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Local information for Louth
  • Main Shopping Area:
    Eastgate / Cornmarket / Market Place / Mercer Row / Northgate / Queen Street / Aswell Street / Upgate

  • Market Days:
    General - Wednesday (including open air auction) Friday and Saturday
    Farmers' Market - 4th Wednesday every month
    Cattle Market - Thursday

  • Early Closing:
    Thursday

  • Public Toilets:
    Eastgate (also Radar) and Queen Street Bus Station (also Radar, Baby Changing and 24 hour)

  • Citizens' Advice Bureau:
    14 Queen Street
    Tel: 01507 609459
  • Library:
    Northgate

  • Tourist Information Centre:
    New Market Hall, off Cornmarket.
    • Tel: 01507 609289

  • Hospital:
    Louth County Hospital, High Holme Road
    Tel: 01507 600100

  • Doctors Surgeries
    Queen Street Tel: 01507 602421
    James Street Tel: 01507 611122,
    Newmarket Tel: 01507 603121

  • Lincolnshire Police
    Eastfield Road (next to and between Fire Station and Social Services)
    Tel: 01507 604744

  • Buses:
    Bus Station on corner of Church Street and Queen Street
    Travel Hotline (local and national) Tel 0870 6082608
    (Monday to Friday 8am - 5.00pm)

  • Car Parks:
    Cannon Street / Kidgate / Northgate / Pioneer Co-op off Northgate / Queen Street / Broadbank / Kiln Lane / Newmarket / Eastgate.
    The following are not available on Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturdays: Cornmarket and Market Place

 
The Wednesday auction on 'the stones'. Photo copyright and courtesy of Regeneration and Tourism, East Lindsey District Council.
One of the statues on the Louth Art Trail outside St James's Church. Photo copyright and courtesy of Regeneration and Tourism, East Lindsey District Council.
Gospelgate, a charming residential area only yards from the main shopping area. Photo copyright and courtesy of Regeneration and Tourism, East Lindsey District Council.
 
 
The shops and market in Louth offer good and services for every need.
Hubbard's Hills, on the outskirts of Louth, beautiful parkland and the River Lud flowing through. Photo copyright and courtesy of Regeneration and Tourism, East Lindsey District Council.
  • Banks:
    • Abbey National, 21 Market Place
    • Barclays Bank plc, 64 Eastgate [c]
    • Halifax, 15a Cornmarket [c] (Link).
    • HSBC plc Cornmarket [c]
    • Lloyds TSB Bank plc, 24 Mercer Row [c]
    • Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Eastgate [c]
    • National Westminster Bank plc, Market Place [c]

      • [c] = Cash machine

  • Building Societies:
    • Bradford & Bingley, Bridge McFarland, Cornmarket
    • Nationwide, Peter Mountain, Cornmarket
    • Norwich & Peterborough, 33 Mercer Row
    • Nottingham Building Society, 22-23 Market Place
    • Yorkshire, MJR Financial Services

  • Post Office:
    24B Northgate
  • Newspapers:
    • Louth Leader and Louth Citizen,12 Cornmarket
    • Louth Target, 20 Cornmarket

  • LOCAL AUTHORITY
    • Town Council:
      Louth Town Hall, Eastgate, (Monday to Friday mornings only)

    • District Council:
      East Lindsey District Council, Tedder Hall,
      Manby Park, Louth, Lincolnshire. LN11 8UP
      Area Office: Louth Town Hall, Cannon Street.

    • County Council:
      Lincolnshire County Council, Social Services Dept, Eastfield Road.
Louth and local information is also included in LCB's pocket sized 'Louth Shopping and Services Guide' which should be available from Tourist Information Centres and Libraries.

Other websites of interest
www.PoacherGuide.co.uk Visitor information for Louth and area including a what's on
www.visitthewolds.com Visitor information on the Lincolnshire Wolds
www.louth.org General information on Louth and area
www.TheLincolnshireSite.co.uk General information on Louth and Lincolnshire
www.E-Lindsey.gov.uk Local authority information including Louth's industrial estates
www.louthlincs.co.uk General information on Louth and Lincolnshire
zip.to/visit-louth-twinning Louth Twinning Association - Information about the twinning of Louth with La Ferte Bernard in France.