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Photo of Gainsborough Old Hall, a house in Lincolnshire, central England.

Gainsborough Old Hall© Marathon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Gainsborough Central StationGainsborough

18 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Photo of Gainsborough Old Hall, a house in Lincolnshire, central England.Highlight

Gainsborough Old Hall

House near Gainsborough

One of the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England, with a great hall and vast original kitchen in the heart of Gainsborough.

0.5 km W

Photo of the River Trent, a 95-mile river navigation running from Shardlow to Trent Falls, central England.Highlight

River Trent

River navigation

The powerhouse river of the Midlands, navigable from Shardlow through Nottingham and Newark to the tidal reaches at Gainsborough.

0.6 km W · Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Derbyshire

Photo: Beacon Hill, Gringley, a viewpoint near Gringley on the Hill, Nottinghamshire, central England.Highlight

Beacon Hill, Gringley

Viewpoint near Gringley on the Hill

Ridge-top viewpoint over the Trent levels and the Isle of Axholme, long a warning-beacon site above the village.

7.8 km W

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Redhill Farm Free Range Pork

Farm & farm shop near Gainsborough

Free-range pork farm and farm shop near Gainsborough, a mainstay of Lincolnshire sausage and cured meats.

0.5 km W

Photo of the Chesterfield Canal, a 46-mile canal running from West Stockwith to Chesterfield, England.

Chesterfield Canal

Canal

Brindley's last canal, from the Trent at West Stockwith through Retford toward Chesterfield — restored in stretches either side of the collapsed Norwood Tunnel.

5.7 km NW · Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & South Yorkshire

North Leverton Windmill

Windmill near North Leverton

Working subscription tower mill of 1813, open on Saturdays and still grinding its own flour.

8.5 km S

Everything else within 10 km (12) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.