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14 Best Sports & Activity Venues In Lincolnshire

14 family-friendly sports & activity venues in Lincolnshire, ranked by rating

Three of Lincolnshire's fourteen sports records are places to ride a horse, and to a parent scrolling a list they look interchangeable. The flags say otherwise. Faldingworth Equestrian Centre carries an outdoor marker and no indoor one. Weelsby Park Riding School and Brook House Farm both carry indoor and outdoor. That single field is the difference between a lesson that happens whatever the sky does and one that is at the mercy of it, and in this county, on a flat coast with a wind that arrives from the east, it is not a small distinction.

Top sports & activity venues in Lincolnshire

The rest of the county's list is machinery and ice. Chequered Flag Karting is flagged outdoor only; Grimsby Ice Rink and Leisure Centre and Ancaster Leisure are indoor, the latter filed under Bowling. Dino Golf, Spalding shares the best score in the county set and is outdoor. Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is filed under Sightseeing and is the one entry a small child will enjoy without having to be any good at anything.

Sports & Activity Venues in Lincolnshire: FAQs

Three riding schools — what actually separates them?

Cover, mostly, at least as far as our data goes. Two of the three carry an indoor flag alongside the outdoor one, which usually means a school with a covered arena, and that changes what happens when a wet Saturday arrives. Beyond that, riding places differ enormously in whether they take absolute beginners, and no record here tells you that. Ring before you book a first lesson rather than after.

Will a complete beginner cope with any of these?

Dino Golf, Spalding is, because putting requires nothing of a beginner and the theme carries the rest. Karting and riding both have a first-timer problem: the session assumes a level, and a child who cannot reach it spends an hour being unhappy in front of others. Our records do not hold beginner policies, so ask the venue directly whether the session you are booking is a taster or a training slot.

What works on a wet Lincolnshire afternoon?

Seven of the fourteen carry an indoor flag, so there is cover but not much of it. Ancaster Leisure and Grimsby Ice Rink and Leisure Centre are the two on this shortlist that will not care about the forecast at all. Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway carries both flags and is the middle option, since a carriage handles drizzle but not a proper downpour with children in tow.