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Trinity Arts Centre

The Trinity Arts centre, formerly the Holy Trinity Church, is now a regional award-winning centre for the arts. It offers varied entertainment of dance, drama, music and rhyme supported by a lively film schedule. The auditorium sports seating for 260 with a full Dolby sound system, facilities for the disabled, including ramp, and a ‘loop’ system for the hard of hearing.

Gainsborough and District Heritage Association

The Gainsborough and District Heritage Association holds archive material, historic objects and other memorabilia and ephemera connected to the town of Gainsborough and the surrounding area. The Association provide an effective research facility for those who wish to search family history, work records, Marshall drawings, or just to find information on the towns past.

For more information and research enquiries telephone 01427 615064. You may also wish to visit our website at www.gainsboroughheritage.com.

Model Railway

The clubrooms in Florence Terrace of the Gainsborough Model Railway Society houses an extensive ‘O’ gauge Model Railway. A museum in miniature, which brings to life the ex L.N.E.R. mainline King’s Cross to Leeds Central of period 1925 to 1955. More than 0.5 miles of track, dozens of trains and over 120 locomotives all hand built by members. Four hundred coaches and wagons operating to a timetable in accordance with real railway practice.

A nostalgic reminder of the Steam Railway Era. For further information and opening times telephone 01427 615871.

Markets & Shopping

Since Medieval times, Gainsborough has been proud of its traditional open-air market. The main shopping area now surrounds and extends from the market square. The town attracts a lively market on Tuesdays and Saturdays spilling out form Market Square into Silver Street and Lord Street, offering a wide range of goods, clothes and fresh produce. The Lincolnshire Farmers Market is on the second Tuesday of every month.

Small, mainly family run shops and tearooms still provide traditional personal service expected of a market town. Further shopping facilities in close proximity to the town centre are available on Trinity Street.

Marshalls Yard a £39million shopping development has opened in April 2007 to provide a wide range of additional shops, car parking and peace gardens and is regarded as a superb addition to the existing facilities within the town and shows the regeneration of Gainsborough is well underway helping the town to re-establish itself as the leading Market Town in the area.

Gainsborough Riverside

Once a port, the historic Riverside Area of Gainsborough has been transformed by a £20 million regeneration project. New flood defences have been constructed together with a walkway, which, extends for 1km between Trent Bridge and Whittons Gardens.

A short walk from the town centre and Old Hall, the Riverside Walkway represents a new leisure resource for residents of Gainsborough and destination for visitors to North Lincolnshire. Leisure moorings which have been constructed at Gleadells Wharf enables tourist to arrive by boat and the arts trail adds a unique dimension to the area. Visitors in the evening are welcomed by the warm lights of the two toll houses.

The Riverside also offers a wealth of potential commercial, retail and office premises as well as live/work accommodation and residential development opportunities. Today the Riverside is home to a much acclaimed fine art studio as well as Lincolnshire Training and Enterprise Council and Gainsborough Chamber of Commerce.