Little Ponton

Worth seeing in and around Little Ponton

10 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
   Harlaxton Manor

   Harlaxton Manor is a Victorian country house in Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, England. The house was built for Gregory Gregory, a local squire and businessman.

   3.1 km · manor house located in Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Wulfram's Church, Grantham

   St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, is the Anglican parish church of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. The church is a Grade I listed building and has the second tallest spire in Lincolnshire after St James' Church, Louth.

   3.9 km · church in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Francis Trigge Chained Library

   The Francis Trigge Chained Library is a chained library in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England which was founded in 1598. Located in the parvise, over the south porch of St Wulfram's Church, it has been claimed to be the first English public library.

   3.9 km · chained library in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Ellys Manor House

   Ellys Manor House, or the Old Rectory is a late-fifteenth to early sixteenth-century manor house in Great Ponton, Lincolnshire, England. It was built by Anthony Ellys, a wool merchant, and member of the Staple of Calais, who also built the tower of the village church.

   2 km · manor house in Great Ponton, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Gorse Lane

   Gorse Lane is a cricket ground in Grantham, Lincolnshire. It was constructed from scratch when the London Road ground was sold to Safeway.

   2.2 km · cricket ground in Grantham, Lincolnshire · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Grantham Museum

   Grantham Museum is located at St Peter's Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, housed in the town's former Carnegie Library, which it moved into in 1926.

   3.4 km · museum in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Statue of Margaret Thatcher

   A statue of Margaret Thatcher stands in her birthplace, the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. The statue is 10 feet 6 inches high, cast in bronze, and depicts the late British prime minister Baroness Thatcher, dressed in the full ceremonial robes of the House of Lords.

   3.4 km · statue in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Finkin Street Methodist Church

   Finkin Street Chapel is a Grade II listed building in Grantham, Lincolnshire. The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1840 and was the childhood church of Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

   3.7 km · church in Grantham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Angel and Royal Hotel

   The Angel and Royal is a hotel in Grantham, Lincolnshire, which has had a hotel on site since 1203, making it one of the oldest hotels in the world. The hotel is known to have hosted a large number of royals in the past.

   3.8 km · Grade I listed building in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    The Guildhall and Sessions Hall

    Grantham Guildhall is a municipal building on St Peter's Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

    3.4 km · building in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Little Ponton

Airports

East Midlands (EMA), 47 km · Birmingham (BHX), 89 km · London Luton (LTN), 113 km

Stations

Grantham railway station, 3 km

• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Little Ponton

  36 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £4–5
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Little Ponton

  97 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £11–15
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• Luton, Luton → Little Ponton

  112 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £12–16
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