South Forty-Foot Drain

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The South Forty-Foot Drain, also known as the Black Sluice Navigation, is the main channel for the land-drainage of the Black Sluice Level in the Lincolnshire Fens. It lies in eastern England between Guthram Gowt and the Black Sluice pumping station on The Haven, at Boston. The Drain has its origins in the 1630s, when the first scheme to make the Fen land available for agriculture was carried out by the Earl of Lindsey, and has been steadily improved since then. Water drained from the land entered The Haven by gravity at certain states of the tide until 1946, when the Black Sluice pumping station was commissioned. ()

Coordinates: 52°50'58"N, 0°16'33"W

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South Forty-Foot Drain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St James' Church, Chain Bridge Forge, Ayscoughfee Hall Museum, St Mary and St Nicolas.

4.8 miW
Church
St James' Church
123 min walk • St James' Church is a quintessential representation of the United Kingdom's rich ecclesiastical heritage, nestled in the heart of a local community whose history is inextricably linked with the spiritual and architectural presence of this sacred site.
6.8 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum
Chain Bridge Forge, Spalding
174 min walk • Chain Bridge Forge is an early 19th-century blacksmith's workshop, on High Street, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. The forge, on the south bank of the River Welland, has been transformed into a living museum, where visitors can learn about Spalding's history, blacksmithing and the Forge through displays, guides and videos.
6.9 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Ayscoughfee Hall Museum, Spalding
177 min walk • Ayscoughfee Hall is a grade I listed building and modest associated parkland in central Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, and is a landmark on the fen tour.
7 miSE
Church
St Mary and St Nicolas, Spalding
178 min walk • The Church of St Mary and St Nicolas is an active Church of England parish church in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. It was built c. 1284 on the site of an earlier church, and is a Grade I listed building.
4.1 miNW
Church
St Andrew's Church
104 min walk • St Andrew's Church is a Grade I listed Anglican parish church dedicated to Andrew the Apostle, in Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England. The church is 7 miles south-east from Sleaford, and at the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fenlands.
6.2 miNW
Church
St. Andrew
160 min walk • The Church of St Andrew in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England, is Grade I–listed Anglican church. Originating in the late 12th century, it was largely completed by the late 15th, with restorations carried out in 1825, 1858 and 1860.
7.7 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum
Gordon Boswell Romany Museum, Spalding
197 min walk • The Gordon Boswell Romany Museum is the lifetime's work of Gordon Boswell, who amassed a collection of artefacts, photographs, and several examples of the characteristic Gypsy wagon or Vardo. The museum also operates a number of non-Romany vehicles, including a horse-drawn hearse.
6.9 miSE
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Spalding War Memorial, Spalding
177 min walk • Spalding War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the gardens of Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding, Lincolnshire, in eastern England. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens.
6.1 miNW
Church
St Peter's
157 min walk • St Peter's Church is a church in Threekingham, Lincolnshire. It is dedicated to St. Peter ad Vincula. It became a Grade I listed building on 1 February 1967. A Saxon church, mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, was located here but the Normans began rebuilding the church in 1170.
4.7 miW
Monastery
Aslackby Preceptory
121 min walk • Aslackby Preceptory in Lincolnshire lay to the south-east of Aslackby Church. Until about 1891 a tower, possibly of the preceptory church, together with a vaulted undercroft, survived as part the Temple farmhouse.
6.4 miSW
Canal
Bourne–Morton Canal, Bourne
165 min walk • The Bourne–Morton Canal is an archaeological feature to the north-east of Bourne in Lincolnshire, England. In old maps and documents, it is known as the Old Ea. It was a 6.5 km artificial waterway linking the dry ground at Bourne to the ancient sea edge near Pinchbeck, or perhaps to a navigable estuary in the area.