Photo of Crowland, a village in Lincolnshire, central England.

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Villages & towns in LincolnshireLincolnshire, England

22 villages and towns in the Albion Guide across Lincolnshire — see the full villages and towns directory, or everything to explore in Lincolnshire.

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Crowland

Fenland town gathered around ruined Croyland Abbey and the strange three-way Trinity Bridge stranded in the streets.

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Woodhall Spa

Edwardian spa village in the pines, home of the Dam Busters, the Kinema in the Woods and championship golf.

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Epworth

Isle of Axholme market town, birthplace of John and Charles Wesley, with the preserved Old Rectory of their childhood.

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Old Bolingbroke

Wolds-edge village around the earthwork ruins of Bolingbroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry IV.

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Brant Broughton

Handsome village of Georgian fronts and a Quaker meeting house, crowned by St Helen's, said to have the finest spire in Lincolnshire.

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Fulbeck

Estate village of honey-stone cottages on the Cliff south of Lincoln, gathered around Fulbeck Hall and its hillside church.

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Somersby

Tiny Wolds hamlet where Alfred, Lord Tennyson was born and raised, its lanes and brook still recognisable from his verse.

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Tealby

Ironstone-and-thatch village climbing the western scarp of the Wolds, home to Lincolnshire's oldest thatched pub and a 12th-century church.

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Alford

Wolds-edge market town with a five-sailed working windmill, a thatched manor house and a lively Friday craft market.

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Alkborough

Village on the bluff where Trent meets Ouse, famous for Julian's Bower, a medieval turf maze above the Humber flats.

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Barton-upon-Humber

Humber-bank town below the great bridge, with the Saxon tower of St Peter's and the Waters' Edge nature park.

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Gedney

Marshland fen village near the Wash, its huge Perpendicular 'Cathedral of the Fens' church rising over the fields.

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Heckington

Fen-edge village famous for its eight-sailed windmill, the only surviving one in the country, and an elaborate Decorated church.

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Stow

Village north-west of Lincoln built around Stow Minster, one of the great Saxon churches and mother church to the cathedral.

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Caistor

Ancient hilltop market town of Roman origin on the north-west edge of the Wolds, with steep lanes and a Georgian marketplace.

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Bag Enderby

Hamlet on the Tennyson trail with a small greenstone church, set among the hidden folds of the southern Wolds.

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Nettleham

Beck-side village just outside Lincoln, its green and stone cottages once the site of a medieval bishops' palace.

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Spilsby

Small Wolds-edge market town, birthplace of the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, who stands in bronze on its square.

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Coleby

Cliff-edge village south of Lincoln with wide views and a landscaped park folly, the Temple of Romulus.

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Coningsby

Fen-edge village beside RAF Coningsby, home of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and a church with a vast one-handed clock.

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Long Sutton

South Holland fen town whose St Mary's church carries England's oldest lead-covered timber spire.

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Navenby

Cliff-top limestone village on the Lincoln Edge with long views west and the preserved Victorian home of Mrs Smith's Cottage.

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