Horncastle in General

We visited horncastle from mablethorpe in august 2008. It did not take too long to get here and mum was surprised how quick it took her to drive. We followed the parking signs at the traffic lights and parked up in the free former cattle market. From here it was a very short walk into town. Our first task was to find some public toilets. On the way there I mentioned to mum that we should phone nan and ask her which was the best tea shop (as a joke as she had already visited here earlier in the year and likes her tea shops). An old man overheard our convisation and stopped my mum launching into a 10/15 mins discussion of tea shops/antique shops in ...  Read the complete review

When we tell other people about where we live, we generally say that it's boring or there's never anything to do there. Horncastle is different. OK, it's only a smallish market town in the heart of the Lincolnshire wolds but there is still something to do here whatever your interest. Horncastle has been dubbed "The Antiques Capital of the country" due to the amount of antique shops in the town. Admittedly, the antique business is a very big part of the infrastructure of the town and trade comes in from all around the world, but this is just part of what Horncastle is. Centrally located between Lincoln to the West, Skegness to the ...  Read the complete review