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Historic Houses and Castles |
Belvoir Castle
Open March & October Sundays only,
Open daily April-September
Closed Mondays & Fridays except Bank Holidays
Opening Times 11.00am to 5.00pm | Home of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland and family, the Castle enjoys the breathtaking views over the vale of Belvoir and houses an impressive collection of period art and furniture. The grounds around the Castle are extensive and relaxing. | Rockingham Castle
Open April, May & September
Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays.
June, July & August: Tuesdays,
Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays.
Opening Times 12 noon to 5.00pm | Built by William the Conqueror, Rockingham was a Royal fortress and has been the home to the Watson Family for the last 450 years. The predominantly Tudor building, within Norman walls, has architecture, furniture and works of art from practically every century. | Belton House
Open 31st March to 31st October
Wednesday-Sunday & Bank Holiday
Mondays
Opening Times 11.00am to 5.30pm
House 12.30am to 5.00pm | Built between 1685 and 1688, Belton is one of the finest Restoration houses in the country and has stunning interiors, fine silver and furniture collections. Set in formal gardens and landscaped park, Belton offers a great day out | Grimsthorpe Castle
Open April to end September
Thursday, Sunday & Bank Holiday Mondays.
Sundays to Thursdays during August
Opening times 11.00am to 6.00pm | Just a few minutes drive from Maycroft Cottage, Grimsthorpe Castle is the home of the Willoughby de Eresby family. The castle contains fine furniture, paintings and tapestries. It is surrounded by expansive grounds and ancient parkland. Facilities include tea room, shop, family cycle trail, woodland walk and picnic area. | Burghley House
Open 27th March to 31st October
Opening times 11.00am to 4.30pm | Burghley House is the largest and grandest house of the first Elizabethan age. built by William Cecil and still a family home for his descendants. Eighteen state rooms contain unique and important collections of porcelain, art, furniture and textiles. The Orangery Restaurant, Gift shop, Sculpture Garden and Deer Park are just some of the attractions to be found. | Woolsthorpe Manor
Open March to October at weekends
April to September Wednesday to Sunday
Opening times 1.00pm to 5.00pm
6.00pm July and August | 17th century manor house and birthplace and family home of Sir Isaac Newton, Science Discovery Centre. National Trust property. | Harlaxton Manor
June to August
Opening times 11.00am to 5.00pm | An immense Grade 1 listed building, now a private college built in the 1830s. Open twice a year to the public. | Lyddinton Bede House
Open April to September 10.00am-6.00pm
October 10.00am - 5.00pm | Preserved stained glass bearing arms of various bishops and intricately carved wooden ceiling. An English Heritage Property. | Priests House
National Trust Property
open by arangement | Small pre-Reformation stone building, of interest for its architecture. The house contains a small museum illustrating past village life. |
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Bourne Heritage Centre
Baldocks Mill
Open All Year 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays | Staffed by volunteers from the Bourne Civic Society, Baldocks Mill is the only remaining mill in the town and is over 200 years old. Once a working watermill, now a heritage centre displaying information and artefacts relating to Bourne and Raymond Mays (Mr. Motor Racing). A must visit for motor racing enthusiasts. Exhibitions on three floors | The Gordon Boswell
Romany Museum
Open End of March - End October
Friday, Saturday & Sundays
& Bank Holiday Mondays
11.00am - 4.30pm | The Gordon Boswell Museum is a unique experience for all the family, containing one of the finest collections of Romany vardo's (gypsy caravans) carts and harnesses etc.
