Deanery of Lafford, Ruskington

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The Deanery of Lafford is an historic deanery in the Anglican Diocese of Lincoln in England. Located around the market town of Sleaford, it covers an area of c.200 square miles and serves a population of c.36,000. ()

Coordinates: 53°2'40"N, 0°23'15"W

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Ruskington United Kingdom

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Deanery of Lafford – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Hub, St Denys' Church, Temple Bruer Preceptory, Heckington Windmill.

3.3 miS
Specialty museum, Museum, Modern art museum
The Hub, Sleaford
84 min walk • The Hub, nestled in the heart of Sleaford, United Kingdom, is a contemporary beacon for the arts, known formally as The National Centre for Craft & Design. This modern cultural venue boasts an impressive array of exhibitions and activities centered around the visual...
3.2 miS
Church
St Denys' Church, Sleaford
82 min walk • St Denys' Church is a medieval Anglican parish church in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. While a church and a priest have probably been present in the settlement since approximately 1086, the oldest parts of the present building are the tower and spire, which date to the late...
4.9 miW
Church, Historical place
Temple Bruer Preceptory
125 min walk • Temple Bruer Preceptory is a historic building in the civil parish of Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is one of the few Knights Templar sites left in England where any ruins remain standing.
6 miSE
Architecture, Windmill
Heckington Windmill, Sleaford
154 min walk • Heckington Windmill is the only eight-sailed tower windmill still standing in the United Kingdom with its sails intact. Heckington is located between Sleaford and Boston in Lincolnshire, England. The mill stands very close to Heckington railway station, hence its name of the Station Mill in the 19th century.
3 miS
Museum
Cogglesford Mill, Sleaford
77 min walk • Cogglesford Mill is a Grade II listed working watermill in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. It is possibly the last working Sheriff's Mill in England.
3.5 miS
Forts and castles
Sleaford Castle, Sleaford
90 min walk • Sleaford Castle is a medieval castle in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. Built by the Bishop of Lincoln in the early 1120s, it was habitable as late as 1555 but fell into disrepair during the latter half of the 16th century.
5.7 miSE
Church
Heckington Methodist Church
146 min walk • Heckington Methodist Church is in Heckington, Lincolnshire, England.
3.3 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater
Playhouse, Sleaford
84 min walk • The Playhouse is a theatre in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. It is a Grade II listed Georgian building dating from 1820. The building became a school in the 1850s, and after serving several other purposes reopened as a theatre in 2000.
5.4 miSE
Canal
Car Dyke
139 min walk • The Car Dyke was, and to a large extent still is, an 85-mile long ditch which runs along the western edge of the Fens in eastern England.
4.3 miSW
Church
St Botolph's Church
111 min walk • St Botolph's Church is an Anglican place of worship in the village of Quarrington, part of the civil parish of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England.
1.5 miNE
Museum, Science museum
North Ings Farm Museum
38 min walk • The North Ings Farm Museum is a working farm museum containing a 2 ft narrow gauge railway, running on a circuit of 1⁄4 mile. It is located at Dorrington, between Lincoln and Sleaford, in Lincolnshire.