Colsterworth
Colsterworth is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, less than half a mile (0.8 km) west of the A1, about 7 miles (11 km) south of Grantham, and 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Stamford.

Colsterworth is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, less than half a mile (0.8 km) west of the A1, about 7 miles (11 km) south of Grantham, and 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Stamford. The village with the hamlet of Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth had a recorded population of 1,713 at the time of the 2011 census, in an area of 1,465 hectares.
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Worth seeing in and around Colsterworth
2 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.
- 01Woolsthorpe Manor
Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, is the birthplace and family home of Sir Isaac Newton. In the orchard within the grounds is Newton's famous apple tree.
900 m · country house in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Mary and St Andrew, Stoke Rochford
St Andrew and St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church dedicated to Saint Andrew and Saint Mary, in the parish of Easton and the village of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, England. The church is 5 miles south from Grantham, and at the western side of the Lincolnshire Vales in South Kesteven.
3.5 km · church in Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Colsterworth
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 48 km · Birmingham (BHX), 86 km · London Luton (LTN), 105 km
- Stations
- RAF North Witham, 1.9 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Colsterworth39 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £4.5–6
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Colsterworth94 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £11–15
- Luton, Luton → Colsterworth104 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Colsterworth
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 Colsterworth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Colsterworth
Colsterworth is 39 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworthvillage in Lincolnshire900 m
- Stoke Rochfordvillage in Lincolnshire, England, UK3.7 km
- North Withamvillage in Lincolnshire, UK2.3 km
- Eastonvillage and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, UK2 km
- Skillingtonvillage in Lincolnshire, UK3.9 km
- Gunbyvillage in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom3.3 km