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Spilsby

Spilsby

Spilsby is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

The town is adjacent to the main A16, 33 miles (53 km) east of Lincoln, 17 miles (27 km) north-east of Boston and 13 miles (21 km) north-west of Skegness. It lies at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and north of the Fenlands.

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Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Statue of John Franklin

    This statue commemorates the Voyages of John Franklin, a Splisby native who was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer of Arctic North America, and Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania.

  2. 02
    Gunby Hall and Gardens

    Gunby, Spilsby, PE23 5SS, gunbyhall@nationaltrust.org.uk.

  3. 03
    Bolingbroke Castle

    Near Spilsby features the besieged remains of a 13th-century castle which was the birthplace of King Henry IV in 1366.

  4. 04
    Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre

    Is on the site of the former RAF East Kirkby near Spilsby.

  5. 05
    Snipe Dales

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