GainsboroughLincolnshire

The Old Hall (one of England's finest surviving medieval manor houses, visited by Henry VIII and Katherine Howard), the tidal bore on the Trent, the Pilgrims' connection, and a Lincolnshire market town of real historical depth

Gainsborough Old Hall, built in 1480, is one of the finest surviving medieval manor houses in England — Henry VIII visited with Katherine Howard. The Trent's tidal bore — the Aegir — is one of England's most dramatic natural phenomena. The Pilgrim Fathers movement had strong local roots.

Gainsborough Old Hall is extraordinary and remarkably intact — one of England's great medieval buildings. The Aegir tidal bore in the right conditions is extraordinary. The Tuesday and Saturday markets.