Things to See and Do Historic Places Name Location Distance Telephone Facilities Belton House Grantham 26.7 01476 566116 Belton House is a Grade I listed country house. The mansion is surrounded by formal gardens NG32 2LW miles and a series of avenues leading to follies within a larger wooded park. Tours of the house, gardens and parkland. Large adventure playground. OPEN: Wed-Sun 12.30pm-5pm Belvoir Castle – Grantham 28 miles 01476 871001 One of the finest examples of Regency architecture in the world. Tours of the state rooms, Engine Yard NG32 1PE formal gardens and woodland trails. Visit the Engine Yard, home to artisan boutiques, a spa, the Balloon Gin Bar, Fuel Tank restaurant and the Duchess Gallery. OPEN: Mon-Sun 10am-5.30pm. CLOSED: Friday Browne’s Hospital Stamford 0.7 miles 01780 481834 Almshouses built in 1474, original furniture and stained glass. Call to book a guided tour, cost and Museum PE9 1PF £3.50 per head. OPEN: For pre-booked tours only Burghley House & Stamford 1.3 miles 01780 752451 One of the most impressive Elizabethan houses in England, with eighteen treasure-filled state Gardens PE9 3JY rooms boasting a world-renowned collection of tapestries, porcelain and paintings. Sculpture garden, garden of surprises and deer park. Burghley Horse trials takes place every September. OPEN: March to October Flag Fen Peterborough 18.5 01733 864468 Flag Fen Archaeology Park is home to a kilometre-long wooden causeway and platform Archaeology Park PE6 7QJ miles perfectly preserved in the wetland. 3300 years ago, this was built and used by the Prehistoric fen people as a place of worship and ritual. 60,000 upright timbers and 250,000 horizontal planks are buried under the ground. OPEN: Every day 30th March to 30th September 10am-5pm Grimsthorpe Bourne 12.3 01778 591205 Gardens, extensive historic woodland and a 50-acre lake. Adventure playground and miles of Castle PE10 0LY miles traffic free trails. OPEN: 4 April to 30 May - Sundays, Thursday and Bank Holiday Mondays. 2 June to 30 September - Sunday to Thursday. Castle - 12pm-4pm. Park and Gardens - 10.30am-6pm. Harlaxton Manor Grantham 23.6 01476 403013 Built in 1837 Harlaxton’s architecture, which combines elements of Jacobean and Elizabethan NG32 1AG miles styles with symmetrical Baroque massing, renders the mansion unique among surviving Jacobethan manors. The house is now owned by the University of Evansville, Indiana, USA, and is used as their British Campus. OPEN: House and garden guided tours are by appointment only. John Clare Helpston 7.1 miles 01733 253330 Widely regarded as one of the greatest of the English poets, John Clare lived in Helpston for his Cottage PE6 7ED first forty years from 1793 until 1832. The Cottage has been restored, using traditional building methods. OPEN: Mon, Fri, Sat 11am-4pm Things to See and Do Lyddington Bede Lyddington 14.4 0370 333 1181 Lyddington Bede House originated as the medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops House LE15 9LZ miles of Lincoln. Converted into an almshouse for 12 poor ‘bedesmen’ and two women. Visitors can wander through the bedesmen’s rooms, with their tiny windows and fireplaces, and view the former bishops’ Great Chamber with its beautifully carved ceiling cornice. OPEN: Wed-Sun 10am-6pm. CLOSED: Mon, Tue. Oakham Castle Oakham 11.9 01572 757578 Oakham Castle was constructed between 1180 and 1190 for Walchelin de Ferriers, Lord of the LE15 6DR miles Manor of Oakham. The Castle is known for its collection of massive horseshoes and is also recognised as one of the best examples of domestic Norman architecture in England. Admission to the castle is free. OPEN: Mon 10am-4pm, Wed-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 12pm-4pm. CLOSED: Tues Peterborough Peterborough 14.4 01733 355315 Peterborough Cathedral is one of the finest Norman cathedrals in England. Founded as a Cathedral PE1 1XS miles monastic community in 654 AD, it became one of the most significant medieval abbeys in the country, the burial place of two queens and the scene of Civil War upheavals. OPEN: Mon-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 12pm-3pm Peterborough Peterborough 13.7 01733 864663 Located in one of the city’s most historic buildings, Peterborough Museum has a wealth of Museum PE1 1LF miles stories to fascinate and enthral the whole family. The collections comprise over 200,000 items of great national and international importance. OPEN: Tue-Sun 10am-5pm Rutland County Oakham 11.1 01572 758440 Rutland County Museum & Visitor Centre is the perfect introduction to England’s smallest Museum LE15 6HW miles county. The museum hosts an exciting programme of Exhibitions and Events. Visitor information, a gift shop, study area and a garden. Admission is