Attractions near South Witham
Barnsdale Gardens (5 Miles)*
The Barnsdale Gardens familiar to millions of BBC2 viewers as the home of Geoff Hamilton and Gardeners World is open every day. The gardens comprise 37 individual gardens and features that all blend together by linking borders into one 8 acre garden.
Rutland County Museum (7 Miles)*
The Rutland County Museum is a warm ironstone building, erected in 1794-95 on the site of maltings by Sir Gerard Noel Edwards
Oakham Castle (7 Miles)*
The splendid Great Hall of Oakham Castle is one of the finest examples of late 12th century domestic architecture in England.
Grimsthorpe Castle (8 Miles)*
Grimsthorpe has been the home of the de Eresby family since 1516, when it was granted by Henry VIII to the 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby on the occasion of his marriage to Maria de Salinas, kinswoman and lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine of Aragon.
Burghley House (10 Miles)*
Burghley house is the largest and grandest of the first Elizabethan Age. Built and mostly designed by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer of England, between 1565 and 1587, the house is a family home for his descendants to this day.
Melton Carnegie Museum (11 Miles)*
This exciting newly refurbished museum contains informative and innovative displays.
Belvoir Castle (12 Miles)*
Belvoir Castle has been the ancestral home of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland for one thousand years. The name Belvoir means 'beautiful view' and dates from Norman times.
Prebendal Manor House (15 Miles)*
The Prebendal Manor is a 1,200 year old medieval centre on the north eastern edge of Northamptonshire, near Oundle, Stamford and Peterborough.
Nene Valley Railway (15 Miles)*
The Nene Valley Railway is a preservation railway running along a 7.5 mile standard gauge line through the valley of the River Nene between Wansford and Peterborough.
Southwick Hall (17 Miles)*
Dating from the 14th Century and owned successively by three families, Southwick Hall illustrates the development of a manor house.
Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre (17 Miles)*
At Flag Fen archaeologists have discovered the preserved remains of a huge timber monument to our ancestors.
Elton Hall (18 Miles)*
Elton Hall stands in the midst of unspoilt landscaped parkland, on a site where there has been a house since the Norman Conquest.
Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery (19 Miles)*
Peterborough Museum houses a collection of some 227,000 objects covering the history of the Peterborough area, including archaeology, social history, art, geology, natural history, costume and militaria.
Peterborough Cathedral (19 Miles)*
Peterborough Cathedral is a superb example of Romanesque architecture. The West front built in the early 13th century is unique in Christendom.
Boughton House (20 Miles)*
Boughton House is the Northamptonshire home of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry.
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.


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