See many top tourist attractions in Lincolnshire for FREE this spring.
Special discounts and even free admission is being offered as part of the Discover Lincolnshire Weekend on March 22-23.Offers include a spin on Lincoln’s open-top sightseeing bus, wandering medieval manor house Gainsborough Old Hall, touring the Museum of RAF Firefighting and discovering Boston beasties at Frampton Marsh – all for free.
Visitors will also be able to see how the next chapter in the 1,000-year story of one of England’s finest Norman castles is being written, with free entry to Lincoln Castle as work continues on the £22m Lincoln Castle Revealed project.
While access to some parts of the site is restricted because of work to create a new-look visitor attraction, opening April 2015, there’s still plenty going on. The castle grounds will be brought to life with living history displays, as well as birds of prey displays and medieval entertainment. Free entry all weekend.
Across the picturesque cobbled courtyard from the Castle, Saturday March 22 will also see free entry to Lincoln Cathedral, one of Europe’s finest gothic cathedrals (entrance is free on Sundays as normal).
Tour Lincoln, the city’s open-top sightseeing bus, will launch its tours for the 2014 season during the Discover Lincolnshire Weekend and will be offering free tickets for tours.
Elsewhere in the county, families can visit the 86-acre Water’s Edge Country Park, in north Lincolnshire, and take part in free activities for children. Offering great views of the Humber Bridge, the stunning curved glass Visitor Centre is one of the UK’s ‘greenest’ buildings.
Admission to Gainsborough Old Hall will be free, plus there will be craft activities for £1, while historic watermill Cogglesford Watermill, near Sleaford – where millers have produced flour on the site for over 1,000 years – hosts milling demonstrations on Sunday March 23.
Visitors can discover some ‘Boston beasties’ on a guided tour of coastal wetland reserve RSPB Frampton Marsh and at Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall Museum, set in a medieval hall dating back to around 1451, there will be crafts and stained glass demonstrations throughout the weekend.
For those wanting to stay a little longer, special deals include Woodhall Country Park touring and camping site, near Woodhall Spa, which is offering two nights for the price of one – from as little as £15.
