN 10 JUNE No stay in Stamford is complete without a Stamford Food Festival & Craft Beer Festival visit to Burghley House, one of the largest and grandest of the first Elizabethan Age, with its SAT 4 - SUN 5 AUGUST orangery, restaurant, gift shop, gardens and Baston in the Blitz beautiful walks around the historic Capability Brown designated parkland. SUN 26 AUGUST Ellys Manor at Great Ponton is a true Stamford Classic Car heritage gem, a 15th century wool merchant’s Show Manor House, with fabulous late medieval wall paintings. WED 26 – SUN 30 SEPT Easy to get to, charmingly English in so Gravity Fields Festival many ways and with a warm welcome to all, South Kesteven awaits you. Newton’s Trail Get off the beaten track with a specially- mapped Newton’s Trail through Sir Isaac Newton’s heartland, wending its way from his birthplace at Woolsthorpe through delightful villages to Edenham. Stop at Easton Walled Gardens, Grimsthorpe Castle and great pubs such as the Cholmeley Arms and The Griffin Inn. Drive, cycle or walk, the choice is yours. southwestlincs.com/ gardens-walks Mist on the River Welland at Stamford www.southwestlincs.com 5 Places to visit in and around South Kesteven the public on selected days from March to October 2018. 6. BURGHLEY HOUSE Burghley House is a magnificent Tudor mansion, built by Sir William Cecil in the Fred Cholmeley Fred 16th century. Houses major works of art, with a superb 1. WOOLSTHORPE MANOR 3. EASTON WALLED orangery, Garden of Surprises Birthplace of Sir Isaac GARDENS and sculpture garden. Newton, this National Trust Nestled in a beautiful rolling burghley.co.uk property opens Newton’s valley, with 12 acres of home to the public and historic gardens that have captivates visitors with a been lovingly transformed Science Discovery Centre. from dereliction into a See the very apple tree that stunning panorama. Gift triggered his theory of gravity. shop and tearoom. nationaltrust.org.uk/ visiteaston.co.uk woolsthorpe-manor 7. HARLAXTON MANOR A stately home built by local merchant Gregory Gregory - to have one more room than Belvoir Castle! It stages an Annual Open Day in July and hosts tours by appointment. harlaxton.co.uk 2. BELTON HOUSE 4. GRIMSTHORPE CASTLE Belton House is the busiest A beautiful, crennellated 8. TOLETHORPE HALL National Trust attraction in stately home set in stunning 50TH ANNIVERSARY the East Midlands. Built in countryside. Just 10 minutes STAMFORD SHAKESPEARE 1685 for Lord Brownlow, it from the A1, with cycle COMPANY has been described as the hire, adventure playground One of England’s premier most complete example of and events all through the alfresco theatre venues. a typical English country summer. Open March to June, July and August house. It has 25 rooms open September. Shakespeare’s The Merchant to the public, formal gardens, grimsthorpe.co.uk of Venice a maze and a woodland July and August adventure playground. 5. BELVOIR CASTLE The Merry Wives of Windsor nationaltrust.org.uk/ The ancestral home of the June, July and August belton-house Dukes of Rutland for almost Sheridan’s The School for Scandal a thousand years. Open to stamfordshakespeare.co.uk 6 www.southwestlincs.com Lincoln South Kesteven’s four A1 market towns and surrounding area. A46 COLLINGHAM A15 METHERINGHAM A617 SOUTHWELL LEADENHAM A15 Newark-on-Trent A17 RUSKINGTON CRANWELL A46 Sleaford A17 A153 HECKINGTON OSBOURNBY A52 BOTTESFORD A607 2 A52 BARROWBY A15 A52 Grantham A46 DENTON FOLKINGHAM 7 A606 5 A607 3 A16 VALE OF BELVOIR A1 WALTHAM ON THE WOLDS 1 CORBY GLEN A151 COLSTERWORTH A15 4 A151 Spalding Melton Mowbray Bourne A607 THURLBY A15 A6121 A1175 A606 A1 8 Market Deeping Oakham Stamford Rutland Water 6 A47 KETTON A6121 A15 A47 Uppingham A47 A47 Peterborough A43 A6003 A605 A1m CORBY 7 For more information, please visit www.southwestlincs.com StamfordIMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE GEORGIAN ERA IN ENGLAND’S ‘FINEST STONE TOWN’ ith its honey-coloured stone and town’s annual food and drink festival, a three- cobbled streets, narrow alleyways day antiques, collectors and vintage fair, Wand hidden courtyards, Stamford is a classic car show and music festival. wonderfully picturesque and relaxing place The vibrant Stamford Arts Centre was to escape the everyday and spend some built in 1768 and is one of the oldest – and quality time. finest - provincial theatres in England. It’s No wonder it was named the ‘Best place where you’ll find the Tourist Information to live in Britain’ by The Sunday Times in Centre, providing accommodation 2013. information, walking books, town trails and Whether you’ve got a couple of hours or a guide books, and arrange guided Blue Badge few days to spare, you’ll soon lose yourself walks. Stamford’s ever-popular Ghost Walks in the town’s enviable collection of niche start from the Arts Centre. shops, tea rooms, eateries and designer Browne’s Hospital on Broad Street is one boutiques.