Museums · East Midlands
Louth, Lincolnshire
In or near Little Cawthorpe.
Louth, Lincolnshire — a museum in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Ludborough · 8.9 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Louth, Lincolnshire is a museum in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom, listed in the Wikipedia register of British heritage and tourism sites. See the linked Wikipedia article for full details.
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Protected designations
- National Nature Reserve: LINCOLNSHIRE CORONATION COAST
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Lincolnshire Wolds
- Ramsar wetland: Humber Estuary
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
Place summary
Louth, Lincolnshire, is home to a museum that showcases the town's rich history and heritage. Located in the East Midlands, the museum features a collection of local artefacts and displays that reflect the area's cultural significance.
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Background
History
Three handaxes have been found on the Wolds surrounding Louth, dating from between 424,000 and 191,000 years ago, indicating inhabitation in the Paleolithic era. Bronze Age archeological finds include a 'barbed and tanged' arrowhead found in the grounds of Monks' Dyke Tennyson College. St Helen's Spring, at the Gatherums, off Aswell Street, is dedicated to a popular medieval saint, the mother of Constantine the Great, the first Roman Emperor to become a Christian, but is thought to be a Christianised Romano-British site for veneration of the pagan water-goddess Alauna. The Anglo-Saxon pagan burial ground northwest of Louth dates from the fifth-to-sixth centuries, and was first excavated in…
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- Coordinates
- 53.3669, -0.0061
- County
- Lincolnshire
- District
- East Lindsey
- Parish
- Louth
- Postcode
- LN11 0NW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
- Nearest railway station
- Ludborough — 8.9 km
Sources
- wikipedia: Louth, Lincolnshire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Louth, Lincolnshire?
- Louth, Lincolnshire is in Lincolnshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LN11 0NW), in the parish of Louth.
- What is Louth, Lincolnshire?
- Louth, Lincolnshire — a museum in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Louth, Lincolnshire?
- The nearest railway station is Ludborough, about 8.9 km away. Drivers can use postcode LN11 0NW.
- Is Louth, Lincolnshire a protected site?
- Yes — Louth, Lincolnshire is part of the LINCOLNSHIRE CORONATION COAST National Nature Reserve and the Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Louth, Lincolnshire?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LN11 0NW. It sits within the Louth and Horncastle parliamentary constituency.