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    Danielle B.

    I enjoy Lincoln Castle every time I go there. Well worth the 6pounds. This time we were able to see The Magna Carta, which was seriously cool. The views of Lincoln Cathedral from the Observatory Tower are AMAZING (see photo above). I recommend taking the tour, but the castle is neat enough to check out without a tour, if you're tight on time. The Lucy Tower is a steep climb, but the cemetery is totally worth it. I've been to the castle 4 times now, and I'm sure I'll be going again in the years to come:)

    Observatory tower John Hurt fell off in the movie
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    Plenty of tourist guides so this is the quirky bits. Lincoln Castle is a little odd as in the centre is a Victorian building used as a court so Group Four prison vans tend to go in and out. It is cheap to get in and there are concessions. To see it free go to the Christmas market when it is quite magical set out with stalls. Go and see the Magna Carta and the stuff about King John. The keep is up a steep set of steps. As you will probably have climbed one of the steepest hills ever to get to the castle have a coffee or ice cream first and a sit down. It is open to the sky and full of graves from when it was a prison in the 1800s. Includes a witch I think. They were hung in England not burnt. There is another tower where they hung people on top. The atmosphere is horrible in this tower and I swear an invisible hand pushed me as a child. Cobb Hall this ghost reportedly once tried to push a young child down the staircase, saved only by the quick reflexes of the father who then watched the woman disappear from view. We were told this on the ghost guide and the guide said it had happened to many children. Supposedly a ghost of a woman hung who hated children and had murdered some. The prison chapel is rows of pews with high walls and doors and a gallery for the warders. They have a mad animated preacher yelling at you. The woman in white haunts here pale woman is thought to have been a former prisoner who died during her stay. Witnesses have also reported the sounds of doors slamming and keys jangling in the area. The building where the Magna Carta is was temporarily the ref library a while back. The librarians told me they hated going in the basement to get books as they had all seem a man in a frock coat looking out of a window. There is also a well in the grounds that a woman haunts. Supposed fell in and died. The views from the walls are amazing. Fot years one went in the back door as the front (West Gate) had been bricked up for centuries. It was excavated and opened, due to the crush at the Xmas market, to make a one way system. Climb another high tower and stunning views. Was an observatory for the prison governer. John Hurt fell off it and died in his first movie when he played a student and the castle was a uni. A regular ghost is supposed to gallop up to the gates on a certain day..bringing warning of attack to the castle OR a reprieve for a condemmed man (too late). One report says a night worker returning home early in the morning was unnerved as a man riding a black horse charged by him. As the rider approached the locked castle gates, he screamed 'Open the gates! Open the gates!' before vanishing near the still closed entrance. Another: Observatory Tower: A family reported a strange cold feeling come over them as they climbed this tower, and a photograph they took of the building revealed a strange figure. Several years previous, another pair of witnesses reported seeing two figures in front of them who vanished when they reached the top of the staircase. And: Outside Lincoln Castle walls a black dog. This malnourished hound, once owned by a criminal who was hanged, spent the rest of its life as a minor celebrity and now is occasionally spotted lurking around the castle walls. Queen Anne's Well: There are six holes in the door to the well. Legend says if you walk around the well seven times and place your finger in one, good people are awarded with feeling the breath of the Devil on their digit, while bad people have their finger bitten off. I once scared 2 boys half to death when dressed in Victorian clothes, and a hooded cloak that covered my face, by telling them I was the ghost of the well. Their parents applauded as they were being very naughty and I shut them up :)

    View of the observatory tower from the cafe courtyard
    Patrick H.

    Excellent! Very good exhibits relating to the Magna Carta and history of the castle. Knowledgeable staff help bring everything to life. Well worth a visit, easy to spend the whole day at the castle.

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    Fantastic medieval castle. Also a Victorian prison on the grounds as well as a great birds of prey show. Make sure to go up on the wall for some great views!

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    Well it is nice outside but once inside there isn't a very nice atmosphere and I wouldn't go here again

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    There is a Victorian prison to explore, which was very interesting, and there are sometimes live costumed actors performing roles in it.

