Visit Bourne

Bourne grew into a Saxon Village with a small manor house reputedly the birth place of Hereward the Wake.

The Red Hall, a fine Elizabethan mansion stands near the centre of the town, and the Abbey Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, founded in 1138, is one of the oldest buildings in Bourne.

The town is known worldwide as the place where ERA and BRM racing cars were made, and also the birthplace of several famous people including William Cecil, Lord Treasurer to Elizabeth I, and in 1825, Charles Fredrick Worth, who revolutionised French fashion.

Fresh water from St. Peter’s Pool and the Bourne Eau, which first attracted the Romans, flows out to the river Glen, passing Baldock’s Mill, which is now a heritage centre.