Sleaford offers a large public-funded crafts & design gallery outside London, The Hub, opened in Sleaford. The development cost £2.4 million, offering 2000 sq.ft. of display space within a former seed warehouse. Entrance to The Hub is free. It incorporates 'The Pearoom', a major crafts gallery previously in nearby Heckington village. In the nearby courtyard are designer-maker craft studios. There is also a new riverside walk with sculptures, starting from the Hub. There is a small street market,in the market square abutted by St. Deny's church. Market days are on Friday, Saturday & Monday (Monday being the busiest). There is a farmers' market on the first Saturday in each month. In 2003 Daily Telegraph readers voted Sleaford the 7th best market town in England. Maypole dancing happens in the market square on the first May bank holiday Monday. The Kesteven Morris dance team rehearses, and occasionally performs, in Sleaford. Sleaford Wood is a Woodland Trust wood, on the northern edge of town. It is a mature 250-year old wood, with deer and woodpeckers. Sleaford Golf Club is an 18-hole course.Approximately three miles from Sleaford are the two famous RAF Cranwell airfields. The national RAF officer training college is centred between these. The northern airfield (grassed) includes the area used by early naval airships. The larger southern airfield has supported military jet operations since the first flight of the Gloster Whittle. It currently has two paved runways. Training craft such as the Firefly, Tucano and Super King Air complement the operations at Cranwell. An independent Heritage Centre at North Rauceby near Sleaford, supported by the local Council, interprets the aviation exploits associated with the RAF airfields around Sleaford. A satellite airfield nearby, at Barkston Heath, teaches flying skills to future military aircrew. About ten miles away is RAF Coningsby, home of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the first operational Typhoon squadron in the RAF. 7 miles south along the Roman road of Mareham Lane is the famous village of Threekingham. Named after the famous legend where a battle was fought by three kings each of which died in that very battle. it is also famous for the gate of a large manor. The gate is made from the Ribs of (as legend has it) the world's largest Goldfish. More on Sleaford 

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