Top 21 historical things to do in Lincolnshire 2023

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Henry VIII said this of the inhabitants of Lincolnshire: “the commons of one shire and that one of the most brute and beastly of the whole realm”. The county was one of the most isolated of the time during the Tudor period in England.

Lincolnshire enjoys 50 miles of coastline, lying in the East Midlands region of England. It is among the country’s largest and most versatile counties, steeped in history, and definitely worth visiting for any history buff. There is a range of stately homes, castles and country parks that will delight the whole family. The county is home to numerous airforce bases and houses a number of famous collections and museums.

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Lincoln Cathedral

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The cathedral was the tallest building in the world for over 200 years. It is the four largest Cathedral in England and construction began in 1072. If you visit you must search for the Lincoln Imp.

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Adult: £9.00*
Concession: £7.20*
Children: £4.80* (5-16 Years – Under 5 Years Free)
Family: £20.80* (2 Adults and up to 3 Children)

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Toilets: Yes

Car Park: No

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: No

Kids Playground: Yes

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

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Belton house

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Belton House was built between 1685 and 1688 in the parish of Belton in Lincolnshire, England. The house is set in formal Italian and Dutch gardens with a deer park and avenues winding their way to follies inside a wooded park.

Under the care of the National Trust, the estate holds a significant collection of fine art and heritage objects among which are 11000 book titles, and 5500 printed before 1801.

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: Yes

Dog Friendly: Yes

Kids Playground: Yes

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

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Adult: £16.00

Child: £8.00

Family: £40.00

Single Adult Family: £24.00

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Burghley House

William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, built Burghley House 500 years ago. Sixteen generations of Cecil’s direct descendants have lived in the House ever since. This is one of the more popular historical locations in Lincolnshire.

It is open for visitors to enjoy the walking routes in Parkland, with remarkable views of Burghley House. Events held here include craft workshops, country fairs, concerts, and horse shows.

Adult: £20.00

Child (3-15 years): £9.00

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Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: Yes

Dog Friendly: Yes

Kids Playground: Yes

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

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Doddington Hall

Built by Elizabethan Architect, Robert Smythson, between 1595 and 1600, Doddington Hall has provided unbroken family occupation ever since and is still a lived-in family home. The National Heritage cares for it and the historic collection of 400 years worth of furniture, weaponry, paintings, ceramics, textiles, household objects, and porcelain it holds. Visitors can freely walk the property or attend events hosted in the Hall such as art exhibits and theatre shows.

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: No

Kids Playground: No

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

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Adult: £13

Child: £6.50

Family: £36

Easton Walled Gardens

The Cholmeley family has lived on Easton Estate in Lincolnshire since 1561. Easton Walled Gardens is of the finest walled gardens in the country, set in 400-year-old gardens in the very heart of middle England’s countryside. The Estate offers limestone holiday cottages, a personalised range of products in the shop, and a delight of handmade baked goods in the Applestore tearoom.

Adults: £8.25
Children 4-16 years: £4.00
Under 4s: FREE

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Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: Yes

Dog Friendly: No

Kids Playground: Yes

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

Gainsborough Old Hall

Gainsborough Old Hall in Lincolnshire once entertained royalty the likes of Richard III and Henry VIII and is among the biggest and best-preserved Tudor manor houses in England. Since its existence in the 15^th century, it has served, among others, as a theatre, a preaching house, linen factory, pub, soup kitchen, and masonic temple.

Under the care of English Heritage, the hall is open to the public who should make a concerted effort to see its medieval kitchen, the great hall, the tower, and apartments before taking refreshments at the café.

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: No

Walking: Yes

Dog Friendly: Yes

Kids Playground: Yes

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

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Member: Free
Adult: £9.00
Child (5-17 years): £5.40
Concession: £8.10
Family (2 adults, up to 3 children): £23.40
Family (1 adult, up to 3 children): £14.40

Grimsthorpe Castle

The Castle has stood majestically since the 13th century as a centrepiece in the Estate in Lincolnshire’s extensive parkland of superb antiquity. Visitors can marvel at Thrones and furnishings from the House of Lords as well as the collection of paintings, furniture, tapestries, and objects d’art on display in the staterooms.

