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Attractions near Spalding
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Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre
(10 Miles)*
At Flag Fen archaeologists have discovered the preserved remains of a huge timber monument to our ancestors. |
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Grimsthorpe Castle
(11 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. |
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Peckover House and Garden
(14 Miles)*
Set in the attractive market town of Wisbech, Peckover House is a lovely Georgian brick town house with a charming two acre Victorian walled garden. |
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Peterborough Cathedral
(15 Miles)*
Peterborough Cathedral is a superb example of Romanesque architecture. The West front built in the early 13th century is unique in Christendom. |
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Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery
(15 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. |
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Burghley House
(17 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. |
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Nene Valley Railway
(18 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. |
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Prebendal Manor House
(19 Miles)*
The Prebendal Manor is a 1,200 year old medieval centre on the north eastern edge of Northamptonshire, near Oundle, Stamford and Peterborough. |
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Elton Hall
(20 Miles)*
Elton Hall stands in the midst of unspoilt landscaped parkland, on a site where there has been a house since the Norman Conquest. |
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Barnsdale Gardens
(22 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. |
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Town House Museum of Lynn Life
(22 Miles)*
Find out about everday life in Lynn through the ages. This jewel of a museum is set in a 19th century town house. |
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Lynn Museum
(22 Miles)*
Visit the home of Seahenge - the astonishing Bronze Age timber circle uncovered on a Norfolk beach. |
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Southwick Hall
(24 Miles)*
Dating from the 14th Century and owned successively by three families, Southwick Hall illustrates the development of a manor house. |
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Hamerton Zoo Park
(24 Miles)*
The Zoo Park was opened as a conservation sanctuary in 1990. It is set in 15 acres of parkland providing a safe home for a fascinating array of beautiful creatures from around the world. |
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Rutland County Museum
(25 Miles)*
The Rutland County Museum is a warm ironstone building, erected in 1794-95 on the site of maltings by Sir Gerard Noel Edwards |
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