GRANTHAM | A walking tour of the beautiful market town of Grantham, Lincolnshire!
Vložit
- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- GRANTHAM | A walk through the beautiful market town of Grantham, Lincolnshire
The new Margaret Thatcher statue and birthplace - Full tour of Grantham Town Centre.
We visit the LIncolnshire town of Grantham where a new statue of Margaret Thatcher has caused a controversy. We take a look at the new statue and the birthplace of Maggie Thatcher as well as a full tour of the town centre here.
Margaret Thatcher statue egged and booed after being erected in Grantham
Hurled eggs and loud booing welcomed in the £300,000 memorial to Baroness Margaret Thatcher, which has been erected in her hometown of Grantham. Others took selfies in front of it.
Eggs have been thrown after a statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher was lowered into place in the former prime minister's hometown of Grantham.
Within hours of the monument being erected on Sunday, loud booing could be heard from some motorists as they drove past, with one man shouting: "Tear it down!"
The Thatcher statue is certainly divisive and controversial - let me know in the comments what you think!
Grantham is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, straddling the London-Edinburgh East Coast Main Line and the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 north-south trunk road. It lies some 23 miles south of the county town, Lincoln, and 22 miles east of Nottingham.
This town began as a Saxon village and grew into a market town during the 11th century. It was recognised in the Domesday Book in 1086 with a recorded population of 183 households and in the Middle Ages, the town was successful in the wool and leather trade.
St Wulfram's Church towers over the historic town and was described by Simon Jenkins as ‘the finest steeple in England’. The Angel and Royal hotel located on the High Street dates back to the 13th century and is one of the oldest coaching inns in the country. The charming property has hosted no less than seven Kings and Queens over the centuries.
Grantham is an attractive town on the border with Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Within easy access of the A1 the town has some excellent close by attractions including the National Trust Property Belton House and the De Vere Belton Woods hotel and golf course.
The area has been home to some famous residents including Isaac Newton, Edith Smith (who was the UK’s first female police officer in 1914), and Margaret Thatcher, the former UK Prime Minister.
It is home to Belvoir Catle, an imposing castle that offers outstanding views. Belvoir Castle is the ancestral home of the Dukes of Rutland. The family have lived at Belvoir in an unbroken line for almost a thousand years. Today, you can enjoy a walk in the gardens and around the house, and they often host family days out and seasonal events.
You can also stop by the Engine Yard at Belvoir Castle, the first retail village of its kind in the local area. Here you can enjoy browsing the best of British gifts, garments and accessories from established and upcoming designers.You can also look forward to regular events, demonstrations and talks, from Countryside Corner debates to farmers’ markets every month.
Of Saxon origin, Grantham is mentioned in Domesday Book (1086), and its royal charter of incorporation was granted in 1463. In the Middle Ages Grantham grew prosperous from the wool trade. Located there is St. Wulfram’s Church, one of England’s finest medieval churches. The fine 18th-century George Hotel was made famous by Charles Dickens in Nicholas Nickleby (1839).
Grantham is the birthplace of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, and Sir Isaac Newton attended the King’s School there.
If you enjoy this walk through Grantham Town Centre let me know and also subscribe for more tours like this
► LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!
Subscribe to our channel here 👉 bit.ly/GimbalW...
► MORE VIDEOS FROM GIMBAL WALK TV
Whitby 👉 • WHITBY TOUR | Full tou...
Blackpool 👉 • BLACKPOOL WALK | Black...
Llandudno Wales 👉 • LLANDUDNO Wales UK | S...
Bude Cornwall 👉 • BUDE CORNWALL | Full t...
Bath 👉 • [4K] BATH ENGLAND Walk...
Scarborough 👉 • SCARBOROUGH
Nerja Spain 👉 • NERJA, Costa Del Sol, ...
Sheffield Yorkshire 👉 • SHEFFIELD England | Fu...
► SUPPORT ME ❤️
Please support the channel so I can make better videos!
You can donate here 👉 paypal.me/gimb...
► GIMBAL WALK TV SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Group 👉 / gimbalwalktv
Facebook Page 👉 / gimbalwalktv
Twitter 👉 / gimbalwalktv
Instagram 👉 / gimbalwalktv
CZcams 👉 bit.ly/GimbalW...
