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Today's edition

Forty places, dealt fresh this morning.

Nº 268 September 2026

Forty places from across the country, in five runs. A new edition every day — the places you save shape tomorrow's deal.

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One region, one day

A day in Lincolnshire & Rutland

Six real places from one region, dealt in visiting order — coffee through to where you’d sleep — from a different region each time you visit. Hover or tap a card for the listing’s own words.

Morning
Coffee Culture Bailgate
Tracey Simpson opened Coffee Culture Bailgate at 82 Bailgate on 19 April 2024, her second location in Lincoln after searching for some time for a spot on the city's uphill side, near the Cathedral. The café has both indoor seating and a courtyard, and works with local suppliers for its food and drink. Simpson took on the premises after a period of renovation and now employs seven staff, drawing trade from residents as well as visitors following the walk between the Cathedral and Newport Arch. Bailgate is lined mostly with independent shops and cafés rather than national chains, and Coffee Culture trades among them rather than apart from them. The courtyard gives the café an outdoor seating option that some neighbouring shops on the street lack. Simpson continues to run the business herself day to day rather than through a manager.
Coffee House · Bailgate→ 2 km
Morning · Coffee House
Coffee Culture Bailgate
Tracey Simpson opened Coffee Culture Bailgate at 82 Bailgate on 19 April 2024, her second location in Lincoln after searching for some time for a spot on the city's uphill side, near the Cathedral. The café has both indoor seating and a courtyard, and works with local suppliers for its food and drink. Simpson took on the premises after a period of renovation and now employs seven staff, drawing trade from residents as well as visitors following the walk between the Cathedral and Newport Arch. Bailgate is lined mostly with independent shops and cafés rather than national chains, and Coffee Culture trades among them rather than apart from them. The courtyard gives the café an outdoor seating option that some neighbouring shops on the street lack. Simpson continues to run the business herself day to day rather than through a manager.
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Mid-morning
The Little Pottery Studio
The Little Pottery Studio is a paint-your-own-pottery studio based at Resolution House on Crusader Road in Lincoln, run as an independent, women-owned business. Alongside two-hour paint sessions, it runs handbuilding classes and potter's wheel taster sessions for adults and children, with opening days that vary through the week.
Ceramics · Lincoln→ 35 km
Mid-morning · Ceramics
The Little Pottery Studio
The Little Pottery Studio is a paint-your-own-pottery studio based at Resolution House on Crusader Road in Lincoln, run as an independent, women-owned business. Alongside two-hour paint sessions, it runs handbuilding classes and potter's wheel taster sessions for adults and children, with opening days that vary through the week.
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Midday
Take Italy Bistrot
Family-run Italian bistro on Westgate opened in 2024 by Cristian Romeo, who moved from Reggio Calabria with his relatives. Handmade pasta and wood-fired pizza are cooked to order, with roughly nine in ten ingredients imported directly from Italy. The short menu also includes tiramisu and cannoli made on site daily.
Restaurant · Grantham→ 18 km
Midday · Restaurant
Take Italy Bistrot
Family-run Italian bistro on Westgate opened in 2024 by Cristian Romeo, who moved from Reggio Calabria with his relatives. Handmade pasta and wood-fired pizza are cooked to order, with roughly nine in ten ingredients imported directly from Italy. The short menu also includes tiramisu and cannoli made on site daily.
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Afternoon
Sleaford Museum
Volunteer-run local history museum at 81 Southgate, Sleaford, opened in 2015 by the Sleaford Museum Trust after a Heritage Lottery grant. A registered charity, it covers the town's history from Roman times onward and has welcomed more than 20,000 visitors since opening.
Heritage · Sleaford→ 8 km
Afternoon · Heritage
Sleaford Museum
Volunteer-run local history museum at 81 Southgate, Sleaford, opened in 2015 by the Sleaford Museum Trust after a Heritage Lottery grant. A registered charity, it covers the town's history from Roman times onward and has welcomed more than 20,000 visitors since opening.
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Tasting
8 Sail Brewery
8 Sail Brewery occupies a former sawmill on Hale Road at Heckington, overlooked by Heckington Windmill, the only surviving eight-sailed windmill in the country. Tony Pygott set up the brewery in 2010, producing its first beer that June, and converted the building's frontage into a Victorian-style bar serving cask ale on handpump. Edward Quigley bought the brewery from Pygott in early 2026 and continues to run it from the same site. A volunteer-run tea room next door opens onto a garden and courtyard used for occasional live music. The bar keeps regular hours across the week, from midday until 8pm Monday to Thursday and Saturday, until 10pm on Friday, and until 7pm on Sunday, with cask beer brewed on the premises rather than bought in from elsewhere.
Brewery · Heckington→ 8 km
Tasting · Brewery
8 Sail Brewery
8 Sail Brewery occupies a former sawmill on Hale Road at Heckington, overlooked by Heckington Windmill, the only surviving eight-sailed windmill in the country. Tony Pygott set up the brewery in 2010, producing its first beer that June, and converted the building's frontage into a Victorian-style bar serving cask ale on handpump. Edward Quigley bought the brewery from Pygott in early 2026 and continues to run it from the same site. A volunteer-run tea room next door opens onto a garden and courtyard used for occasional live music. The bar keeps regular hours across the week, from midday until 8pm Monday to Thursday and Saturday, until 10pm on Friday, and until 7pm on Sunday, with cask beer brewed on the premises rather than bought in from elsewhere.
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Stay the night
Riverside Guest House
Riverside Guest House is a small independent guest house on West Banks in Sleaford, offering six en-suite bedrooms with tea and coffee facilities, free Wi-Fi and a continental breakfast. The bathrooms were refreshed in 2020 and the dining room updated in 2016, and the guest house holds a five-star food hygiene rating.
Guest House · Sleaford
Stay the night · Guest House
Riverside Guest House
Riverside Guest House is a small independent guest house on West Banks in Sleaford, offering six en-suite bedrooms with tea and coffee facilities, free Wi-Fi and a continental breakfast. The bathrooms were refreshed in 2020 and the dining room updated in 2016, and the guest house holds a five-star food hygiene rating.
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