Minting is a small village in Lincolnshire. It has a population of just 167 people. Although it is a very small village, there are many interesting things to do nearby. These will appeal to adults and children alike.

Rand Farm Park is around six miles from Minting. This is a working farm which provides a wonderful day out for children from Minting and surrounding areas who will be able to see lambs and other young animals. Children are allowed to feed the animals. This provides the children with valuable hands on experience of animals and how they look and behave.

Stickney Park Farm is another working farm that is thirteen miles away from Minting. Here you can see a real farm in action, and experience first hand the day to day working of a British farm.

Woodside Wildlife and Falconry Park is also six miles from Minting, and it gets its 'Woodside' name from being located close to Newball Wood. Here you can see the ancient art of falconry being practiced, where falcons are trained by falconers to fly away and come back by swinging meat on the end of a weighted cord. There is also an indoor area where people from Minting and other areas can see snakes, reptiles and tropical butterflies.

If you are in the Minting area and are interested in Hedgehogs, then you should definitely make a visit to the Hedgehog Care Centre, which is thirteen miles away from Minting. This was established in the nineteen eighties by a lady called Elaine Drewery to look after hedgehogs that have been injured on the roads.

The Hedgehog Care Centre still has a casualty department where people bring injured Hedgehogs. The centre also has a gift shop where you can buy various items, all with a hedgehog theme. Profits from the shop are used to support the running of the centre so that its useful work can continue.

A bit further away from Minting is the Claythorpe Water Mill and Wildfowl Gardens. This attraction is fourteen miles away and here you can see hundreds of wild birds, all of which are free to roam the grounds of the mill. The mill has various interesting artefacts on display that tell the story of milling as it was practiced in the Middle Ages.

If you are in the Minting area and like horses, then the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre is definitely worth a visit. It is sixteen miles away from Minting and houses large muscular horses that have spent their lives working on nearby farms hauling heavy loads.

The Parrot Sanctuary is eighteen miles away from Minting. It is worth a visit if you like to see the beautiful plumage of different varieties of parrots. You can also watch them move around with their amusing sideways gait. Many children enjoy it when they talk to parrots and the parrot puts its head on one side. One of the best things about parrots is the distinctive squawking sounds that they make.