Goltho Lake

Lake, Pool, Pond, Freshwater Marsh in Lincolnshire West Lindsey

England

Goltho Lake

"Wragby Moats", a Manorian Manor complex: aerial 2022 The remains of a medieval manorial complex. 

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See also <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5021809">TF1377 : Wragby moats: aerial 2016</a> and <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5021793">TF1377 : Wragby and its moats: aerial 2016</a>.
"Wragby Moats", a Manorian Manor complex: aerial 2022 Credit: Simon Tomson

Goltho Lake is a picturesque freshwater lake located in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated near the village of Goltho, approximately 8 miles northeast of the city of Lincoln. The lake is nestled within a tranquil natural landscape surrounded by woodlands and meadows, making it a popular destination for nature enthusiasts and bird watchers.

Covering an area of about 5 acres, Goltho Lake is a relatively small body of water, often described as a pool or pond. It is fed by natural springs and rainwater runoff, ensuring a constant supply of freshwater. The lake is renowned for its crystal-clear waters, which provide a haven for a wide array of aquatic plants and wildlife.

Surrounding the lake is a freshwater marsh, characterized by its moist soil and diverse plant life. The marshland acts as a sanctuary for various species of birds, including mallards, swans, herons, and kingfishers. These avian inhabitants are attracted to the lake due to its abundant food sources and peaceful environment.

Goltho Lake offers visitors the opportunity to explore its tranquil surroundings via a network of footpaths and nature trails. The area is well-maintained and provides benches and observation points for visitors to sit and immerse themselves in the beauty of the lake. The serene atmosphere and scenic views make it an ideal spot for picnics, photography, and relaxation.

Overall, Goltho Lake is a hidden gem in Lincolnshire, offering a peaceful retreat amidst nature's beauty. Its diverse ecosystem and tranquil setting make it a popular destination for both locals and tourists seeking respite from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

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Goltho Lake Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 53.279023/-0.32627467 or Grid Reference TF1177. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

"Wragby Moats", a Manorian Manor complex: aerial 2022 The remains of a medieval manorial complex. 

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See also <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5021809">TF1377 : Wragby moats: aerial 2016</a> and <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5021793">TF1377 : Wragby and its moats: aerial 2016</a>.
"Wragby Moats", a Manorian Manor complex: aerial 2022
The remains of a medieval manorial complex. See LinkExternal link and LinkExternal link See also TF1377 : Wragby moats: aerial 2016 and TF1377 : Wragby and its moats: aerial 2016.
Goltho: aerial 2022 (1) St. George's Church: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=76b2167a-05d4-432c-a931-3a659f9cdacf&resourceID=19191" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=76b2167a-05d4-432c-a931-3a659f9cdacf&resourceID=19191">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Goltho Medieval Settlement Earthwork And Cropmark Site: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=ec19aad5-49d4-4854-bafb-f065821c9129&resourceID=19191" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=ec19aad5-49d4-4854-bafb-f065821c9129&resourceID=19191">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Traces of Romano-British settlement: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=59411ede-0a52-4991-907a-6925db9d8905&resourceID=19191" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=59411ede-0a52-4991-907a-6925db9d8905&resourceID=19191">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Site of defended manorial enclosure: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50494&resourceID=1006" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50494&resourceID=1006">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Site of motte and bailey castle: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50493&resourceID=1006" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50493&resourceID=1006">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Part of Middle-Saxon settlement: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI51233&resourceID=1006" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI51233&resourceID=1006">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Deserted settlement of Goltho or Bullington: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI51217&resourceID=1006" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI51217&resourceID=1006">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Romano-British farmstead and building remains: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50713&resourceID=1006" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50713&resourceID=1006">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>


The soilmarks are picked out by the early morning January frost, and the remains of the earthworks by the (long) early morning morning winter shadows - note the shadows of the trees around the church.
Goltho: aerial 2022 (1)
St. George's Church: LinkExternal link Goltho Medieval Settlement Earthwork And Cropmark Site: LinkExternal link Traces of Romano-British settlement: LinkExternal link Site of defended manorial enclosure: LinkExternal link Site of motte and bailey castle: LinkExternal link Part of Middle-Saxon settlement: LinkExternal link Deserted settlement of Goltho or Bullington: LinkExternal link Romano-British farmstead and building remains: LinkExternal link The soilmarks are picked out by the early morning January frost, and the remains of the earthworks by the (long) early morning morning winter shadows - note the shadows of the trees around the church.
Goltho: aerial 2022 (2) St. George's Church: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=76b2167a-05d4-432c-a931-3a659f9cdacf&resourceID=19191" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=76b2167a-05d4-432c-a931-3a659f9cdacf&resourceID=19191">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Goltho Medieval Settlement Earthwork And Cropmark Site: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=ec19aad5-49d4-4854-bafb-f065821c9129&resourceID=19191" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=ec19aad5-49d4-4854-bafb-f065821c9129&resourceID=19191">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Traces of Romano-British settlement: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=59411ede-0a52-4991-907a-6925db9d8905&resourceID=19191" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=59411ede-0a52-4991-907a-6925db9d8905&resourceID=19191">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Site of defended manorial enclosure: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50494&resourceID=1006" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50494&resourceID=1006">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Site of motte and bailey castle: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50493&resourceID=1006" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50493&resourceID=1006">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Part of Middle-Saxon settlement: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI51233&resourceID=1006" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI51233&resourceID=1006">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Deserted settlement of Goltho or Bullington: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI51217&resourceID=1006" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI51217&resourceID=1006">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

