Off the beaten track this place is huge and the gatehouse is the largest remaining in the country…read more Very impressive and loved by artists. You can go inside for, a fee up, the new staircase. Within the grounds stand the ruins of the monastic buildings, notably the elegantly decorated octagonal chapter house of 1282-1308. An early example of brick building in England, it proclaimed the wool trade-based prosperity of one of the wealthiest English Augustinian monasteries. Its founder Sir William le Gros, Earl of Yorkshire, was buried here. (Will the Fat) It is free to wander around it and I find it very atmosphering at dusk and eerie. I swear I have heard whispering voices. By day it is a lovely place to visit. They say if you take stone from the abbey you will die and there is a legend that a manor house build of it suddenly collapsed. Now you will think me mad but once on a sunny day I was walking back to the gatehouse from the chapter house and found myself rooted to the spot. My friends asked what was wrong and I said I couldn't move my legs and I couldn't! They pulled me and suddenly I was free. NO idea what it was but it scared me!

Grimsby Dock Tower (N.E.Lincs) is visible for miles before you reach the town and is a famous…read morelandmark. It was so noticable it was on German bombing maps as a guide to the docks. An order to demolish it because of this was made but never happened. Designed like the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. It was built in 1852 with the purpose of containing a 30,000 UK gallon (136 m) water reservoir, which was originally used to provide hydraulic power to the lock gates and cranes of Grimsby Docks. You can walk up to it and twice a year people abseil down the side to raise money for charity by the Grimsby Rotary Club. I always MEANT to do it..I like abseiling. It is possible to climb the structure to see the amazing views over the whole of Grimsby and Cleethorpes though it is not open to the public usually other than sometimes on Dock open days.

The Corporation Bridge in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire is a lifting bridge in the town's former…read morefish docks. Road vehicles can pass freely over the bridge and it is part of one of Grimsby's busiest traffic spots.It used to have trams run over it and bits of tramlines can still be seen. It is quite attractive and has fine views over the river and the boats moored there like one of the old Humber ferries..the Lincoln Castle and the Barge pub. Of course some idiot planner in the town built another bridge close to it that does not open and is too low for shipping! The bridge was originally a swing bridge opened in 1873. At that time, it faced the Central Market and the Clock Tower. Following an incident in which a winch stripped a number of cogs from the bridge's machinery, it was opened by a tugboat. The bridge's present form was constructed by dock engineer Alfred C. Gardener in 1925. After being built at a cost of almost £60,000, it was opened by the Prince of Wales three years later. Many of the workers involved in its construction had their names engraved onto the girders. It required ten men to drive the mechanism to raise the bridge. However, the bridge has not been raised since the early 1990s and its present mechanical condition is unknown. North East Lincolnshire Council has stated that it plans to restore the bridge to its former glory. It has been repaired and repainted. It is briefly seen in the opening scenes of the video to Erasure's song The Circus.

Very interesting to look at, but unfortunately it tends to be overrun with Goths and broken glass…read more The steps are quite steep, so keep an eye on your little ones. Shame, as it has a lot of potential.

This was excavated a few years ago and the foundations can be seen..good place to sit eat your…read moresarnie from herbies. Beverley Gate gave access to the town of Hull through its walled defenses. The wall was built in the fourteenth century by Edward II who was granted permission to build a defensive stone wall around the town. It was rebuilt using brick between Beverley Gate gave access to the town of Hull through its walled defenses. The wall was built in the fourteenth century by Edward II who was granted permission to build a defensive stone wall around the town. It was rebuilt using brick between1330 and 1410. In 1642 King Charles I traveled from York to Hull to seize the city for its considerable arms that had been left after the Scottish War. Sir John Hotham (see Ye Old White Hart: plotting room) ordered the gates to be closed refusing the King entry to the town - an act that is thought to have triggered the English Civil War. Beverley Gate was demolished in 1776 to make way for the development of Queens Dock. (Now Queens Gardens)

Great place to walk around enjoy the scenery. The zoo, however, was somewhat disappointing. They…read moreshow a picture of a puffin but there are none. It's more like a petting zoo woot the petting. There is a trolley (fee applies) that can take you around but it was so beautiful out we decided to walk. The cliff area and views are spectacular. We ran out of time and didn't go inside the building.

