East Midlands
Lincolnshire
Lincoln District

Greyfriars

The Greyfriars, Lincoln was a Franciscan friary in , England. The surviving building is the remains of the of the friary, built of dressed stone and brick and dating from c.1230, with mid-19th-century additions.
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Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Building
  • Description: Franciscan friary in Lincoln, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Greyfriars, Lincoln”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lincoln Central Library and St Swithin’s Church, Lincoln.

Library
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Swithin's Church, Lincoln is a Grade II* listed located in St Swithin's Square, , , England. The congregation is still active as is the church but the building has been closed due to repairs being needed to the roof of the church.

Arts center
Photo: Rodw, CC0.
The Drill, previously known as , is a former drill hall in Lincoln, England, which is now used as a multi-purpose community hub, hosting live music, comedy shows, pantomimes and live wrestling performances.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincoln and St Catherine’s, Lincoln.

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the county town of , with a population of 97,541 in 2019. It has a well-preserved medieval centre, with a cathedral and castle atop its cobbled Steep Hill.

Neighborhood
St Catherine's is an inner-city area of Lincoln in , at the southern end of the High Street, and centred on a roundabout at its junction with the A15, B1190 and South Park Avenue.

Suburb
is a suburb of , , England. It was built in the interwar period as a garden suburb. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Greyfriars.

Greyfriars

Latitude
53.22928° or 53° 13′ 45″ north
Longitude
-0.53701° or 0° 32′ 13″ west
Open location code
9C5X6FH7+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 241818689
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­Friary
Wiki­data ID
Q5608367
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Greyfriars”. Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.