--- title: "Grainsby – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Grainsby, United Kingdom: Grainsby is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Nearby: St Martin's Church, North…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/grainsby" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/grainsby.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England · United Kingdom # Grainsby Grainsby is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The place Grainsby is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 miles (8 km) south from Grimsby, and just to the west from the A16 road. The nearest village is North Thoresby, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-east. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grainsby), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Grainsby 4 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. St Martin's Church St Martin's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Waithe, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. 1.4 km · church in Waithe, Lincolnshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church,_Waithe) 2. North Thoresby railway station North Thoresby is a heritage railway station in North Thoresby, Lincolnshire. The station, which was previously part of the East Lincolnshire Railway, closed in 1970, but has since been reopened by the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway. 2.5 km · heritage station in Lincolnshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Thoresby_railway_station) 3. Church of St Peter The Church of St Peter is the Grade II\* listed Anglican parish church for the village of Holton-le-Clay in Lincolnshire. It is dedicated to St Peter and consists of chancel, nave, and an embattled tower with three bells. 3.5 km · church in Holton-le-Clay, Lincolnshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter,_Holton-le-Clay) 4. St Helen's Church, North Thoresby St Helen's Church is the Anglican parish church in the village of North Thoresby in Lincolnshire, England. Built of squared limestone rubble, chalk and limestone coursed rubble, the church is a Grade II\* listed building with diverse stonework dating from Saxon, Norman, and Elizabethan restorations. 1.4 km · church in North Thoresby, Lincolnshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Helen%27s_Church,_North_Thoresby) 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. Go there ## Getting to Grainsby **Airports:** East Midlands (EMA), 110 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 113 km · Manchester (MAN), 147 km\ **Stations:** RAF Grimsby, 3 km\ - Nottingham, Leicestershire → Grainsby 92 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £11–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nottingham-leicestershire-to-grainsby) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nottingham%2C+Leicestershire&to=Grainsby) - Leeds, West Yorkshire → Grainsby 103 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £12–16 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/leeds-west-yorkshire-to-grainsby) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Leeds%2C+West+Yorkshire&to=Grainsby) - Manchester, Greater Manchester → Grainsby 143 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £18–24 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manchester-greater-manchester-to-grainsby) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester%2C+Greater+Manchester&to=Grainsby) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Grainsby) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Grainsby 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 Grainsby. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in It's also a base for helicopter transfers to the offshore oil and gas rigs, and for private aviation. From [Wikivoyage: Grimsby](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Grimsby), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 321 km 2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 336 km 3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 401 km 4. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 403 km 5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 433 km If you know how people move in Grainsby – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cgrainsby&title=Grainsby&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fgrainsby), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Grainsby Grainsby is 34 km from [Kingston upon Hull](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kingston-upon-hull), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [North Thoresby](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/north-thoresby) village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom 1.8 km - [Holton le Clay](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/holton-le-clay) village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom 3.4 km - [Ashby cum Fenby](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ashby-cum-fenby) village in Lincolnshire, England, UK 2.7 km - [Waithe](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/waithe) hamlet in Lincolnshire, England 1.3 km - [Brigsley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/brigsley) village in Lincolnshire, England, UK 3.5 km [The place page for Grainsby](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/grainsby) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/grainsby, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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