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Swinstead Valley

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Swinstead Valley is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Lincolnshire, covering 0.09 km². It is one of 116 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. The closest station is Stamford, about 15.4 km to the south. Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Wood and Woodnook Valley are among the SSSIs within 12.2 km.

More places to visit near Swinstead Valley

Photo of Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue, a garden in Rutland, central England.

Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue

Garden near Clipsham

A free 200-year-old avenue of 150 clipped yews near Clipsham, shaped since 1870 into birds, animals and topiary whimsy.

6.1 km SW

Photo of Woolsthorpe Manor, a house near Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, central England.Highlight

Woolsthorpe Manor

House near Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth

Modest limestone farmhouse where Isaac Newton was born and, under its apple tree, worked out gravity during the plague years.

8.5 km W

Photo of Easton Walled Gardens, a garden in Lincolnshire, central England.

Easton Walled Gardens

Garden near Easton

Twelve acres of restored terraces, meadows and famous sweet peas around a lost Grantham hall, revived from wartime dereliction.

9.1 km NW

Photo along the Viking Way, a 147-mile long-distance path running from Barton-upon-Humber to Oakham, central England.

Viking Way

Long-distance path

Through the old Danelaw from the Humber Bridge, over the Lincolnshire Wolds and along the limestone Edge to Rutland Water.

9.5 km SW · Lincolnshire, Rutland & Leicestershire

Photo along the Macmillan Way, a 290-mile long-distance path running from Boston to Abbotsbury, England.Highlight

Macmillan Way

Long-distance path

Boston to Abbotsbury down the limestone belt — 290 miles waymarked in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

11 km SE · spans 10 counties

Photo of Exton (Exton), a village in Rutland, central England.Highlight

Exton (Exton)

Village

Rutland's chocolate-box village, its 300-year-old stone cottages and roses framing a perfectly kept green.

13.7 km SW · Rutland