Grantham

The Angel & Royal Hotel High Street Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6PN telephone 01476 565816 For Location Map click here Historic pub with medieval carved stone facade. This is one of the very few surviving medieval hostelries still remaining in England . It serves a range of real ales.

The Beehive Inn 10 Castlegate Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6SE telephone 01476 404554 For Location Map click here Unpretentious pub and one of the oldest in the town, the pub is named after the living hive of bees in the sign! Good range of real ales and good value food.

The Blue Pig 9 Vine Street Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6RQ telephone 01476 563704 For Location Map click here Timbered beams and pigs both inside and out! Interesting pub with good range of real ales and well priced pub grub.

The Hogshead Market Place Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6LJ telephone 01476 571660 For Location Map click here Modern conversion but excellent range of real ales. When we visited, Boddingtons was on sale at £1.30 per pint, other beers were Olderhaw's High Dyke, Caledonian 80/-, Batemans's XXXB, Brakspear at around £1.90 per pint.

 

About the Town of Grantham

Grantham, a medieval market town, is famous for St Peter's School where Sir Isaac Newton was a pupil and is the town is also the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher the first women Prime Minister. It is also close to the A1 and one of the main stations on the main East Coast main railway line. There is a wide selection of very good pubs in Grantham. In this guide we list just a few. It has some fine coaching inns and an attractive market place.

Over recent years the town has expanded with commuters to Nottingham and London. The parish church of St Wulfram's, dates back to the 13th century and has a 281 ft spire. It has a chained library. The 15th century King's School is north of the church. Grantham House (see below) is nearby. The Angel and Royal Hotel is one of the few surviving medieval hostelries in England and is said to have been once the hall of the lords of Grantham and King John is reputed to have held court here in 1213. Richard III signed the death warrant of the Duke of Buckingham here in 1483. There is a good range of shops and a shopping centre. Nearby in Leicestershire is Belvoir castle.

Places of Interest

Belton House (National Trust) 3 miles North of Grantham on the A607, NG32 2LS, telephone 01476 566116 was built in 1685 - 8 and later altered by James Wyatt. It has stunning interiors and formal gardens, landscaped park and a large adventure playground.

Grantham House (National Trust), Castlegate, Grantham NG31 6SS, telephone 01909 486411 dates back to 1380 and has a delightful walled garden running down to the river.

Woolsthorpe Manor (National Trust), 23 Newton Way, Wooolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, nr. Grantham, NG33 5NR, telephone 01476 860338 is a small 17thcentury manor house and is the birthplace of Sir Issac Newton. There is also a Science Discovery Centre.