Brigg railway station with its Saturday only trains that
olperate between Sheffield and Cleethorpes,
is a short walk from Wrawby Street, the main shopping street, which
leads
to the Marketplace. Brigg is a small market town at an ancient
crossing place on the River Ancholme. Most of the buildings in the town
centre at 18th and 19th century. Famed for its annual fair, between
1896 and 2019 the town was widely known for its annual acoustic music
festival, Briggstock
Brigg Heritage Centre
The Heritage Centre is located in a mock Tudor Victorian
building formerly the Angel Hotel.
The centrepiece of the Gallery is a
Bronze Age Sewn Plank Boat or “Brigg Raft” as it is more commonly
known. One of only two on display in the country, you can see how this
amazing 3,000 year old ancient relic was made, what it was used for and
where it was found. It is a national treasure and not to be
missed.
Brigg
Heritage Centre
Brigg Market
Brigg
has an extensive variety of independent local shops supplemented on
Thursdays by its market. For rail travellerts a Farmers
Market is help on the fourth Saturday of the month.
The Dying Gladiator
Among
the pubs and inns of Brigg the one with the most extraordinary exterior
is the Dying Gladiator in Bigby Street where you will find an 18th
century pub, very much centred on the traditional function of
drinking rather than the modern trend of becoming a restaurant as
well, with
the unlikely name of the Dying Gladiator. Above the Doric arch is a
full size figure of the gladiator.
Wrawby Windmill
A mile out of town stands Wrawby Postmill high on a
hill and on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and overlooking the
Ancholme valley and Brigg. The post mill is an example of an early type
of windmill that was once common across the UK. There are now less than
45 surviving examples with even fewer being fully operational.
Bus X4 or North Lincolnshire Council's Just Go demand
responsive bus will enable you to reach the windmill.
Wrawby Windmill
website
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