Boston, Skegness, Horncastle, Alford and Spalding with onward connections to more distant locations provided by Lincs Roadcar, Brylaine, Translinc, Hunt's Coaches and Stagecoach. Set in the Lincolnshire Wolds, the town is an ideal place to visit on its own, or on the way to the seaside or accompanying a visit to nearby Snipe Dales. There are some fantastic walks on the nearby Wolds and surrounding Spilsby. Sports and recreation Spilsby has football, bowls and hockey clubs, and a sports pavilion and playing fields on Ancaster Avenue. The Spilsby Show takes place on the playing fields every July, with proceeds supporting local charities. Spilsby Town F.C. is a football club that was formed in 1881. The first team currently play in the Boston Cropleys Suzuki Premier Division. The Reserve team play in the first division. The league is not officially a member of the English football league system, but clubs have in recent years moved up to the Lincolnshire Football League and then the Central Midlands League or United Counties League (the 12th level of the football league pyramid). Spilsby Town are 3-times winners of the Lincolnshire Senior Cup in 1881–82, 1882–83 and 1883–84. Between 1880 and 1885 Spilsby Town entered the FA Cup each year but were unable to progress beyond the first round. Spilsby Juniors Football Club Spilsby Juniors was formed during the summer of 1998 when the Mid-Lincolnshire youth football league accepted an application to enter a single Under-12 team in that year's Division C. The club expanded and now runs four teams from Under-9s to Under-14s. Spilsby holds dance and yoga classes at the High School on Monday nights and Tai Chi at the Town Hall on Tuesday evenings. Twin towns , France , Germany Notable people Sir John Franklin, Royal Navy captain and polar explorer, Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (modern-day Tasmania), was born in Spilsby in 1786, and died during an expedition to the Arctic in 1847. His statue in Spilsby's town square bears the inscription "Discoverer of the North West Passage" – he might more accurately be described as a Seeker of it. Stephen Sackur - BBC TV journalist, born in Spilsby Joel Pott - musician and songwriter, born in Spilsby See also RAF Spilsby References External links About Britain Spilsby Town and Community Website for Local Information Towns in Lincolnshire Market towns in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District