► THE VIDEO AND CAMERA EQUIPMENT AND GEAR I USE
Here is all the video gear I use to film 👉 www.amazon.co....
#grantham #thatcher #statue
Great video, thank you for taking the time to do this!! My grandmother is from there. Her maiden name is/was Ashbury (then to be Villeneuve, as my last name is now). She was born August 1917 and passed away here in Halifax, Nova Scotia in May of 2003. I'm 46 and this is the first time I took the time do take a look at where my family came from. Looks like a very beautiful, historic place; alive, yet not too lively 😊. I wonder what the general cost of living is there? Quite frankly, I think it would be hard to be worse than where we are at here in Nova Scotia. Our Country is on a downward spiral and our Province is especially getting out of control......anyway, sorry for the ramble. Wonderful video, thank you.
I used to live there but I moved to Sweden but where you've been is a memory lane, everywhere you walked, I know what I did that day and what me and my mates where doing
I lived in Grantham from June 2004 until November 2017.
I live in Clearwater, Florida now.
I preferred Grantham.
Wow hello from the UK to you in Florida.
home of maggie thatcher to the home of scientology.. ouch
I love living in grantham its just calm
A few years back I looked to move here. I have worked a few places in Lincolnshire. There was the Time Machine music shop. I purchased a Marilyn Manson and Tornadoes album.
Grantham is a nice town, I enjoyed my visit.
I was born in Grantham and I still live here 45 years later(well basically 44 years as I was born in December 1979). Only 2% of Grantham people wanted the statue of Margaret Thatcher,the other 98% didn't but the council decided to go with the 2% to install the statue,also alot of people did say it would get damaged and then the council moan about spending too much money cleaning it. Which I understand it costing so much money and people who didn't like Margaret Thatcher shouldn't damage the statue at all.
It’s such a bad idea isn’t it
I like how your videos are a continuous adventure. You don’t go down an alley and then the video continues somewhere else. I like knowing what is down there but how you turn around so I can follow along easily.
Thank you for the memory lane. Lovely town and lovely people
Our pleasure!
Friend, you made my day!! I am a fanatic disciple of Sir Isaac Newton from my childhood days. As a senior manager of British Airways based in India, I have traveled for over 25 years to London. Yet, I missed out going to places like Grantham. I wanted to desperately see the Apothecary's home where Newton lived and Grantham Grammar school. I missed both these. Thanks to Vloggers like yourself I am glad I am able to see these places now. God willing, I will one day take a walk from the Apothecary's home site to the Grammar school like Newton must have done 370+ years ago!!!
Amazing thank you so much!
I like Grantham and have been there in June 2019 and August 2023
Did you see the statue?
@@GimbalWalkTV I don’t know really
Love Grantham ❤
Love UK❤
Same!
In enjoy your walks and like how you don't play music and have natural sounds only. The nice weather does make everything seem nicer! I've heard that Grantham isn't near as nice as it used to be, but it looks okay, actually nice here! Much, much nicer than where I'm from (Ilford). Also, so much cleaner than where I live, also.
I don’t think I’ve filmed Ilford before
I will have to pay a visit!
@@GimbalWalkTV Make sure you go down Ilford Lane if you do. Changed beyond all recognition. Gotta be careful though- these comments about Ilford can get you branded a racist :(
Wow, you actually managed to make Grantham look nice! That's a heck of an achievement. Congrats.
🤣🤣🤣 thank you 👍👍
Lol
@@ThatRedFootieFan ok
Ah yes Grantham, the town where the local protesters occasionally take to the street shouting: NAZI FACIST'S OFF OUR STREET! and there isn't even any nazi fascists there!🤣 The town where if you use a sense of humour with the locals 60% of them don't know how to interpret it and punch you in the face. The town where the locals know nothing about one of the world's greatest scientists who lived near there Sir Isaac Newton. The town of Maggie Thatcher who ruined EVERYTHING. The town of 50% snobs and 50% hoodies, terrible fights on the street with the police arriving. The town where BEST KEBAB has had to constantly put up with racists breaking their windows. The town that Lincoln refers to as a shthole. The town that has a constant traffic jam going round in a circle. The town where the locals think it's such a privilege to have a snobby gossip and a bite to eat in "THE MUNCH" and it's only about the size of a cupboard. What did people like about this place they used to live in? The train out of there. Good luck 🤞
Making Grantham look nice IS a heck of an achievement. I suppose filming on a beautiful sunny day helps. Grantham looks very clean . That's as much as I can say about it. Passing through G on many occasions I thought it was a dull dreary nondescript Lincolnshire town. Not terrible by any stretch but not pretty either. The perfect birthplace for a Margaret Thatcher in fact.
