Alford is a Town in the county of Lincolnshire.

Retail in Alford

There are great places to visit near Alford including some great historic buildings, airports, towns, villages, cities and castles.

Historic Buildings to visit near Alford include Burghley House, and Lincoln Castle.

Humberside Airport is a great place to visit close to Alford if you like airports.

Stamford is a great place to visit close to Alford if you like towns.

Villages to visit near Alford include Duddington.

There are a number of cities near to Alford including Lincoln.

Don't miss Lincoln Castle's castles if visiting the area around Alford.

Alford History

There are some historic monuments around Alford:

• Ring Holt bowl barrow
• Cock Hill, Saxon burial mound
• Moated site 100m south of Stain Farm
• Butterbump round barrow cemetery
• Churchyard cross, Holy Trinity churchyard
• Belleau Manor moated site and dovecote
• Neolithic long barrow 750m north west of Lodge Farm: also known as Giants Hills III
• Eresby Hall: the remains of a post-medieval house and gardens overlying a medieval manor house
• Hagnaby Abbey: a Premonstratensian abbey and a post-medieval house and formal garden
• Site of St Mary's Priory, Greenfield
• Neolithic long barrow 525m north east of Valley House: one of a group known as Deadmen's Graves
• Churchyard cross, St Margaret's churchyard, Saleby
• Churchyard cross, St Nicholas's churchyard
• Cross in St John the Baptist's churchyard
• Castle Hill: moated site with Civil War earthworks
• Neolithic long barrow 575m NNW of Moon Wood, one of a pair of long barrows known as Deadmen's Graves
• Manor Farm moated site
• Neolithic long barrow 250m north of Grebby Hall
• Neolithic long barrow 465m North West of Dexthorpe
• Markby Priory
• Castle Hill motte and bailey castle, Castle Carlton
• Moated site immediately west of Hall Farm
• Toot Hill motte and bailey castle
• Castle Hill: a motte castle 250m east of Hanby Hall Farm
• Neolithic long barrow 320m north west of Skendleby Psalter
• Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge
• Spellow Hills long barrow
• Giants Hills, a Neolithic long barrow 575m north west of Lodge Farm
• Bowl barrow at Mill Hill Quarry, 350m north west of Claxby church
• Neolithic long barrow 300m east of Fordington House Farm
• Fordington medieval village
• Spilsby market cross
• Neolithic long barrow 650m south of Langton Grange Cottage
• Churchyard cross, St Thomas of Canterbury's churchyard
• Bratoft Hall moated site, 550m north of Manor Farm
• Neolithic long barrow 495m north of Moon Wood, one of a pair of long barrows known as Deadmen's Graves