Bowthorpe Oak
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Facts and practical information
Bowthorpe Oak in Manthorpe near Bourne, Lincolnshire, England is perhaps England's oldest oak tree with an estimated age of over 1,000 years. The tree has a circumference of 12.30 metres. ()
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Nearby attractions include: Abbey Lawn, Grimsthorpe Castle, Castle Bytham, Church of St Michael the Greater.
Outdoor activities, Sport, Arenas and stadiumsAbbey Lawn, Bourne
89 min walk • The Abbey Lawn in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, is a centrally located space used as the principal recreation ground in the town. The cricket, tennis, bowls, pétanque, and football clubs play their home fixtures here.
Park, Forts and castles, GardenGrimsthorpe Castle, Bourne
123 min walk • Grimsthorpe Castle is a country house in Lincolnshire, England 4 miles north-west of Bourne on the A151. It lies within a 3,000 acre park of rolling pastures, lakes, and woodland landscaped by Capability Brown.
Village, City hallCastle Bytham
134 min walk • Castle Bytham is a village and civil parish of around 300 houses in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is located 9 miles north of Stamford and 9 miles west of Bourne.The population was measured at 768 in 317 households at the 2011 census.
Church, Gothic Revival architectureChurch of St Michael the Greater, Stamford
142 min walk • The Church of St Michael the Greater is a late-Georgian Gothic church in Stamford, Lincolnshire which stands on the south side of Stamford High Street on the site of an earlier, Medieval predecessor. The church is a Grade II listed building as, separately, is the churchyard wall.
ChurchSt Medardus and St Gildardus Church
96 min walk • The church of St Medardus and St Gildardus in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, England, is a Grade I listed building. It is dedicated to two 6th-century French saints, St Medard and St Gildard; the dedication is unique in the UK.
Monastery, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architectureBourne Abbey, Bourne
88 min walk • Bourne Abbey and the Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul is a scheduled Grade I church in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. The building remains in parochial use, despite the 16th-century Dissolution, as the nave was used by the parish, probably from the time of the foundation of the abbey in 1138.
MuseumStamford Museum, Stamford
140 min walk • Stamford Museum was located in Stamford, Lincolnshire, in Great Britain. It was housed in a Victorian building in Broad Street, Stamford, and was run by the museum services of Lincolnshire County Council from 1980 to 2011.
Historical place, Theater, Concerts and showsTolethorpe Hall, Stamford
107 min walk • Tolethope Hall in the parish of Little Casterton, Rutland, England, PE9 4BH is a country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire at grid reference TF023104. It is now the location of the Rutland Theatre of the Stamford Shakespeare Company.
ChurchUnited Reformed Church, Stamford
139 min walk • The United Reformed Church is a congregation in Stamford, Lincolnshire, based in a late-Georgian building situated on Star Lane.
Church, Gothic Revival architectureChurch of St Mary and St Augustine, Stamford
140 min walk • The Parish Church of St Mary and St Augustine in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, is home to a congregation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham. St Augustine's was designed in a "robust High Victorian Early English" style by George Goldie, one of the foremost Catholic architects in England in the nineteenth century.
Forts and castlesBourne Castle, Bourne
86 min walk • Bourne Castle was in the market town of Bourne in southern Lincolnshire. A Norman castle was built by Baldwin FitzGilbert. In medieval times there was motte and double bailey castle which formed an unusual concentric plan.
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