Visitors are greeted with a slide show and talk about the Romany Way of Life. Unique collection of Romany photographs & sketches spanning the last 150 years. | Bubble Car Museum
Open March to September
Friday, Saturday & Sundays
10.00am to 4.00pm | Take a trip down memory lane with this collection of micro-cars and bubble-cars of the 60s and 70s and related memorabilia. | Melbourne Brothers
All Saints Brewery
Open All Year 10.00am to 5.00pm
Wednesday to Friday Weekends and evenings by arrangement. Brewery tours by advanced booking. | Restored Victorian Brewery brewing award-winning fruit beers. Character Restaurant and coffee lounge. Off the Street Tours commence at 2.00pm when open. | Stamford Museum
Open all Year 10.00am to 5.00pm
Monday to Saturday
Sundays 1.00pm to 4.00pm
April to September | Displays illustrate the history of Stamford and include the visit of Daniel Lambert, Stamford-ware pottery, the Stamford tapestry and the more recent industrial past. Exhibitions and Gift shop. | The William Browne Hospital
Open May to September
Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays
11.00am to 4.00pm | One of the best surviving mediaeval almshouses in England set around beautiful cloister garden. Built in 1475 with original furniture and 15th century stained glass. | Grantham Museum
Open Monday to Saturday & Bank Holidays except Christmas & New Year 10.00am to 5.00pm | On display is Grantham's history from its earliest archaeological remains to Sir Isaac Newton, Margaret Thatcher and RAF heroes the Dambusters. Ever changing exhibitions. Gift shop., | Flag Fen
Open Daily except between Christmas and
New Year 10.00am to 5.00pm | Britain's Bronze Age Centre where reconstructed Iron Age and Bronze age roundhouses recreate life in the past. Preserved are remains of a huge timber monument to the ancestors, part of the remains can be viewed in an under-covered display hall containing a 60 metre wall painting showing life of the fens 3000 years ago. 20 acre park contains recreations and reconstructions of dwellings from past times including native flora and fauna around a site packed with wildlife. | Sacrewell Farm & Country Centre
Open all Year except between Christmas & New Year
9.30am to 5.00 pm | Hidden deep in the heart of the countryside nestles this 18th century working watermill and country farm were all treasures of farming and country life lie waiting to be discovered. | Ayscoughfee Hall
Museum & Gardens
Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays
Open Summer (April - September)
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays
10.30am - 5.00pm
Thursdays 12noon -7.00pm
Saturdays & Sundays 10.30am - 4.00pmOpen Winter (October - March)
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays
12noon - 5.00pm
Thursdays 12noon -7.00pm
Saturdays & Sundays 10.30am - 4.00pm | Ayscoughfee Hall, in the centre of the historic market town of Spalding was built around 1451 by a wealthy wool merchant, Richard Aldwyn (father of Sir Richard Aldwyn, Lord Mayor of London).
The Museum is situated on two floors with displays and interactive exhibits allowing the visitors to enjoy a journey into the past and discover how the land was drained and reclaimed from the sea and how the lives of people who lived in this unique and distinctive area were shaped. Exhibits include a Victorian Kitchen and an impressive mid nineteeth century library.
The Garden is open all year round Monday-Saturday 8.00am until dusk Sundays 10.00am until dusk. |
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| Arts Crafts and Antiques Top |
Terry Barnatt Studio
Glass Engraver, Artist, Photographer,
Naturalist, Wildlife Recordings. | Our local Art and Glass Engraving Studio is a few hundred yards walk from Maycroft Cottage. | Peremill Gallery
Open Thursday to Sunday
10.00am to 5.30pm | Situated just over a mile from Maycroft Cottage, Peremill Gallery is housed in the only 150 year old Smock mill in Lincolnshire. Offering Art of a Difference, two of its four floors host an art gallery with works of Bronze and metal Sculpture, African Art, Limited Editions and Original Paintings. | Willoughby Memorial Trust Gallery
Open Easter to November Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday
12noon to 5.00pm during exhibitions | A Grade 1 listed building founded as a Grammar School in1669. Converted into an art Gallery, hosting a series of exhibitions which change each month. | Manor Stables Craft Centre
Open 10.30am to 4.30pm
Tuesday to Sunday & Bank Holidays
Closed Christmas to New Year | A working Craft Centre in a beautiful village setting. Incorporating a blacksmith, saddler, clockmaker, arts & crafts gallery, interior home accessories, antique restorers, upholster, a wide range of unusual gifts and traditional tearooms. | St. Martins Antiques Centre
Open 10.00am to 5.00pm 7 days a week | Sixty dealers selling a wide variety of antiques, collectables and ephemera. | Market Deeping Antique and Craft Centre
