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Things To Do and Places to see in Lincolnshire

How about a day out in the surrounding countryside, Wainfleet is the good base from which to discover Lincolnshire. During your visit you will find beautiful, English countryside, peaceful woodlands, quaint villages, historical market towns.

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Alford Town - old market town on the east side of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Alford Town has a market every Tuesday. Alford features the Alford Craft Market on Tuesdays and Fridays in the Summer. Alford Manor House is great to look around with walkman guided tours and also serves light meals and teas.

Spilsby

Spilsby is on the edge the Lincolnshire Wolds on the way to the Fens. Spilsby has a lively market every Monday where many items are bought and sold, ranging from vegetables and game to household goods. Sir John Franklin - explorer who discovered the North-West Passage - was born in Spilsby in 1768, and a bronze statue of Sir John Franklin stands in the Market Place.

Louth

Louth is a historic market town known as the capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds. While in Louth visit Hubbard's Hills, a local beauty spot and walk along the side of the Louth Navigation Canal.

Lincolnshire Wolds

The rolling hills of Lincolnshire are very attractive; great for holidays, biking, horse riding, walking and living. We are a farming people that have raised sheep, cattle and pigs for generations.

The Lincolnshire Wolds are the highest point in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent. They are designated an Area of Outstanding National Beauty. The fertile chalk hills have been shaped by agriculture for more than 4,000 years.

Alfred Lord Tennyson was born in Somersby in the heart of the Lincolnshire Wolds and not far from Spilsby.

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