INFORMATION

19 St. Botolphs Gate Location

Saxilby is about 7 miles northeast of the city of Lincoln with the property situated in a quiet residential close on the northern edge of the village of Saxilby. Either a 3 minute drive or a 15 minute walk takes you to Saxilby Station served by East Midlands Railway and Northern Trains. Lincoln is reached in 7 minutes, for example, or Retford in 15 minutes, both where you can connect with trains to London, or continue on to Sheffield or Leeds. By car, the centre of Lincoln is about 15 minutes. Here, the city provides everything you would expect including a beautiful cathedral and castle sitting on top of the hill beside the quaint Bailgate area for independent shops, markets, restaurants and cafes with extensive retail outlets further down the hill. Fast direct trains from Lincoln to London take around 2 hours.

The village of Saxilby is a thriving community and has a Co-op, a One Stop, a doctors’ surgery, a vet’s, a hairdresser and beauty salon, several little independent shops, 3 cafes, an ice cream parlour, a fish and chip shop, Chinese and pizza takeaways and two pubs, one serving food. A small public library within the Pavilion Building holds various clubs and events throughout the year, and the very active church which is a 5 minute walk away, has a Sunday School.

If required, there is a regular bus service direct to supermarkets such as Tesco and Asda, whilst a local David Lloyd tennis facility is a 5 minute drive .

The A1 northbound is about 20 minutes away at Markham Moor, or southbound at Newark about 25 minutes’ drive. To the east, just over half an hour’s drive takes you to the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with the Lincolnshire coast beyond.

Schools

Saxilby C of E Primary School is a few minutes’ drive and has a Good Ofsted report, so too the Fleur de Lys Nursery and Pre-School and Sunflower Smile Childcare. The village of Odder, near Saxilby, has a preparatory school for children aged 2-11 years, Burton Hawthow. There is a wide choice of secondary schools in the region with many in Lincoln such as The Priory Academy LSST, 8 miles away rated Outstanding by Ofsted, as well as the highly regarded Lincoln Minster independent Schools (Prep and Senior) situated in the centre.

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