About Us

At Lindum Heritage we care passionately about our archaeological and historic past and want everyone to have the best opportunity to explore it through a supportive and high quality experience. Lincolnshire is sometimes regarded of as the forgotten county of England, but the truth is that it has an enormous amount to offer in the areas of archaeology and history. Our short breaks will give you the chance to get to know the city and its surroundings while learning about aspects of the past that you are interested in.

At Lindum Heritage we always strive to improve the already high quality of our courses and welcome comments and suggestions from participants. If you have an idea for a course that you would like to see us run please let us know. We are also able to arrange bespoke courses and tours for groups of any size, large or small.

In 2004 the excellence of the company was publicly recognised when we were declared outright winners of the Lincolnshire and Rutland Future Winning Business Award.

Lindum Heritage also provide a range of specialist services to the heritage sector, both professional and community-based. These include: training courses, heritage interpretation and editorial services, consultancy work, and website design. To give some examples recent activity has included oral history training for a community heritage group and the design and management of a website for the Lincoln Record Society. Contact and find out how we could help your group, company or personal CPD.

Company ethos:
We take our obligations to the county's heritage, environment and communities very seriously. As a result we have adopted a range of policies that guide our course planning and activities. These include sustainable tourism, environmental and disability access policies. A particular aspect of our approach is our involvement in, and support of, community-based heritage projects. Lindum Heritage is a member of Lincolnshire Tourism, the Lincoln Millennium Guild, and a Corporate Friend of Lincoln Cathedral.

Company Director: Zoë Tomlinson BSc MSc
Zoë studied for her first degree at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, where she specialised in prehistory. Later she focused on the design and development of archaeological and museum-based computer systems. This took her from the Museum of London to the Horniman Museum. She later became archaeology programmes manager for the highly regarded Faculty of Continuing Education at Birkbeck College, University of London. It is Zoë's passion for communicating archaeology that prompted her to establish Lindum Heritage. In July 2004 she was thrilled to accept the prestigious Lincolnshire & Rutland Future Winning Business Award on behalf of Lindum Heritage. One of her current projects is an audio-visual community-based history of a Lincolnshire village, she has also recently published an historical walking guide to Lincoln.

Academic Director: Craig Spence BSc MA MIFA
Craig is a senior lecturer in history & heritage studies at Bishop Grosseteste College in Lincoln, before which he lectured on social and cultural history at the University of London. He has also conducted research at the UK's national Institute of Historical Research. Prior to taking up his academic posts he worked as a professional archaeologist with the Museum of London, he also participated in excavations in Ireland and Jamaica. While at the Museum of London he authored the revised edition of the internationally acclaimed Archaeological Site Manual . He has published a number of academic papers and also popular articles in publications such as History Today. Among his most recent books are London in the 1690s: A Social Atlas and Lincoln a History and Celebration, published in November 2004.