Grantham
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Locations
The Grantham area includes military facilities at the following locations:
and the main married quarter areas are:
Area Overview
Grantham is on the border with Leicestershire, a town with its roots in the old stagecoach route from London. There are still several coaching inns, including the famous Beehive Inn at Castlegate, where can be found the world's only "living" pub sign - a real beehive perched in a tree and full of live South African bees, and the Angel Inn is where King Richard III signed the death warrant of the Duke of Buckingham in 1483. The nearby village of Woolsthorpe is where Isaac Newton supposedly saw the famous apple drop that inspired him to discover the law of gravity. He was schooled in Grantham, as was Lady Margaret Thatcher, Baroness of Kesteven, the first woman British Prime Minister. Scenes from the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark were filmed in Margaret Thatcher's old school in Grantham. Grantham Tourist Information Centre (TIC) has many leaflets, maps and guidebooks for walking, cycling, leisure activities, local events and places to visit, as well as lots of souvenirs and gift ideas.
