English Heritage sites near Buckminster Parish
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
15 miles from Buckminster Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
KIRBY HALL
18 miles from Buckminster Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
APETHORPE PALACE
19 miles from Buckminster 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.
JEWRY WALL
21 miles from Buckminster Parish
A length of Roman bath-house wall over 9 metres (30 feet) high, near a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
23 miles from Buckminster Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
24 miles from Buckminster Parish
The picturesque moated remains - including the fine gatehouse and a complete corner tower - of this brick-built fortified mansion have recently been extensively conserved by English Heritage.
Churches in Buckminster Parish
Buckminster: St. John the Baptist
Back Street
Buckminster
Grantham
01572 789954
https://www.framlandparishes.org
Sewstern: Holy Trinity
Sewstern
Sewstern
Grantham
01572 789954
https://www.framlandparishes.org
Pubs in Buckminster Parish
Blue Dog
A two roomed community pub that has recently enjoyed refurbishment and some new furnishings throughout. The bar room has a real fire and is quiet with pew style seating. The larger lounge has a stove and dart board and wall-mounted Tv. Lice...
Tollemache Arms
48 Main Street, Buckminster, NG33 5SA
07840 474210
tollemache-arms.co.uk