English Heritage sites near Great Carlton Parish

Bolingbroke Castle

BOLINGBROKE CASTLE

15 miles from Great Carlton 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.

Tattershall College

TATTERSHALL COLLEGE

22 miles from Great Carlton 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).

Sibsey Trader Windmill

SIBSEY TRADER WINDMILL

23 miles from Great Carlton Parish

Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.

Thornton Abbey and Gatehouse

THORNTON ABBEY AND GATEHOUSE

28 miles from Great Carlton Parish

Thornton Abbey’s enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse is the largest and amongst the finest of all English Monastic gatehouses.

Lincoln Medieval Bishops' Palace

LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE

29 miles from Great Carlton Parish

Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.

Gainsthorpe Medieval Village

GAINSTHORPE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE

31 miles from Great Carlton Parish

A deserted medieval village, one of the best-preserved examples in England, clearly visible as a complex of grassy humps and bumps.


Churches in Great Carlton Parish

St John the Baptist, Great Carlton

Pubs in Great Carlton Parish

Great Carlton Social Club

Main Road, Great Carlton, LN11 8JU

Social Club held in a Village Hall currently three nights a week.