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England green and pleasant land welcomes visitors from around the world. The choice of accommodation is yours whether it is Bed and Breakfast, a five star hotel, a caravan or holiday park, what about a canal boat or a cottage in the country. Whichever chosen county the diversity of England is for all to savour. Lincoln Cathedral is a prominent landmark for all the surrounding countryside along with the Castle and some lesser building on Steep Hill date back to the Norman Conquest when work started on the Cathedral in 1072, look for the unofficial symbol of Lincoln the Lincoln Imp, an original copy of the Magna Carta can also been found in the Cathedral. Lincoln City itself has interesting shops and buildings built throughout the ages, with Roman Walls and Gates leading in and out of the City. Also well worth a visit is the stately home Burghley House off the A1 near Stamford the family seat of William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley, Queen Elizabeth I advisor and confident for 40 years. In Lincolnshire the Wolds give some relief to the flat land surrounding the city. In the south Fenland has been reclaimed and has rich agricultural land yielding potatoes and sugar beet and Spalding is renowned for its flowers particularly in the spring with daffodils and tulips in abundance culminating with a Tulip Parade in May each year. The rich silt farmland and the salt marshes of the Wash are a haven for the wildfowl and wading birds. In the Southwest the railway accelerated the growth of the old Saxon Settlement Grantham which is mentioned in the Doomsday Book while in the North of the County can be found the most inland port of Gainsborough. The seaside towns of Skegness, Ingoldmells, Chapel St Leonards and Mablethorpe on the east coast and to the north of the county Cleethorpes and the fishing port of Grimsby has a welcome for you. So find your accommodation at 'A Place To Stay' | ||||||||||||||||