free. OPEN: Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 10am-4pm. CLOSED: Tues, Thurs, Sun Stamford’s Stamford 0.2 miles N/A The Eleanor crosses were a series of twelve tall and lavishly decorated stone monuments Eleanor Cross PE9 2RB topped with crosses, of which three survive nearly intact, in a line down part of the east of England. King Edward I had the crosses erected between 1291 and 1294 in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile, marking the nightly resting-places along the route taken when her body was transported to London. Stamford Town Stamford 338ft 01780 753808 This historic building was purpose built in 1728 and houses an extensive collection of regalia. Hall PE9 2DR Visit the Sir Malcolm Sargent Room. Free admission, donations to the renovation of the Town Hall. Call to book. OPEN: For tours on Fridays Things to See and Do St Leonards Priory Stamford 0.5 miles N/A Part of the precinct of St Leonard's Priory, Stamford, a cell of the cathedral monastery of PE9 2EU Durham. Includes the upstanding remains of the nave of the priory church and the buried remains of the north aisle, transepts, chancel and claustral buildings. The Priests House Easton on the 2.7 miles 01832 205158 The Priest’s House is one of the National Trust’s smallest buildings. Located in the village of Hill Easton on the Hill, adjacent to the former Rectory which dates from about 1700. Exhibitions are PE9 3LS manned every Sunday in June, July and August from 2.00pm to 4.30pm. At other times, access to the Priest’s House is obtained between 10am and 5pm by visiting one of the nearby keyholders, whose names are posted on the notice board. Whissendine Whissendine 16.1 01664 474172 One of England’s few remaining fully operational nineteenth-century windmills. Today, fully Windmill LE15 7EU miles restored, it produces plain, strong white and wholemeal flour. The Mill was built in 1809 by the Earls of Harborough of Stapleford Park. Whissendine flour is available for purchase at Whissendine’s Mace village store. Visitors are welcome when the Mill is working OPEN: Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat 8am-6pm, Sun 8am-12pm Woolsthorpe Grantham 15 miles 01476 860338 Woolsthorpe Manor is the birthplace and was the family home of Sir Isaac Newton. Stand in the Manor NG33 5PD room where he used a prism to split sunlight into the colours of the rainbow. From the window you can see the apple tree in the orchard which inspired his theory of gravity. OPEN: Entry to the manor is by timed entry. Site, including coffee shop, gardens and science discovery centre open from 11am to 4.30pm daily. Yew Tre Avenue Oakham 12.8 N/A Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue is a unique collection of 150 yew trees, most over 200 years old. The LE15 7SE miles Avenue was once the carriage drive to Clipsham Hall, the centre of the Clipsham Estate. A small car park gives year-round access to the Yew Tree Avenue. Things to See and Do Churches Name Location Distance Telephone Facilities All Saints Church Stamford 0.2 miles 01780 756942 Parish church in the centre of Stamford. PE9 2AG Stamford United Stamford 0.3 miles N/A The modern United Reformed Church is at the forefront of ecumenism and looks to work Reformed Church PE9 1PH together with other Christian denominations for the good of the community. St George’s Stamford 0.2 miles 01780 481800 A vibrant evangelical Anglican Church in the centre of Stamford. Church PE9 2BN St John the Stamford 0.2 miles N/A The imposing medieval church of St John the Baptist is wedged in an unlikely setting between Baptist’s Church PE9 2AW two commercial buildings and the well-proportioned pinnacle tower is a notable landmark. Take the time to step inside and you'll be rewarded with the sight of angels on high in the fifteenth-century roof timbers painted in glorious black, red and yellow. St Mary’s Church Stamford 364ft N/A A parish church lending its name to St Mary's Hill (part of the old Great North Road) on which it PE9 2DS stands. St Martin’s Church Stamford 0.1 miles 01780 753356 The church of St Martin lies on the main route south out of Stamford and was built outside the PE9 2LF medieval town walls. The chapel holds memorials to generations of the Cecil family, many of whom are buried in the burial vault beneath the floor. Breweries and Vineyards Name Location Distance Telephone Facilities All Saints Brewery Stamford 0.2 miles 01780 752186 Restored Victorian steam brewery with award winning fruit beers. Tours and tastings by advance PE9 2PA booking. OPEN: Open for pre-booked tours only Fulbeck Vineries Grantham 36.4 01400 273989 400 vines, growing 6 varieties of grape. Original Victorian greenhouse still stands within the NG32 miles walled gardens and houses a red and a white vine.