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Lincolnshire, East Midlands · population 20,742 · Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Stamford
Stamford is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed buildings and five medieval parish churches.
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CouncilOfsted chief inspector visits Coventry after children’s services achieve outstanding rating
Sir Martyn Oliver toured the council on 17 September to discuss the recent outstanding Ofsted rating, the partnerships driving improvement and plans for school-places and child-focused housing.
Coventry2 hours ago
CouncilOver 2,000 Coventry social homes upgraded with insulation, solar panels and heat pumps
A £67.6 million programme delivered by Citizen, the council and partners has fitted external wall insulation, solar panels, heat pumps and fans to more than two thousand social houses, cutting tenants’ energy bills.
Coventry4 hours ago
CouncilCoventry Market to receive £1.25m external upgrade
Coventry City Council, backed by West Midlands funding and the Hill Group, will spend at least £1.25 million on external improvements to the Grade II listed market, with work set to begin early next year.
Coventry5 hours ago
CouncilCoventry launches 'It's K to Talk' campaign to curb ketamine use among youth
Positive Choices, commissioned by the council, has rolled out the ‘It’s K to Talk’ campaign, co-designed with young people, after an 80 % jump in local ketamine-related support requests since March 2025.
Coventry7 hours ago
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What's on in and around Stamford
Huddersfield Town Women
Sun 11 Oct, 14:00Weston Homes Stadium, Sutton
Flo & Joan - With Feeling
Fri 23 Oct, 19:30Key Theatre, Peterborough
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
Sun 25 Oct, 19:30New Theatre Peterborough, Peterborough
Chris Ramsey: Here Man
Thu 29 Oct, 19:30The Cresset, Peterborough
Norwich City Women
Thu 29 Oct, 19:45Weston Homes Stadium, Peterborough
Scouting For Girls Live in Peterborough Cathedral
Fri 30 Oct, 19:00Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough
Days out around Stamford
View allThe Stamford Spa
Wothorpe · 0.6 miles
Former source of mineralised water. Round stone basin with stone lid. A good history is "Stamford Spa" (2017). YouTube video, added by erasedculture [Online]. Available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaSI-DhD4Fc (Accessed 2020-10-26)
John Clare's grave
Helpston · 6.2 miles
The children of John Clare Primary School annually place 'midsummer cushions' around the grave. These are a Northamptonshire tradition recorded by Clare: a rectangle of greensward with summer flowers pushed into it.
Sibson Lake
Water Newton · 7.5 miles
Close to historic Stamford, Wansford and Peterborough. A short walk from the Nene Valley Railway, combining floating eco-retreats,safe & secure leisure moorings on a beautiful stretch of the Nene. The site was excavated and opened to the river 12/08/2018.
Bourne Castle
Bourne · 9.3 miles
Bourne Castle was a Norman motte and double bailey castle. It was destroyed after being used by Oliver Cromwell's troops in 1645, and a farmhouse was built on its site
Woolsthorpe Manor (Isaac Newton's Birthplace)
Colsterworth · 12 miles
Birthplace of Isaac Newton, scientist.
Eleanor Cross
Geddington · 17 miles
Eleanor Cross: one of a series of twelve stone monuments topped with crosses erected between 1291 and about 1295 in England from Lincoln to Westminster. Ordered by Edward 1 in memory of his wife, Eleanor of Castile, who died in November 1290.
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