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    Templae Bruer

    Templae Bruer

    3.5(2 reviews)
    0.1 mi

    Hard to find this is in the middle of nowhere. Sited in a farm yard it has a place to park and they…read moredon't mind visitors. It is one of the few Templar Sites, other than the odd church, with any remains above ground. This is a tower and you can see where the round church stood and that the farmhouse is made from the stone. The ruin consists of the intact square south tower, one of two added to the original structure during the Templars' tenure, north and south of the chancel. The car park is on the site of the round nave. The Templars financed their military campaigns through the income generated by their estates all over Europe, including several in Lincolnshire. It was founded in the period 1150 to 1160 and the order was dissolved in 1312. The tower has strange effects on people..some rush out. I love it and find it exhilarating. I climb the barrier and up the worn steps and sit at the top feeling wonderful yet shaky. A friend walked the land around with dowsing rods and (I am a sceptic) he handed them to me and they were going crazy..I could hardly hold them. In the tower the graffitti is very interesting ..British and American airmen from Bomber County etched their names and base/date. I wonder how many of them ever went back? It was a preceptory and training would have been done here but at Temple Bruer, the Templars were leaders in the sheep farming industry..knocks the myth a little?

    Interesting looking building but not worth itread more

    Stonebow & the Guildhall

    Stonebow & the Guildhall

    4.0(6 reviews)
    0.4 mi

    Five stars for the coolness of walking through the Stonebow and thinking you are drunk…read more This place leans! It separates upper and lower Lincoln. A gateway has stood here for over 1800 years, although the present building was not completed until 1520. So not that ols then :) No wonder it leans. The Guildhall is the official home of the Mayor and occupies the whole of the second floor of the Stonebow. The Guildhall is still used today for Council meetings. It opens on Heritage days and maybe others although you can book party tours. The City's administration have met in the Council Chamber for many centuries from the medieval Gild Merchant to its modern day descendant of the City Council. Inside the Guildhall is the old debtors prison which now houses the City's Civic Insignia including the Royal Sword presented by Richard II and the Mayor's Mace presented by Charles II. I love that they say this in their guideIt must also be borne in mind that some of the floor areas are a little uneven and there a few additional steps to be careful of when walking about the building. Have they not noticed the whole thing leans!!??? Actually it doesn't if you have a few drinks before looking at it.

    A great meeting place in the middle of Lincoln that everyone just takes for granted. Next time when…read moreyou pass take a moment to have a look at what you arte passing through. That is of course if you aren't hassled by the ever present charities collectors.

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    The Pilgrims Fathers Stone

    The Pilgrims Fathers Stone

    5.0(1 review)
    29.3 mi

    This is a memorial stone dedicated to the Pilgrims going to America…read more In 1608 the attempt to leave for Holland was made, this time from Killingholme Creek near Immingham where a Dutch ship waited. Men were ferried aboard first, but before the women and children could do so an armed crowd intervened. The Pilgrim Fathers left from the bank of the Humber at a place called Immingham Creek to Holland in 1608. The actual spot was marked by a memorial which was erected in 1924. The granite top stone of the memorial was taken from Plymouth Rock, Mass and presented by the Sulgrave Institution. The memorial was erected by the Anglo-American Society of Hull. The memorial became surrounded by industry as the Immingham dock area expanded and was moved in 1970 to its present site in a small park opposite the church in Immingham. According to Alan Tailby in his book the Pilgrims did hire a boat to take them to Holland from Boston in 1607 but the skipper, after taking their money, betrayed them to the authorities and they were imprisoned for a time. Many of the streets in Immingham are named after the Pilgrims: e.g. Clyfton Crescent and Brewster Avenue. Some 22 million Americans claim descent from the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed in the Mayflower and related crossings. The memorial stone, erected in 1924, on the estuary, was moved in 1970 to near St. Andrew's church because of re-development.When I worked in the archeology department I remember listing this as an SMA. (Sites and Monuments). Many Americans visit it each year.

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