Open daily | Extensive Centre with a very large variety of arts, crafts, antiques and collectables for sale. | Bourne Antiques and Arts
Open Monday to Saturday
(Closed Tuesday and Wednesday)
10.00am to 5.00pm
Sunday 11.00am to 4.00pm | In this Georgian Farmhouse several dealers displaying a wide variety of furniture, silver, porcelain, maps and prints and glassware. | Attica Furniture and Antiques
Open Monday to Saturday
9.30am to 5.30pm
Sunday & Bank Holidays
10.00am to 4.00pm | Attica is your local one-stop shop for: Accessories & furniture for the home and garden; Traditional, ethnic & quirky items from all around the world; Timeless, individual, quality gifts to suit the family; Inspiring ideas to elegantly dress your home; Complete shopping experience under one roof; Antique & craft centre and quality second hand goods. |
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| Garden and Shopping Attractions Top |
Barnsdale Gardens
Open every day of the year except
23rd and 25th December
March, April, May, September & October
9.00am to 5.00pm
June, July & August
9.00am to 7.00pm
November to February
10.00am to 4,00pm
Last entry to the gardens is two hours prior to closing. | Barnsdale Gardens is a short drive from Maycroft Cottage. Set in the county of Rutland in what some people say is the smallest and most beautiful county in England. Made famous by Geoff Hamilton when presenting Gardeners World in 1983 and familiar to millions of Television viewers all over the world. Since Geoff's death in 1996 the legacy of this fabulous garden has passed on to his son and daughter-in-law, Nick and Sue Hamilton, who continue to develop this garden within the parameters of Geoff's vision. Whether you are an avid gardener or not, Barnsdale Gardens is a must visit. And whilst in the area why not take the opportunity and visit the other gardens in The Great Gardens Collection at Grimsthorpe Castle, Belvoir Castle and Easton Walled Gardens all a short drive away. | Cactusland
Open Daily between
1st March and 31st October | Just half a mile away is Cactusland, the UK's leading and largest retail cactus nursery, where under one roof, 22,000 square feet of cacti and succulent plants can be seen and purchased. | Easton Walled Gardens
Open Wednesdays 11.00am to 5.00pm
31st March to 29th September
and Bank Holiday Mondays | Walk along the terraces, over the stone bridge crossing the River Witham and up the ancient yew tunnel. Finish at the abundant picking garden and witness the amazing revival of this 400 year old garden. | The Victorian Kitchen Garden
Open Thursday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays. Closed Christmas Eve for two weeks. | Originally laid out as a Victorian Kitchen Garden between 1810 - 1820 and now carefully fully restored, many old varieties of plants and seeds are for sale, together with home made refreshments in the tea room and produce from the garden. | Waterside Garden Centre
Open Monday to Saturday (all year) 9.00am to 6.00pm and Bank Holidays
Sundays 10.30am to 4.30pm
Closed Easter Sunday, Christmas Day, Boxing day and New Years Day. | Waterside Garden Centre offers quality products, stocking everything for the garden, to pets and aquatics, garden furniture, hot tubs, saunas and swimming pools. A large restaurant serves homemade food.. | Downtown Garden Centre
Open Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5.30pm and Bank Holidays
Sundays 10.00am to 4.00pm
Closed Easter Sunday and
24th December to 1st January. | The biggest Garden superstore in the UK with over 1400 parking spaces, the centre covers all aspects of gardening from amateur to professional. You can get it all....Downtown! | Downtown Superstore
Open Monday to Saturday
9.30am to 5.30pm,
Sundays and Bank Holidays
11.00am to 5.00pm
Closed Easter Sunday,
24th and 25th December | Downtown Superstore, Garden Centre and Boundary Mill Stores; a complete shopping experience on this 26 acre site for the whole family. Find fashions, furniture, furnishings, gifts and much, much more. | Hansen's Chocolate House
Folkingham.
Open all year Thursday to Sunday | Hand Crafted Belgian chocolates, Workshop demonstrations, |
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| Open Air Attractions |
There are so many open air attractions within easy striking distance of Maycroft Cottage, that it would be impractical to mention them all. But whatever your interests and tastes are, there is always something for everyone.
Numerous cycle trails and walks including the Macmillan Way are easily accessible. | Stamford Shakespeare Festival at Tolethorpe Hall. Open June - September
A unique and special setting for one of England's finest open-air theatres where you can relax and enjoy one of England's finest playwrights. |
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