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Recommended Towns & Villages near Crowland

Spalding

Spalding (104 Pictures)

in the county of Lincolnshire (7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction N)

In springtime, the town of Spalding, in it's favoured position on the banks of the River Welland becomes a riot of blazing colour as tulips, daffodils and other glorious spring flowers come into bloom...

Peterborough

Peterborough (143 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction S)

The magic of Peterborough lies in the richness of its beautiful Cathedral. It is a glorious historical treasure house, it is unique and quite beyond compare...

Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival

Whittlesey (17 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cambridgeshire (8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction S)

Whittlesey is an old area of Cambridge, it is mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086...

All Saints Church, Moulton

Moulton (2 Pictures)

in the county of Lincolnshire (9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction NE)

Set in the heart of the famously beautiful fenlands of Lincolnshire is the pleasant town of Moulton...

Genealogy-Holbeach Cemetery

Holbeach (15 Pictures)

in the county of Lincolnshire (11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction NE)

A small market town in the middle of a famous bulb growing region, there is a cluster of small streets and a central main street where the dominant feature is the church of All Saints...

Stamford

Stamford (246 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Lincolnshire (13.2 miles, 21.3 km, direction W)

Of the 17 churches, only 6 now remain in Stamford, which is without doubt, one of the finest medieval towns in the British Isles, if not in Europe...

St Peter & St Paul Church garden

Wisbech (23 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cambridgeshire (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction E)

Wisbech stands on the River Nene, almost 12 miles from the sea, at one time it was closer but changing river patterns over the passing years have altered its position in relation.....

March, Cambridgeshire. Town Hall.

March (7 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cambridgeshire (13.9 miles, 22.3 km, direction SE)

A curiosity of the town is the tradition of the March, March march. This is when a group of Cambridge students gather in the town to walk back to Cambridge stopping at all convenient inns to quench their thirst!..

A picture of Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay (27 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction SW)

The lantern tower of the Church of St. Mary and All Saints at Fotheringhay shines through the deepening shadows of the great trees that frame it, shadows matched in darkness by those less visible that haunt the village where the final tragedy of Mary, Queen of Scots was enacted...

Apethorpe

Apethorpe (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Northamptonshire (16.1 miles, 26.0 km, direction SW)

Apethorpe is a small, picturesque, East Northamptonshire village, a mile and a half from Kings Cliffe. St Leonard is an attractive looking church in a nice setting. Trees.....

Normanton

Normanton (29 Pictures)

in the county of Rutland (19.2 miles, 30.9 km, direction W)

Normanton lies in a landscape of rolling farmlands, broken only by rivers and patches of woodland. It is a tranquil place, with the waters offering scope for sailing and other water-sports, bird-watching, fishing, and cycling...

Edith Weston

Edith Weston (13 Pictures)

in the county of Rutland (19.5 miles, 31.4 km, direction W)

The village lies on the southern shores of Rutland Water, one of Europe's largest man-made reservoirs, and England's premier fly fishing waters...

Helpringham Village Green in Lincolnshire.

Helpringham (6 Pictures)

in the county of Lincolnshire (19.8 miles, 31.9 km, direction N)

Helpringham is a richly rewarding walking area, with walks around old villages and waterside walks giving visitors a lovely glimpse of the regions natural wildlife and variety of scenery...

Boston Stump

Boston (124 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Lincolnshire (21.5 miles, 34.6 km, direction N)

This is the town in which the Pilgrim Fathers were imprisoned in the year 1607 following their first attempt to escape to America and the cells which held them can still be seen in the 15th-century Guildhall...

A picture of Woolsthorpe Manor

Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lincolnshire (21.5 miles, 34.6 km, direction NW)

The tiny hamlet of Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth lies in spacious rural countryside in the valley of the River Witham...

King's Grammar School, Grantham

Grantham (39 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Lincolnshire (25.7 miles, 41.4 km, direction NW)

This delightful town, set on the River Witham in a spacious agricultural region is noted for many historic factors but more latterly as the birthplace of Britains first woman Primne Minister - Margaret Thatcher was born here in 1925 and she became Prime Minister in 1979...

Exterior of Ely Cathedral

Ely (160 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (26.4 miles, 42.5 km, direction SE)

The early life of Ely began with a monastry and town situated on an island in the midst of a vast expanse of marshland in the middle of the Fens...

A picture of Belton

Belton (71 Pictures)

in the county of Lincolnshire (26.5 miles, 42.6 km, direction NW)

The popular village of Belton lying north of Grantham is home to magnificent Belton House. It is also a typical "Estate" village which perfectly epitomises all the values of English country life...

Recommended attractions near Crowland

Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire

Crowland Abbey (18 Pictures)

(0.3 miles, 0.6 km)

Crowland Abbey was founded in 716 by King Ethelbald, in memory of St.Guthlac who had built a cell on the Fen island. It has a.....

Flag Fen Bronze and Iron Age Centre at Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire

Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre (8 Pictures)

(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction S)

This is a wonderful heritage museum which began when the site was uncovered during excavations of 1982. It focus's on the.....

Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Peterborough Cathedral (68 Pictures)

(7.7 miles, 12.5 km, direction S)

The magnificent cathedral church in Peterborough was given cathedral status by Henry VIII in 1541. Formerly it had been one of.....

Nene Park (Ferry Meadows Country Park) Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

Ferry Meadows Country Park (47 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction SW)

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Burghley House

Burghley House (72 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.7 km, direction W)

This is a graceful house which perfectly epitomises the wealth of the prosperous Elizabethan period. Burghley was completed in.....

Peckover House - A town house built in 1722

Peckover House & Garden (7 Pictures)

(13.6 miles, 21.9 km, direction E)

Elegant Georgian town house with wonderful walled garden...

Deene Park, Corby, Northamptonshire

Deene Park (5 Pictures)

(21.2 miles, 34.1 km, direction SW)

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A picture of Woolsthorpe Manor

Woolsthorpe Manor (10 Pictures)

(21.5 miles, 34.6 km, direction NW)

Called a manor but in reality this is the farmhouse where Isaac Newton was born in 1642. The house remains very much during.....

Lyveden New Bield

Lyveden New Bield (33 Pictures)

(22.2 miles, 35.8 km, direction SW)

This magnificent ruin is a rare romantic survival from the great Elizabethan period. The landscape on which the relic of this.....

Kirby Hall

Kirby Hall (30 Pictures)

(22.3 miles, 35.9 km, direction SW)

Looking around the romantic ruin of Kirby Hall it is easy to imagine the splendour of an age when romance was all, and great.....

Oliver Cromwell's house at Ely, Cambridgeshire

Oliver Cromwell's House (4 Pictures)

(26.3 miles, 42.4 km, direction SE)

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) was Lord Protector of England from 1653 until 1658. For the years spanning 1636 to 1647 Cromwell and.....

Belton House

Belton House (113 Pictures)

(26.4 miles, 42.4 km, direction NW)

Belton is the perfect example of a home belonging to an English country gentleman, and yet it is a delightful Anglo-Dutch.....

Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Ely Cathedral (142 Pictures)

(26.7 miles, 43.0 km, direction SE)

Sitting majestically above the River Ouse, Ely cathedral presents an awesome sight with its towers sweeping 217 feet towards an.....


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