Alford Manor House
Said to be the largest thatched manor house in England, this Grade II* listed house was built in 1611 and restored in the 2000s.
Former 18th-century coaching inn on Alford's market square, now a small boutique hotel. Renovated doubles and family rooms are joined by a two-bedroom apartment with its own kitchen, and the best suite has a four-poster overlooking the square. The bar serves real ale and pub classics, and dogs are welcome.
A market town a few miles inland, known for its working five-sailed windmill and Friday market. More in Alford.
Details last checked October 2026. Opening times can change with the seasons, so check with The Windmill Hotel before you travel.
Said to be the largest thatched manor house in England, this Grade II* listed house was built in 1611 and restored in the 2000s.
Running since 1974, this makers' collective has a permanent shop on West Street stocking work by more than 30 Lincolnshire craftspeople.
A working sheep farm at Maltby le Marsh, between Alford and Mablethorpe, now run by the fourth generation of the same family.
Garage on Alford's Beechings Way Industrial Estate offering MOTs and repairs.
Big rural garden centre just outside Alford and the original site of the British Garden Centres group.
Independent boutique hotel just outside Louth on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, part of the Best Western Signature Collection.