It's still such a beautiful town.....it's just idiots that let it down. I have a home in Grantham and also in a beautiful market town in Dorset - but Grantham's stunning architecture trumps it 20 fold!! SKDC take note - you have a beautiful asset...don't kill it.....
I started watching 15 months ago and happy to find a way to show my little support.
Thank you sooo much!! I really do appreciate it!
Very good film but you missed the Kings School where Isaac Newton and I were educated 😊.
A year on and people are having photos taken by Margaret's statue. I believe she has a right to be there, she was born in the town unlike the men who stand on St. Peter's Hill. No one is perfect and we all have our opinions but defacing statues is wrong. Issac Newton wasn't a saint and yet not only does his statue stand nearby the Market Place has an instillation in his name too.
I really think more people should learn the history of the UK.
Nice video in great weather. One bit you haven’t shown was Castlegate, home of the Beehive pub with its living sign. Lived in the town all my life. Always home to me, wherever I travel.
I believe the 'Beehive' is the only living pub sign in the UK.
Haven't been in Grantham since 1987. It's looking well, I'm wondering what day the video was taken because it's very quiet !
Oooh I don’t remember now it was a while back I filmed it
Sad to see all the nail bars, foreign convenience stores, kebab shops and boarded-up windows. The George Centre is a ghost town within a town. Grantham is a beautiful place, ruined by greedy landlords who put up commercial property rents to the point where nobody can afford them, and it’s happening all over Lincolnshire. Maggie wouldn’t have stood by and let it happen...
Not sure Maggie is someone to hold up as an icon to be fair
Yep true across the country. Just barbershop, nail salons and phone shops around. Definitely money laundering.
Oh, the Bustling George Centre
I thought I would share this video with Dad, as he lives in Grantham and has been isolating during the covid pandemic. He still isn't out and about yet, so this will remind him of the town where he lives that he hasn't visited for 2 and a half years now.
Send him my love and tell him I hope he likes the tour 👍👍❤️
@@GimbalWalkTV Dad loved the video. Reminded him of the good times.
Have you thought of walking around Stamford, just down the A1 from Grantham?
Look us up x
I have it planned yes!
Was going to do it yesterday actually but was too exhausted and had to postpone
@@GimbalWalkTV fabulous! Be sure to walk along St.Mary’s Street, there are some lovely old buildings and don’t miss the Meadows .
Look forward to seeing it x
Stamford is beautiful (not biased at all)
A good & Interesting video of GRANTHAM | Margaret Thatcher statue and birthplace - Full tour of Grantham Town Centre❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
👍👍👍❤️
Never a fan of Mrs. Thatcher, but I now have a higher opinion of Grantham, thank you. I didn't realise how many beautiful buildings it has.
What did she do that was so bad exactly?
She achieved something major in a time when women struggled for major roles, usually complained about by kiddies who weren’t even around. @@broflo3875
I remember the library and the train station. Did have a bit of fun here in one of the houses.
I grew up in a working class area & remember the damage she done & the hatred towards her BUT i still think she"s above these clowns in power now................
😮
It looks a nice place. I live in Norwich and was contemplating somewhere not too far from here but a bit less hectic. This has given me food for thought.
I love your sense of humor...#10 LOL
🤣
The number one rule is that if you don’t actually live in Grantham, you DON’T get the privilege of dissing it. It’s a quiet town where nothing much happens, but those of us who live here do so for a calm life with good travel connections.
ok
Grantham should now be granted city status in recognition for their a true standing up for British values.
Do you think it will?
That's dumb
the smallest city in the world... dont talk stupid
Don't talk stupid...british values..nasty people of grantham wouldn't know those if it bit them up their unfriendly backsides.
