IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Caythorpe Court, GRANTHAM, NG32 3ER

Introduction

This page details the photographs taken nearby to Caythorpe Court, NG32 3ER by members of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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Image Map


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Image Listing (6 Images Found)

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The gates and lodge to Caythorpe Court
Caythorpe Court has undergone many changes from private house and farm to agricultural college to a branch of De Montfort University to a children's holiday centre.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker Taken: 3 Jun 2011
0.05 miles
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Changed Name Farm
Hill Top Farm went by the name of Caythorpe Heath Farm according to the 1940s OS map.
Image: © Michael Patterson Taken: 28 Jul 2006
0.07 miles
3
Lake at the outdoor activities centre, Caythorpe Court
Caythorpe Court was home to the Kesteven Agricultural College from 1946 to 2002. It is now an activity centre. The figure-of-eight shaped lake was dug recently for raft-building activities. In the middle distance are the buildings of the materials recycling facility on the site of the old station at Caythorpe, and beyond that, the spire of Caythorpe church.
Image: © Simon Mortimer Taken: 11 Apr 2009
0.20 miles
4
The undulating topography near the memorial to the crew of Stirling LJ450
Very close by is the memorial to the crew of Stirling LJ450 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6503576
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 8 Jun 2020
0.20 miles
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Memorial to the crew of Stirling LJ450, 12 April 1944
1654 HCU. (Heavy Conversion Unit), Stirling LJ450 UG-F, had departed RAF Wigsley for a long-range night Navex, (Navigation Exercise) on 12/04/1944, combined with some bombing practise on Bassingham Fen range. Whilst operating over the range it was intercepted by a Luftwaffe Me410 intruder and shot down. The aircraft crashed at Caythorpe Heath at 0125hrs. Four of the eight-man crew were killed, the others were injured but survived. The crew who died were: Pilot; Flt Sgt. Joseph John Gordon NICHOLSON, RAFVR, age 28 Navigator; Sgt. John Ernest LOWE, RAFVR, age 22 Bomb Aimer; Sgt. Gwilym John LEWIS, RAFVR, age 20 Air Gunner; Sgt. Kenneth Lowe MacFARLANE, RAFVR, age 20 Crew who managed to bail out: Sgt. DURHAM, Sgt. HOWELL, Sgt. ROWLAND, Sgt. HAMILTON The copse in which the memorial is situated has been allowed to grow up around the crash site as a memorial by the Theaker family who witnessed the crash and "in respect for those who sacrificed so much."
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 8 Jun 2020
0.22 miles
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View from Caythorpe Heath Lane
This view is from the road across Caythorpe Heath from Ermine Street to Caythorpe. Here it is known as Caythorpe Heath Lane.
Image: © Marathon Taken: 12 Aug 2017
0.24 miles