VISIT Britain is the UK's tourist board and its job is to promote all areas.

It describes the county as being beneath wide-open skies and one of Britain's best-kept secrets.

On its list of must see and do activities are:

Take a rooftop tour of Lincoln Cathedral – 'one of the finest buildings in Europe'.

Visit the Georgian stone town of Stamford.

Explore the Lincolnshire Wolds, heaven-made for walkers and cyclists.

Get close to nature at Gibraltar Point National Reserve or the nearby seal colony at Donna Nook.

Enjoy all the fun of the seaside at Skegness.

Shop for antiques in the pretty market town of Horncastle.

Experience the thrills of aviation past and present with the Red Arrows and Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

Follow in the footsteps of the film stars at Burghley House, Belton House and Belvoir Castle.