@@GimbalWalkTV Grantham won't become a city as it's not large enough for it to become a city,but the council is trying to make it all one-way system
There’s nothing wrong with Grantham, it’s just the small minority that let’s the place down, always being negative.
Who is it that’s being negative all the time?
Great video thanks👍, and yes I'm a big supporter of Mrs T ☺,
Thanks Alan!
I was more of a fan of mr t in the a team😆
Wasn't she supportive of the death penalty??
She stopped the children's school milk when she was education secretary . Disgusting !
You asked what we thought of the statue. She was an awful person who caused serious harm to the Midlands and the North. But the statue will encourage people to visit Grantham when they otherwise wouldnt. As will i in a couple of weeks mainly to show my boys that monsters do walk among us. Just like when we visit jack the rippers haunts or the tower of london. The milk snatcher should be memorialized so we can avoid her heartless kind in the future
Well said
Love your videos Neil. Was curious, if you look into your camera screen while walking or look ahead normally?
Thank you - I try first and foremost to concentrate on not falling over or tripping 🤣
After that I usually scan where I'm heading to in order to find stuff to look at and film in the distance so I know what's coming up next
I do check the camera screen occasionally though to make sure all is going well
Hello Neil I love this video of granhomre my very special friend Neil lives in Stamford this place that you vidio looks a Very beautiful place have you never filmed in Stamford take care stay safe from Lynn x
Interesting walk there are some lovely areas here some remind me of Orchard Square in Sheffield thanks and keep on walking 🚶♂️ 👍❤️
Yeah very reminiscent of Orchard Square!
lots of red brick and a nice clean place ,But I couldn't live there to big for my aussie bush soul .
You and me both!
I live in Grantham it’s beautiful
❤️❤️❤️
A pity you missed out London Road, Guildhall Street and Wharf Road,plus Dysart Retail area
I did my best but didn't know the place so will do better next time now I know my way around
Great little town and a befitting location as the birthplace for a great British Prime Minister. Well done to the council for erecting this statue and even though it should have been in Parliament Square this definitely the next best place next to that other great Oxbridge graduate Sir Isaac Newton.
Now that "decolonising the maths curriculum" is all the rage among the wokesters, they'll have to make sure to bring extra eggs when they come to do Margaret Thatcher's statue so they've got enough left over to do the Isaac Newton statue as well.
Not heard about that maths thing
@Nick Miller - I am not entirely sure what you are referring to, unless you are making a wider point about nothing being out of bounds in the world of wokeism. However I am not really interested in that I just believe great figures deserve to be recognized. I am not a Brexiteer, that said if Thatcher had been out the negotiating table with Tusk and Juncker in Brussels the deal would have been far better than we ended up with.
A great statue befitting a barrage of eggs
Lovely video Neil only live 35 mins away there on Friday through work will pop and have a look at the statue not a place I visit for shopping doesn't seem much there but some of the buildings r nice
My first time there Mick - didn't really know my way around but thought it was ok
Some 'characters' on the streets that's for sure
Looking at these videos does put you at ease. It would be nice to do these types of videos.
Liked!
Thank you 🙏
I born this place, Very beaultiful
Very
Grantham looks like a pretty place it's a shame they have to spoil it wth a statue of HER, I've got a feeling it won't last long some people have long memories a bear grudges
Is she a traitor of England so she became a shame? Perhaps put more consideration on her before make such a judgement
Even the old left now recognise Margaret Thatcher wasn't all bad ; why not celebrate the fact she helped change this country from "sick man of Europe" to a thriving global economy and Britain's first (3x election winning) female PM, a massive achievement in itself, still not repeated by the other parties today. Unfortunately in this day and age people want to reductify and simplify people to good or bad. Unfortunately this would leave us with very little to celebrate as nobody is perfect, especially the people who think they have the right to tear down public monuments. I am not affiliated to any political party but come from a time when listening to somebody else's opinion, even if l disagreed with it initially was seen as normal and as a civilized sign of healthy democratic debate. Thatcher is part of our history like it or not, as was William the Conqueror or Henry Vlll . Some people need to grow up and look around the world to see the true extent of the political horror elsewhere before attacking our own. Karl Marx's writings would not stand up to today's political correctness, I've seen them.
