Chain Bridge Forge
Try it Yourself
Book now and claim your place on one of our regular taster half-day or full-day blacksmithing taster sessions, where you will work with our blacksmith to forge your own item to take home.
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Treat someone you love to the chance to feel the heat of the forge with a gift voucher which entitles them to a hands-on taster session guided by our resident blacksmith.
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Blacksmithing Club
Our blacksmithing club is for men and women whose common interest is a passion for metal and fashioning it. We meet monthly.
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Find out everything you need to know about a visit to Chain Bridge Forge including where to find us and when we are open.
About Chain Bridge Forge
Here at Chain Bridge Forge we have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting, and created a living forge.
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Innovation Centre
As well as being a museum dedicated to the age-old skill of blacksmithing, Chain Bridge Forge is also looking to the future with facilities for 3D printing and Virtual Reality.
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Latest News
The latest articles from the Heritage South Holland blog.
The Rise Of The Barcode in the uk
Does anybody have an Memories of this? Did you work in the store? Did they get wrong? Click HERE to read BBC article
Queen Mother comes to Springfields
Heritage Open Days at Moulton Mill
Moulton Windmill is open for Heritage Open Days from Thu 6 - 9 and Thu 13 - 16 September. On show will be a new interactive artwork inspired by the Mill created by artist Graham Elstone to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Heritage Open Days in Lincolnshire. There's...
Princess Alice, the Duchess of Gloucester, opening springfields first summer season July 1976
Newspaper article about Princess Alice, the Duchess of Gloucester, opening springfields first summer season in July 1976. In the photo, Princess Alice is seen with the late Leonard Van Geest, then chairman of Springfields Council. Click on image to enlarge
Vandalism and old age collapse the bandstand in Spalding
Newspaper article about the day the old bandstand in Ayscoughfee Gardens, Spalding finally collapsed. The bandstand, built to commemorate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, was built in 1937 but was destroyed by mindless vandalism in the early...
A Spalding Murder 1879
This newspaper cutting, taken from a copy of the Free Press in 1904 tells the story of a murder which took place in Spalding some twenty five years earlier. The murder, on the 8th November 1879 happened in a field near the footpath leading from stepping stone lane to...
The Rise Of The Barcode in the uk
Does anybody have an Memories of this? Did you work in the store? Did they get wrong? Click HERE to read BBC article
Queen Mother comes to Springfields
Heritage Open Days at Moulton Mill
Moulton Windmill is open for Heritage Open Days from Thu 6 - 9 and Thu 13 - 16 September. On show will be a new interactive artwork inspired by the Mill created by artist Graham Elstone to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Heritage Open Days in Lincolnshire. There's...
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Location
Chain Bridge Forge,
High Street,
Spalding,
Lincs, PE11 1TX.
Hours
Winter (Nov-Mar): – Wednesday & Friday 10am till 2pm, First Sunday in the month 11am till 3pm.
Summer (Apr-Oct) – Wednesday & Friday 10am till 2pm, Every Sunday 11am till 3pm.