Horncastle Library

Horncastle Library sits right in the heart of this market town, a solid Victorian building that's been keeping locals and visitors supplied with books and internet access for decades. It's a proper working library - not a tourist attraction in the flashy sense - but if you're camped nearby at Oxcombe or Three Horseshoes and the weather turns grim, it's a useful refuge.

The building itself has that reassuring small-town library feel: wooden shelves, helpful staff, decent selection of local history books if you're into that sort of thing. There's free WiFi, which matters more than you'd think when you're camping. The children's section keeps younger kids occupied for a solid hour if needed, and they usually stock regional maps and guides that beat paying a tenner for a glossy tourist publication.

Really, you're looking at thirty minutes to an hour here, maximum. It's not a destination in itself - you pop in, grab a book or check your email, move on. But it's the kind of place that makes a camping trip feel less isolated. Horncastle itself is a proper working market town with decent pubs and cafes nearby, so you could easily combine a library visit with lunch and a browse of the town.

Free admission and relaxed atmosphere make it worth knowing about if you're based in the area for a week. Don't expect bells and whistles, just a functioning library doing what libraries do.