Really enjoy your walks. This one not so.
Thatcher took away my school milk, betrayed the minors, I remember seeing the police beating up picketers, and stopping family's from the south going up north trying to take food parcels. On Thatchers orders, nasty and devicive individual.
The damage she and her government caused is still being felt up north.
"Levelling up is a lie".
Keep up the great walks Mr Gimbal ❤
@@spinynorman8217 ??? "grow up". Being accountable for your actions is important and sets a positive example. This never happens in British politics, or within the royal family for that matter.
Thatchers legacy is one of damage, and some of us were affected by this.
So grow up yourself and look beyond your little englander nose.
@@honourthefire9182 Thank you, I was around when she was in power I remember the damage she caused in this country, her legacy still lives on to this day with the NHS in such a state the railways have never been the same she closed the coal mines putt in 10s of thousands of men out of work then started importing cheap coal from abroad, a lot of those miners have worked down the pits since they left school and do t know how to do anything else so they need to be retrained which probably costs more than the pittance they were paid for doing the job in the first place
Is it bad my dads on this video 10:00 into the video the big guy that shakes that guys hand the big guy is my dad lol
I had to rewind to see your dad 😄
39.00... Haha, Brilliant.
Crazy isn't it!
Great video. As for the Iron Lady....well we cant erase history!.
ha ha true!
Why is it so quiet?
No idea
because there are no nice shops because the rent is high so its basically pop up shops or charity shops or food shops that open and close ever 2 months. Grantham is a nice place but the landlords (not gonna mention them by name ) ruined the town, but they still build thousands of homes in grantham because its so close to get a train to london. And most important is there is no jobs in grantham so alot of the "dole people from the 80s have brought there kids to do the same so the lets say not so nice
families moving to nicer areas and ruining them like on hill avenue / turnor cresent) the old people die the ruff ones move in and ruin the area , rubbish everywhere no respect for their neighbours ..... i left 24 years ago and see how bad it is now just by visiting my parents.
How do you find out what was that door No.10 like, when Margaret was young ?
Googled it
FINKINS RESTAURANT ON THE HIGH STREET AND FINKIN STREET IS THE PLACE TO GO.
👍
It looks nice. Is it a nice place to live. ?
Not sure
@@GimbalWalkTV Did you think it looked nice x
Daves dentures 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
former market town... the market now is embarassing
yep its such a boring place to live
I live n lv
👍🏻
33k members done well prefer words to reading on videos myself 🤔
Thanks David!
I don't speak as I don't have anything interesting to say really 🤣
I like natural sounds with captions ❤
The problem with Grantham is it needs pedestrianising and everything is so far stretched out shopping wise but it’s not that bad
Yes very fair points
謝謝！
This is so generous - THANK YOU!! ❤️
I live in grathm
Damaging to Grantham I know the statue was privately funded but is the CCTV costs £130,000 a year if not thats wrong!😠
£130,000 a year apparently
i live here
City looked nice ! But why aint no one egging all the red lights ! FREEDOM FOR GREEN LIGHTS !😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
🤣
Of all the people to have a statue, the woman that started the downfall of a strong and great country
Agreed
Honk if Thatcher's dead
Loved Grantham , but definitely no fan of Margaret Thatcher. Frightful woman .
Me neither
Not a good town. I live on the outskirts, and when I meet up with my mates and go into town it's a (excuse my language) shit hole!
😮😮😮
Why would Maragret Thatcher of all people be the bane of someone's existence?
If only you knew 😂
Is there an undercurrent there?
sadly the people are very unfriendly there..not a nice lot at all.
😮😮😮
Hahahahahahaha, Grantham isn't nice
Ok
Grantham is not a beautiful town.......
It's the modern buildings that ruin it, IMO. The older buildings are beautiful though.
Statues should be for War Heroes....Not Politicians!
Agreed
Love your videos Neil. Was curious, if you look into your camera screen while walking or look ahead normally?
Thank you - I try first and foremost to concentrate on not falling over or tripping 🤣
After that I usually scan where I'm heading to in order to find stuff to look at and film in the distance so I know what's coming up next
I do check the camera screen occasionally though to make sure all is going well
謝謝！
Thank you! ❤️