Ponton Great Wood

Ponton Great Wood is a forest in Little Ponton and Stroxton, South Kesteven District, England. Ponton Great Wood is situated near the hamlet Lower Bassingthorpe, as well as near Woodnook.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Church of the Holy Cross and Church of St Guthlac.

Church of St Guthlac

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Old Somerby

Church

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Church of England parish church at Old Somerby in the English county of Lincolnshire. Of 12th century origins with later medieval additions, it was restored in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grantham and Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth.

Grantham

Photo: Jules & Jenny, CC BY 2.0.

Grantham is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road; it lies 23 miles south of Lincoln and 22 miles east of Nottingham.

Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth

Village

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Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, within the civil parish of Colsterworth. It is best known as the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton.

Colsterworth

Village

Photo: Toby Speight, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Colsterworth is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, less than half a mile west of the A1, about 7 miles south of Grantham, and 12 miles north-west of Stamford.

Ponton Great Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Little Ponton and Stroxton, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.8629° or 52° 51′ 46″ north

Longitude

-0.5907° or 0° 35′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C4XVC75+5P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 113964673

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Lower Bassingthorpe and Woodnook.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bassingthorpe New Plantation and High Dyke (Mill Farm).

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