'Ticklepenny', 'Kingfisher' and 'Barn Owl'.
Self-catering Holiday Cottages on the Banks of the Louth Navigational Canal.

Discover Lincolnshire, famous for big skies and tranquillity.

The Cottages

Canal Farm self-catering holiday cottages offer a peaceful haven for a relaxing break away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. The cottages have a view of open countryside to the Lincolnshire Wolds and the majestic spire of St James Church in Louth, just a few miles away. Louth is a beautiful unspoilt Georgian town with a bustling market. Louth still has many small traditional food shops selling local Lincolnshire produce, including cheeses, breads, pork and fish from Grimsby in North Lincolnshire – this makes Louth a very special and unique town.

The charming self-catering cottages have been created through the sympathetic conversion of traditional Lincolnshire red bricked and pantiled farm buildings and have retained their agricultural heritage. They are well equipped and comfortable, with all that selfcatering holiday makers will need, each has its own its own courtyard and parking area. The local facilities are excellent, with 2 pubs, the Millhouse Restaurant, farm shops and a village store all within 3 miles of Canal Farm in lovely rural Lincolnshire villages.

The Fishing Lake

Canal Farm has it’s very own fishing lake, stocked with a variety of coarse fish and within walking distance of the cottages. This facility is available free to our paying guests. The lake is situated in a landscaped area of the farm with many young trees and wild flowers having been planted to attract wildlife.

There is an onsite visitors centre with laundry facilities, books, videos, games and an extra toilet. Also information on tourism attractions in Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, East midlands and Yorkshire. Children are very welcome at Canal Farm – cot and highchair are available on request.

Children can play safely on the grassy play area, and garden games are provided in the utility room.

Louth Navigational Canal
The farm is on the banks of the Louth Navigational Canal, this is now disused but the 12 miles of towpath is a public footpath, offering opportunities for walking. Canal is conveniently situated halfway along the waterway, so you have the option of a 6 mile walk to Louth, or 8 miles to Tetney and out to sea. There is a well placed pub at each end of the canal, the Woolpack at the Riverhead in Louth, and the Crown and Anchor at Tetney Lock, both serve food.

Nature Lovers Paradise
If your passion is bird-watching then Canal Farm is the perfect holiday destination for you. Birdlife is abundant around the farm and along the Louth Navigation Canal, and you may catch a glimpse of our resident Barn Owl. Walkers and bird-watches will love the nearby coastal nature reserve at Saltfleet-Theddlethorpe. The spectacular sight of seal pups on the sands at Donna Nook during November and December and the beautiful Marsh Orchids in May/June at Rimac, are two of Lincolnshire’s best kept secrets.

Cycling at Canal Farm

The flat marshland and the gently undulating Lincolnshire Wolds provide a wonderful opportunity for exploring the countryside by bike. Canal Farm is on a Lincolnshire cycle route and only a mile away from the proposed national cycle route 12. Bikes can be hired from Canal Farm, and we can provide a lock-up shed for secure storage of your own.

Days out in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and East Midlands

Louth

- Louth is a lovely unspoilt Georgian market town, lovely small food shops and a bustling market on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The newly refurbished Louth Museum is well worth a visit. Louth also boasts it's own theatre, run by Louth Playgoers.

Lincoln

– a wonderful medieval city, must see the Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Castle, the famous Steep Hill of Lincoln, Museum of Lincolnshire life, The Collection, an exciting new museum in the heart of Lincoln. Da Vinci Code connection.

Covenham Reservoir (2 miles from Canal Farm)

- Sailing, Sail boarding, canoeing courses are available at this Lincolnshire facility (short courses can be booked). The reservoir also attracts many migratory birdlife – one of Lincolnshire’s best locations for bird-watching.

Cadwell Park Racing Circuit
Cadwell Park, in the Lincolnshire Wolds, is one of British motorsport's best-kept secrets, despite the fact it has hosted car, bike and kart races since its creation. The highlight of the 2007 calender is undoubtedly the British Superbike Championship which always attracts huge crowds to the Lincolnshire circuit. The BSB Championship is a firm favourite with the fans that flock in their thousands to watch the riders get airborne over the Mountain. The annual Vintage Sports Car Club meeting is another popular event, as is the fast and furious British Superkart Grand Prix, but whatever the race meeting Cadwell always separates the men from the boys.

Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre East Kirkby, Lincolnshire
This is the only Airfield Museum in the Country recreated to its original design sited on an original WW2 airfield.Here you get the atmosphere of what it would have been like. There is an Avro Lancaster Bomber NX611 Just Jane, which frequently performs four engined taxi runs (the only place in the world you can see this performed on an original airfield).These are unique to the museum and the only place in Europe this is possible. Original Control Tower.

Hull and Humber Bridge - Hull is an hour drive from Canal Farm, and is well worth a visit to see The Deep the amazing deep sea aquarium, and the home town of William Wilberforce, the man who led the campaign to abolish slavery, see the Wilberforce House Museum and Wilberforce trail.

York is an hour and a half drive from Canal Farm. A wonderful day out, attractions include the Jorvik Centre, the Castle Museum and the National Railway Museum

Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire - The National Fishing Hertitage Museum, Grimsby Auditorium for excellent theatrical enterainment in North East Lincolnshire.

Local Golf Courses - Louth Golf Club, Kenwick Park, near Louth Waltham and Tetney, near Grimsby, North Lincolnshire.

National Trust - The Lincolnshire properties owned by the National Trust include Belton House near Grantham, Lincolnshire, Tattershall Castle near Coningsby Lincolnshire and Gunby Hall near Skegness Lincolnshire

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