The Willoughby de Eresby family has owned Grimsthorpe Castle for five hundred years. Henry VIII granted the castle to William, Baron Willoughby de Eresby, in 1516 when he married the lady-in-waiting to Katherine of Aragon. King John’s Tower is its oldest part, built in the early 13th century but the grandeur and drama of the castle are in the main front. Visitors can attend events at the castle where concerts, car shows, outdoor theatre, and storytelling are hosted. The Castle is part of the Historic Houses Association.

Adult: £28.00

Child (5-16 years): £12.00

Family (2+3): £68.00

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: Yes

Dog Friendly: Yes (Parkland Only)

Kids Playground: Yes

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

Lincoln Castle

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William the Conqueror built Lincoln Castle almost 1000 years ago which since then has been witness to some interesting historic and dramatic events in the country’s past. The castle was in fact a part of William the Conqueror’s strategy to control the rebellion following his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Its imposing position reminded locals of the Normans’ dominance but it also allows today’s visitors the benefit of unsurpassed panoramic views over Lincolnshire’s landscape.

The Romans preempted the Normans, though, in the building of a fortress on this hilltop. The Normans’ motte and bailey castle was built in 1068, using the remaining stone walls of the later Roman city, Lindum Colonia. The first wooden keep on the earth mound was replaced by the permanent stone version that is Lucy Tower.

Lincoln Castle in Lincolnshire contains one of the four original copies of the Magna Carta.

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: No

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: No

Kids Playground: Yes

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

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Adult: £15.00

Concession: £14.00

Child: £8.30

Child Under 5: Free

Family: £38.30

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre

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This unique aviation heritage site houses heroes of The Battle of Britain. Visitors can venture into the hangar to see the Lancaster PA474, Douglas Dakota ZA 947, six Spitfires, two hurricanes, and two chipmunks. Get up-close to aircraft that today make special appearances at British state occasions such as Queen Elizabeth II’s Trooping of the Colour. The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight started in 1957 at Royal Air Force Biggin Hill. Back then it started with just a Hurricane LF363 and three Spitfires Mk XIX. The Lancaster PA474, infamously known as the Avro Lancaster ‘City of Lincoln’, is one of only two airworthy Lancaster aircraft in the world.

The Centre offers a café and tearoom for refreshments, guided tours, and a gift shop.

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Adults: £9.80

Concessions: £8.30*

Family ticket: £26.80 (2 adults and up to 3 children)

Children (5 to 16 years): £5.70

Students (proof required): £8.30

Aged 60 and over: £8.30

Under 5’s: free

BBMF Club members: free

Lincolnshire Lancaster Association Members: free

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: No

Kids Playground: No

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre

The Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre is a national heritage attraction and an Arts Council England Accredited Museum at Alexandra Dock in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. , Opening in 1991, the museum invited visitors to experience the 1950s heyday of Great Grimsby’s world-famous fishing fleet. Displays include preserved trawler interiors and careful recreations, and three historic fishing vessels. Perseverance can be seen in the main atrium. She is a sailing trawler built in Boston. Ross Tiger is a 1957 side-trawler moored at Alexandra Dock outside of the attraction. The G.I.C. or Esther was built in 1888 and is a large Grimsby sail trawler close to the attraction at Alexandra Dock.

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: No

Kids Playground: No

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

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Adult: £8.50 + £3 for Ross Tiger tour

Concessions (students, over 60s, disabled): £6 + £2 for Ross Tiger tour

Children: £4 + £1 for Ross Tiger tour

Family ticket (up to 2 adults and up to 5 children): £18 excluding Ross Tiger tour OR £25 including Ross Tiger tour.

Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre

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The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre pays homage to the 55,500 men of Bomber Command who paid the ultimate price. As home to the rarest aircraft and wartime vehicles, visitors can see an Arvo Lancaster Bomber and the historical wartime vehicle, a Ford WOT1 Crew Bus. Exhibits and displays provide perspectives of WWII and dedications to aviation heritage such as but not limited to The Home Front and an authentic World War II Control Tower.

Adult (15 years and over): £10.00

Senior Citizens: £9.00

Children (6 to 15 years old): £4.00

Under 6s: FREE

Family (Two adults and two children): £26.00

Additional child: £3.00

HM Armed Forces: £9.00

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: Yes

Kids Playground: No

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

Gunby Estate, Hall and Gardens

The National Trust Gunby Estate, Hall, and Gardens take you back to 1700 when the house was built for Sir William Massingberd, a Baronet in Lincolnshire. Set on eight acres of Victorian walled gardens with wide lawns, wildflowers, and pristine vegetable patches, visitors can also look upon its clock tower, carriage house, and stable block. Notwithstanding its interesting associations with Lord Tennyson, Charles Darwin, and Ralph Vaughan-Williams, the estate remains the family home of the Massingberd family. The estate hosts art exhibits, open-air theatre, and Jubilee celebrations.

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: Yes

Dog Friendly: Yes

Kids Playground: No

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

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Adult: £8.50

Child: £4.25

Family: £21.25

One adult family: £12.75

Group Adult (Minimum group size 15): £7.50

Group Child (Minimum group size 15): £3.75

Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum

The National Trust welcomes you to visit Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum and the historic Royal Air Force College Cranwell. Try out your pilot skills on the Jet Provost flight simulator right here where since 1918 officers could be trained to fly for the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps. As the first Military Air Academy in the world, visitors can discover the history of RAF Cranwell from its early days as a Royal Naval Air Service base. Interactive exhibits include the Vampire nose pod, exhibitions, and artefacts. The Jet Provost aircraft is on display in the courtyard.

Light refreshments are on offer and visitors are invited to browse the gift shop or attend events, exhibitions, and their annual summer fun day.

Free, with a nominal charge for group visits.

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: No

Kids Playground: No

Cafe / Restaurant: No

Museum of RAF Firefighting

Under the care of the National Trust, the Museum tells the story of military firefighting, focusing particularly on the Royal Air Force. Visitors can see exhibits from the Royal Navy and the Army, the Defence Fire services, and MOD contract fire Services. These form what is possibly the largest collection of fire memorabilia in England together with the largest collection of ex-military fire engines in the world to be seen in one place.

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You can pledge as little as £1.00 a month knowing that every penny we raise will go directly into supporting the museum and its activities.

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The collection

What was well known as the City and County Museum became ‘The Collection’ in 2005, when Lincolnshire’s archaeology museum and the Usher Gallery merged to reopen on Danes Terrace. The City and County Museum was founded way back in 1906. Today it operates under the care of Lincolnshire County Council in partnership with the City of Lincoln Council, Arts Council England, The British Museum, and the Art Fund.

Visiting the museum and Usher Gallery is free and there is no need to pre-book.

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: No

Kids Playground: Yes

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

Time Trap Museum

What was once the police cells of Grimsby Town Hall is now Grimsby’s Time Trap Museum. In this museum, visitors can travel back in time to experience the colourful past of Grimsby and its development. Moving through dark, twisting corridors, you get to explore Grimsby’s transformation into the world’s largest fishing port, carved out by law and order, disease, death, and violence.

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: No

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: No

Kids Playground: No

Cafe / Restaurant: No

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Adults: £3.50

Seniors and children: £2.50

Under fives are FREE

Family ticket for 2 adults and 2 children: £10

Cleethorpes coast light railway

The Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway has been intriguing visitors for more than 70 years as among Britain’s oldest seaside miniature railways. Travel the picturesque Humberside Coast or make use of the line connecting Cleethorpes Promenade with the main station Lakeside near Cleethorpes Premier Inn. The 15 in gauge Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is mostly used today by holidaymakers in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire. When it started as the Cleethorpes Miniature Railway in 1948 it took passengers only 300 yards (270 m) near the seafront in Cleethorpes.