Wonderful place to visit. Plenty for the children to do and a great stately home and grounds. The…read morechildren's play area has been re-vamped and is great. The small animal zoo is cool and it's a great place to have a picnic. The beaches are a stone throw away. They have many events on throughout the year and it's always a delight.

Stunning building, I thoroughly recommend the view from the roof if you visit on an open day.read more

England's largest Parish Church, dating back to the12th century. The brickwork is some of the…read moreoldest (post-Roman) in the country.

Many moons ago I looked at buying the old post office in Barrow..it was very cheap and quite large…read morebut woefully delapidated. There is an abundance of historical buildings in the village and in 1974 it was designated a conservation area. Barrow has a mix of 18th and 19th Century houses from all social backgrounds, and was once home to many workers from farms in surrounding villages. It is easily missed as it is on the old road leading from the south of the Humber Bridge.It is however an interesting example of time standing still somewhat. Barrow-upon-Humber's origins have been traced back to at least the 7th Century when a monastery was founded by St Chad. It never grew into a town and was destroyed by Viking raids in the 9th Century. Barrow's strategic importance is illustrated by the huge motte and bailey castle constructed by Drogo de la Beauvriere in the 11th Century. Barrow-upon-Humber Castle is an enormous earthwork motte and bailey, which retains part of its rampart and wet ditch. Built in the Norman plan, the two huge baileys have the large low motte in-between. It is located south of Barrow Haven, by The Beck at West Hann Lane. 12 miles south of Hull on the A63-A15(Humber Bridge)-A1077 or 18 miles north-east of Scunthorpe on the A1077. I went with a friend and we couldn't find it so we randomly knocked on a door and asked. It was behind the house and we wandered around the soggy moat remains. One of the village's most famous sons was John Harrison (1693-1776) (an ancester) who invented the first practical marine-chronometer which enabled sailors to accurately compute their position in the sea. Barrow was once a thriving rope-making and basket-weaving village and in the last century there was a massive population growth leading to the forming of New Holland. Tourist attractions include the Holy Trinity Church, part of which dates back to the 13th Century, and the listed vicarage built in the 1800s. The church was partially restored in 1841 and again in 1856 and a third time in 1869. It seats about 400. The old Congregational Chapel, now a band room, is one of the village's most unusual buildings with its steel sloping roof. Worth a quick visit if you are coming south off the Humber bridge.

Hard to say where this is in Qype. It is just outside Sutton-on-Sea on the way to Mablethorpe…read more This is a tiny thatched church. Very rare. Markby was once a priory and the church is all that is left apart from stones making up the nearby farmhouse. The priory of St. Peter at Markby was founded during the reign of Henry II. Ok I lecture in history too so for anyone interested here is the ref: (From: 'Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Markby', A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (1906), pp. 174-176. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38025 . ) Markby church is cute! and I love it. Many accounts of monks having to be wheeled home from the inn in a wheelbarrow and of gossiping etc. I think you can still be christened or buried there but not sure if it has services. It is usually open, however, to visit and look around.

- [x] Walmgate Bar (cat trail)     - [x] Fishergate Bar…read more    - [x] Fishergate Postern Tower     - [x] Clifford tower - [x] Skeldergate bridge - [x] Baile Hill     - [x] Victoria Bar     - [x] Micklegate Bar (Tansy beetle mural nearby) - [x] Lendal bridge, Lendal tower, Barker Tower (judi dench walk nearby)   - [x] Multangular Tower in museum gardens where you'll find st Mary's abbey and the hospitium) - [x] Bootham bar - [x] Robin Hood tower - [x] Monk bar (5 mins to minster) - [x] Layerthorpe bridge (15 mins to minster) - [x] The red tower

This was one of our favorite activities in York! An absolute MUST if you're visiting. These old…read morecity walls surround most of the city and run about 2 miles long. It is free to go on the walk and there are guides throughout the city that will keep you on track. We did it in about an hour and a half (with a stop in to a cute coffee shop along the wall!). It is a great way to see the city + get some exercise after eating all of the incredible English pub food! There are multiple, narrow staircases and it definitely is not fit for a stroller so we carried our baby in his wearable carrier! This worked out really well. We would absolutely do this again on another visit - the scenery is gorgeous and it was a really cool experience with activations along the way.