English Heritage sites near Thornton le Fen Parish
SIBSEY TRADER WINDMILL
4 miles from Thornton le Fen Parish
Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
5 miles from Thornton le Fen Parish
Remains of a grammar school for church choristers, founded in the mid-15th century by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, the builder of nearby Tattershall Castle (National Trust).
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
9 miles from Thornton le Fen Parish
The remains of a 13th-century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks. Besieged and taken by Cromwell's Parliamentarians in 1643.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
22 miles from Thornton le Fen Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
CASTLE RISING CASTLE
29 miles from Thornton le Fen Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
34 miles from Thornton le Fen Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
No churches found in Thornton le Fen Parish
No churches found in Thornton le Fen Parish