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.
Worth seeing
- 01Statue 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.
- 02Gunby Hall and Gardens
Gunby, Spilsby, PE23 5SS, gunbyhall@nationaltrust.org.uk.
- 03Bolingbroke Castle
Near Spilsby features the besieged remains of a 13th-century castle which was the birthplace of King Henry IV in 1366.
- 04Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
Is on the site of the former RAF East Kirkby near Spilsby.
- 05Snipe Dales
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