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Careby

Careby is the principal village in the civil parish of Careby Aunby and Holywell, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

The place

Careby is the principal village in the civil parish of Careby Aunby and Holywell, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The River West Glen flows through the parish, near Careby, forming part of the parish boundary. In 1921 the parish had a population of 116. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Careby, Aunby and Holywell".

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Careby

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    St Medardus and St Gildardus Church, Little Bytham

    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. Virtually unknown in Britain, St Medard is still well known in France, with at least 25 towns or villages named after him.

    1.8 km · church in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Bytham Castle

    Bytham Castle was a castle in the village of Castle Bytham in Lincolnshire The castle is thought to be of early Norman origin. The earthworks, on a hill above the village, are visible but nothing of the stonework is above ground.

    3.7 km · castle in Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Holywell Hall

    Holywell Hall is a building of historical significance in Lincolnshire and is listed on the English Heritage Register. The house is in the civil parish of Careby Aunby and Holywell in the district of South Kesteven, south-west Lincolnshire, in England.

    2.2 km · country house in Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of All Saints

    All Saints' Church is the Church of England parish church in Pickworth, Rutland. Built in 1821, it is a Grade II listed building.

    3.9 km · church building in Pickworth, Rutland, East Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Newell Wood

    Newell Wood is a 33.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Pickworth in Rutland, adjacent to Lincolnshire Gate. This acid semi-natural woodland is mainly on glacial sands and gravels, but some areas are on clays and siltstones.

    2.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Rutland, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Stanton's Pit

    Stanton's Pit is an 8.05-hectare Local Nature Reserve situated between Little Bytham and Witham-on-the-Hill, villages in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. It is owned and managed by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

    1.5 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Careby

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 57 km · Birmingham (BHX), 91 km · London Luton (LTN), 96 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Careby
    51 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £6–8
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Careby
    100 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £12–16
  • Luton, Luton → Careby
    95 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £11–14
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Careby. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    235 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    335 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    371 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    437 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    472 km

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Around it

Next door to Careby

Careby is 45 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.