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Booking is essential. A rare opportunity to see the medieval timber framed Great Hall. The building is associated with the Barton sculptor Philip Pape. Booking for the guided tour is essential.

By kind permission of English Heritage. This famous Anglo Saxon tower and medieval nave and chancel are an archaelogical and architectural treasure. Guides on hand. The “Buried Lives” exhibition tracks the church and its people through 1000 years.

Guided walk of Baysgarth Park, former parkland and gardens of Baysgarth House. The estate belonged to the Nelthorpe family (1620-1792) and the house is now a museum. This is where the walk commences. Book to avoid disappointed.

A Grade II Listed 13th Century church greatly restored in the early 19th Century, including the installation of a highly regarded collection of medieval stained glass by Revd H V Bayley. A story revealed,

Exhibition about the origins of the Library an its early days. Short guided walk (lasts approximately 1/2 hour) at 11:00am and 13:30pm around Epworth and the Library (access via a flight of stairs.) Display of local history books/newspapers. Book sale … Continued

Booking is essential. A minibus day trip to look at what remains of the various drainage schemes in the Isle of Axholme from Cornelius Vermuydens original 17th Century works to those of smeaton and Rennie of the 19th Century,

An Adults powertex workshop with purple meadows arts & crafts. Decorate a photo frame using powertex, pigments to colour and embellish. £25.00 – BOOKING ESSENTIAL  

Come and see the three locomotives that were used to transport peat on the moors. Hear about our plans to record and present the history of peat working on the moors from the medival times.

Enjoy a day at Owston Ferry Pumping Station in the company of the Lincolnshire Toy Steam Forum who will be holding their annual fair. The pumping station will also be open to visitors.