17 miles from Heydour 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).

20 miles from Heydour Parish

Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.

22 miles from Heydour Parish

Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.

27 miles from Heydour 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.

27 miles from Heydour 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.

27 miles from Heydour Parish

Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.