On a very sunny bank holiday Monday in August, we headed to Lincoln not knowing what was going to welcome us! We walked to the Town Centre which was a really nice town with a river flowing through it. We wanted to visit the Castle and Cathedral so we climbed the very steep hill. It was quite steep!
Now, once we got to the square, we saw a lot of people dressed in costume an found out that it was a Steampunk Festival! From what I understand Steampunk is a combination of sci-fi and Victorian times costumes. We were all quite fascinated by the costumes and robots! Such talent. We visited the castle grounds to enjoy the festival! You can visit the castle, prison, magna carta and walk the castle walls. However, the kids didn't want to visit the castle and wanted to enjoy the festival and its range of events so we did just that. Highly recommend visiting Lincoln during the Steampunk festival! It was truly an experience not to be missed!
We then visited the Cathedral across the Castle. We also visited the Bishops Palace ruins which was beautiful to see. The views of Lincoln were great from there too.
We then visited the Lincoln Museum down the hill which explained the history of the town but also more. It also had an exhibition. There was also a Lego station for kids to build anything!
Another place to visit was the International Bombing Command Centre which is across the town with a small fee to pay. We didn't visit this but it looks like a great place to learn some history from.
Towards the end of our trip, we visited the Lincoln Arboretum which was beautiful and had a calming effect after a hectic day. It also had a nice lake and a great place to have a picnic.
Lincoln must be visited during the bank holiday weekend!
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