English Heritage sites near Billingborough Parish
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
16 miles from Billingborough Parish
Remains of a grammar school for church choristers, founded in the mid-15th century by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, the builder of nearby Tattershall Castle (National Trust).
SIBSEY TRADER WINDMILL
17 miles from Billingborough Parish
Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
22 miles from Billingborough Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
24 miles from Billingborough Parish
The remains of a 13th-century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks. Besieged and taken by Cromwell's Parliamentarians in 1643.
APETHORPE PALACE
25 miles from Billingborough Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
25 miles from Billingborough Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
Churches in Billingborough Parish
St Andrew
Pubs in Billingborough Parish
Fortescue Arms
27 High Street, Billingborough, NG34 0QB
(01529) 240228
fortescuearms.co.uk