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While Lincoln rises from the surrounding fens like a beacon, it can sometimes seem that its beam is eclipsed by nearby Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Nestled in the East Midlands, Lincolnshire is one of the UK’s largest counties, but with great swathes sparsely populated, it’s a calm corner of Britain to discover at a leisurely pace.

In such a decidedly flat landscape, it’s little wonder that the precipitous hill where Lincoln Cathedral now stands was identified as prime ground for settlement. First came

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