Pinchbeck Engine

#1889 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Museum, Science museum

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The Pinchbeck Engine is a drainage engine, a rotative beam engine built in 1833 to drain Pinchbeck Marsh, to the north of Spalding, Lincolnshire, in England. Until it was shut down in 1952, the engine discharged into the Blue Gowt which joins the River Glen at Surfleet Seas End. ()

Built: 1833 (191 years ago)Coordinates: 52°49'5"N, 0°7'45"W

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Pinchbeck Engine – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chain Bridge Forge, Ayscoughfee Hall Museum, St Mary and St Nicolas, Gordon Boswell Romany Museum.

2 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Chain Bridge Forge, Spalding
53 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.
2.5 miS
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Ayscoughfee Hall Museum, Spalding
64 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.
2.4 miS
Church
St Mary and St Nicolas, Spalding
62 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.
3.2 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Gordon Boswell Romany Museum, Spalding
83 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.
2.5 miS
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Spalding War Memorial, Spalding
64 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.
3.1 miSE
Windmill
Moulton Windmill, Spalding
80 min walk • Moulton Windmill in the Lincolnshire village of Moulton, between Spalding and Holbeach is a restored windmill claimed to be the tallest tower mill in the United Kingdom. The nine-storeyed mill is 80 ft to the curb and 100 ft to top of the ogee cap.