Built in 1838, this Grade II former Sleaford Navigation Company Office is thought to be the only one of its kind left in existence.

Sleaford, England
Joined October 2017
Celebrate 100 Years of Childhood Memories with A.A. Milne’s Pooh Bear! We’re teaming up with Sleaford Library for family activities and a story-writing competition. Create a Pooh adventure for a chance to win a 100th Anniversary hardback. See poster for details! #SleafordLibrary
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Navigation House and Sleaford Library are teaming up at the end of this month to celebrate a century of A.A. Milne's Pooh Bear. Join us for special activities including story times, crafts, a trail and a fabulous writing competition for adults and children. 🍯🍯🍯
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Step into the world of Joseph Banks! Check out our one-minute video tour of Joseph Banks: Made in Lincolnshire, where props and leather diaries replace traditional displays. Touch, open and explore—just as Banks recorded his observations in journals. #JosephBanks
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Happy #LincolnshireDay! 🏴 Held every 1 October, the day marks the Lincolnshire Rising of 1536 and now celebrates our county’s history, traditions, landscapes, food and communities. What do you love most about Lincolnshire? ❤️💛💙💚
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Is this a pigeon? #memes Ok, so we're a bit late for that meme, but some of you probably got the 2011 reference! This is, in fact, our peg butterfly, and it's our current craft available for visitors to create for free. So if you're feeling crafty, come in and have a go. 🦋🦋
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Last weekend, we launched our new Joseph Banks exhibition and, with it, a brand-new trail for families. If you haven't seen the exhibition yet or tried the trail, what are you waiting for? Come in and discover the early life of Banks, and why he was so important to Sleaford!
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Did you come and see us for our special #HeritageOpenDays event over the weekend? If so, please let us know what you thought. They have an online survey for the festival, open till 27/9 and there's a chance to win £250! heritageopendays.org.uk/what…
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Although the official launch event for our new exhibition was yesterday. We are still celebrating the @heritageopenday festival with some special events today and tomorrow. Pop in and try the family explorer trail, hand silhouette drawing or making a peg butterfly! 🦋🪳🐦🌹
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We had a fabulous day welcoming visitors to our Joseph Banks exhibition launch for @heritageopenday. We don't want to spoil the exhibition for those of you who haven't seen it yet, so here's a tasty picture of the lovely #georgian treats we had on offer for the launch. 🤤🍓🥜
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Today, Harriott put the final touches on the new Joseph Banks Exhibition launching tomorrow as part of the @heritageopenday festival. Pop in tomorrow to meet the curator herself and enjoy Georgian treats, an all-new family trail and some special activities celebrating Banks.
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Join us next weekend for the launch of Joseph Banks: Made in Lincolnshire as part of Heritage Open Days. Curated by Harriott Brand, the exhibition explores Banks’ early years at Revesby through art, objects and storytelling. Find out more: heritageopendays.org.uk/subm…
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We're open for the Bank Holiday tomorrow, and it's the last day to enjoy our Herbert Ingram trail. 📰📰 If you haven't had a go yet, then pop in and enjoy one final free family activity before the summer holidays end. Here's Charlotte modelling the trail in the sunshine!
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Charlotte does the content writing and design work for most of our children’s trails at Navigation House. This is a sneaky peak of what she’s been working on today, ready for the exhibition launch for Heritage Open Days on Saturday 12th September.🦋🪲🐦🌷
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We're open again this year for the nation's favourite heritage holiday - Heritage Open Days. Saturday 12th September will mark the opening of our new exhibition on Sir Joseph Banks, designed and installed by local historian and artist Harriott Brand. Come and see what's on!
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Just a little reminder that the second of our summer holiday trails is on for you and your little ones to enjoy before September (and school!) starts. Come in and discover the story of local man Herbert Ingram and how he changed newspaper printing forever. 📰📰
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Pete, our wonderfully artistic volunteer, has been in again to update our events sign. We love the Copperplate calligraphy advertising our Printing and Politics trail. ✒️ We're happy to have such talented volunteers on hand to help us promote the site!
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We've had some lovely visitors in so far over the weekend, with a few families having a go at our Printing and Politics activity. 📰 These clever creations were made by Ava and Noah - don't they look fab! 🎨
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Looking for a fun family activity this summer? Come and try our new trail, Printing and Politics – The Life of Herbert Ingram, and create your own newspaper front page with our free activity. Perfect for curious minds and creative visitors!
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📰 NEW TRAIL! 📰 Discover the fascinating story of Boston-born Herbert Ingram, the ‘father of pictorial journalism’. Explore his life as a printer, journalist, social reformer and politician, then get creative and make your own newspaper front page to take home!
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The votes are in! Our visitors have delivered their verdict on our ‘King John – Was He the Worst English King?’ trail. 🔎 38 said NO, there were extenuating circumstances. 👑 46 said they weren't enough. So there we have it… King John has been voted the worst English monarch!
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