EAW035004 ENGLAND (1951). Castle Field and the town centre, Sleaford, 1951

Money's Mill tower, now standing isolated in Money's Yard car park

Navigation House, headquarters of the Sleaford Navigation which opened in 1794. Built in the 1830s on the wharf at the head of the Navigation it originally contained a weighbridge and the company's office. Later used as a warehouse it fell into disuse and disrepair and was in danger of being demolished. Local feeling which was strongly against this happening, lead to the founding of the Sleaford Navigation Society which was able to purchase the building. Between 1995 and 2001, the Sleaford Pride Regeneration Project drew on funding from a variety of sources to advance development within the town and in 1998 the Navigation Stables were converted into small business units. Heritage Lottery money provided the funding for the stabilizing and restoration of Navigation House but it was agreed that the idiosyncratic tilt of the house, occasioned by the positioning of the weighing mechanism, should be preserved. Following painstaking restoration, Navigation House was re-opened as a Visitors’ Centre in 2005

Branch line to RAF Cranwell

GN&GE joint line