Getting here
52.98215, -0.29908
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
14
2 named nearby · 12 public paths
Named routePublic access
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Cycling
2
2 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Crab Lane · Walking0
Route 15 · Cycling0
Boston Road Cycle Path · Cycling0
Spires and Steeples Trail · Walking0
Howell Road · public footpath
Norris Close · public footpath
Potesgrave Way · public footpath
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
Photos
Creature with knotted tail, St Andrew's church, Heckington
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
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Café
Church Street Cafe · 149m
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Parking
1 nearby · 179m
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Playground
2 · 238m away
Free entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
⛪St Andrew's ChurchReligious grounds0 m→✦Medieval moated site, settlement and cultivation remains, post-medieval park and garden, Thorpe LatimerHistoric site4.4 km→⛪St John the Baptist's ChurchReligious grounds1.3 km→✦Ewerby village crossHistoric site3.9 km→⛪St Andrew's ChurchReligious grounds3 km→⛪Little Hale Methodist ChurchReligious grounds2.5 km→