Romano-British farmstead and building remains: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50713&resourceID=1006" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI50713&resourceID=1006">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

The soilmarks are picked out by the early morning January frost, and the remains of the earthworks by the (long) early morning morning winter shadows - note the shadows of the trees around the church.
Goltho: aerial 2022 (2)
St. George's Church: LinkExternal link Goltho Medieval Settlement Earthwork And Cropmark Site: LinkExternal link Traces of Romano-British settlement: LinkExternal link Site of defended manorial enclosure: LinkExternal link Site of motte and bailey castle: LinkExternal link Part of Middle-Saxon settlement: LinkExternal link Deserted settlement of Goltho or Bullington: LinkExternal link Romano-British farmstead and building remains: LinkExternal link The soilmarks are picked out by the early morning January frost, and the remains of the earthworks by the (long) early morning morning winter shadows - note the shadows of the trees around the church.
The Turnor Arms, Wragby
The Turnor Arms, Wragby
Old Lincoln Road, Goltho
Old Lincoln Road, Goltho
Path across a field of beans
Path across a field of beans
Field track to the medieval village of Goltho
Field track to the medieval village of Goltho
Golden fields near Shepherd's Farm
Golden fields near Shepherd's Farm
Path to the Black Plantation
Path to the Black Plantation
Path by Thistle Storr Wood
Path by Thistle Storr Wood
In Bardney Limewoods Nature Reserve
In Bardney Limewoods Nature Reserve
Entrance off the B1202
Entrance off the B1202
Farm track near Kingthorpe
Farm track near Kingthorpe
Stainfield Beck
Stainfield Beck
The Turnor Arms hotel in Wragby Built in the early 19th century, quite likely as a coaching inn (the central carriage archway is now the main front entrance & door) and Grade II listed <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101308497-turnor-arms-hotel-wragby#.Y-LMenbP3IU" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101308497-turnor-arms-hotel-wragby#.Y-LMenbP3IU">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> & <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1308497" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1308497">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> in 1986.
The Turnor Arms hotel in Wragby
Built in the early 19th century, quite likely as a coaching inn (the central carriage archway is now the main front entrance & door) and Grade II listed LinkExternal link & LinkExternal link in 1986.
The old Post Office, Wragby Originally built around 1840 as two shops, and then converted to the town Post Office, it's now apparently back in retail and/or cafe use, the PO having closed sometime since 2001. The huge Georgian wall-mounted postbox remains in place just to the left of the larger retail unit. The whole was Grade II listed <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101359959-post-office-wragby#.Y-LN5XbP3IU" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101359959-post-office-wragby#.Y-LN5XbP3IU">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> & <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359959" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359959">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> in 1986. Some of the paintwork, it must be said, is looking rather tired at present.
The old Post Office, Wragby
Originally built around 1840 as two shops, and then converted to the town Post Office, it's now apparently back in retail and/or cafe use, the PO having closed sometime since 2001. The huge Georgian wall-mounted postbox remains in place just to the left of the larger retail unit. The whole was Grade II listed LinkExternal link & LinkExternal link in 1986. Some of the paintwork, it must be said, is looking rather tired at present.
OS flush bracket S0657, Wragby An Ordnance Survey flush bracket mounted on the wall of the Turnor Arms hotel; last levelled in 1971 at 27.215m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn
OS flush bracket S0657, Wragby
An Ordnance Survey flush bracket mounted on the wall of the Turnor Arms hotel; last levelled in 1971 at 27.215m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn
Red Lion Cottage, Wragby A late 18th or early 19th century farmhouse in the middle of the village, which has been much modified over the years to insert the shop on the left, and probably to remove a 5th bay to the right. Confusingly it's also known as White Lion Cottage, and at one stage as Manor Farm house. It was Grade II listed <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101147496-red-lion-cottage-wragby#.Y-LRfnbP3IU" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101147496-red-lion-cottage-wragby#.Y-LRfnbP3IU">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> & <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1147496" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1147496">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> in 1986.
Red Lion Cottage, Wragby
A late 18th or early 19th century farmhouse in the middle of the village, which has been much modified over the years to insert the shop on the left, and probably to remove a 5th bay to the right. Confusingly it's also known as White Lion Cottage, and at one stage as Manor Farm house. It was Grade II listed LinkExternal link & LinkExternal link in 1986.
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Goltho Lake is located at Grid Ref: TF1177 (Lat: 53.279023, Lng: -0.32627467)

Administrative County: Lincolnshire

District: West Lindsey

Police Authority: Lincolnshire

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Goltho
Is In: Lincolnshire, England, UK
Place: hamlet
Source: NPE
Lat/Long: 53.2776806/-0.3264667
Power: pole
Lat/Long: 53.2755664/-0.3255424
Power: pole
Lat/Long: 53.2756883/-0.3239264
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Goltho Hall
Place: isolated_dwelling
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Goltho village (historic)
Addr Street: Goltho Lane
Archaeological Site: fortification
Historic: archaeological_site
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Goltho Fishing Lakes
Addr Street: Goltho Lane
Tourism: attraction
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