Return: £4.50

Singe: £3.50

Dogs: £1.50

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: Yes

Kids Playground: No

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

Lincoln Medieval Bishops’ Palace

Lincoln Medieval Bishops’ Palace stands in the shadow of Lincoln Cathedral and affords views over the ancient city and its outlying countryside. Built in 1163 as the home of the bishop of Lincoln who headed the largest diocese in medieval England, stretching from the Humber to the Thames. The imposing Gothic architecture shows it as of the most important buildings in the country, reflecting the power and wealth of the church.

English Heritage Site.

Under Major Restoration

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Member: Free

Adult: £6.90

Child (5-17 years): £4.10

Concession: £6.20

Family (2 adults, up to 3 children): £17.90

Family (1 adult, up to 3 children): £11.00

Normanby Hall

Normanby Hall Country Park is a Regency mansion built in 1825. The Sheffield Family owns the Hall and are former Dukes of Buckingham and the original owners of Buckingham Palace. The Sheffield family called Normandy Hal home for five months of the year through the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1964 the Sheffield family leased the house and grounds out on a 99-year lease to be opened to the public as an example of life in the late Regency period.

Adult: £7.50

Children (5 to 16 years): £4.50

Under 5s: Free

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: Yes

Kids Playground: Yes

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

Tattershall Castle

In 1231 King Henry III gave Robert de Tateshale license to build a crenellated manor house out of stone at Tattershall. Tattershall Castle, surrounded by a single moat, boasts a great hall, kitchens, gatehouse, and a chapel, and is defended by a curtain wall. Its medieval tower proudly and magnificently shows that it has survived centuries of conflict, decay, and restoration.

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: Yes (Grounds Only)

Kids Playground: No

Cafe / Restaurant: No

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Adult: £8.00

Child: £4.00

Family: £20.00

Family (1 adult): £12.00

Thornton Abbey and Gatehouse

Among Britain’s richest Augustinian abbeys, Thornton Abbey came out of King Henry’s Suppression of the Monasteries intact by reinventing itself as a secular college. It was closed in 1547, and in the 1600s building started on a house behind the gatehouse which was either never finished or was later dismantled. Visitors get to enjoy the wildlife now living in the ruins after they have explored the turbulent lives of its former residents.

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Member: Free

Adult: £7.00

Child (5-17 years): £4.20

Concession: £6.30

Family (2 adults, up to 3 children): £18.20

Family (1 adult, up to 3 children): £11.20

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: Yes

Dog Friendly: No

Kids Playground: Yes

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

Woolsthorpe Manor

Dating back to around 1623, Woolsthorpe Manor typifies the early 17th-century yeoman farmhouse. The National Trust now owns this Lincolnshire farmhouse in which Sir Isaac Newton had his revelation about gravity. Alongside is the orchard in which grows the 400-year-old tree from which the apple fell that inspired Newton. Isaac Newton was actually born in Woolsthorpe on Christmas Day in 1642.

Visitors to the manor can see the 17th-century fireplaces and original panelled doors. More interesting to many would be the geometrical figures and hieroglyphics that show as graffiti supposedly drawn by Newton. It is conceivable however that these were added as a tourist trap in the 18th- or 19th-century.

Toilets: Yes

Car Park: Yes

Walking: No

Dog Friendly: No

Kids Playground: No

Cafe / Restaurant: Yes

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Adult: £10.00

Child: £5.50

Family: £25.00

Single adult family: £15.00

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Lincoln Cathedral

Belton house

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Doddington Hall

Easton Walled Gardens

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Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre

Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre

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Museum of RAF Firefighting

The collection

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