"people in the Gainsborough area.. There are many primary schools in the town. The town has links with the John Leggott Sixth Form College in Scunthorpe, North Lindsey College, and Lincoln College which has a branch at Gainsborough College on ""Acland Street"", focussing on vocational education. Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Gainsborough is a town in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the town was 22,117 at the 2015 census. It is situated north-west from the city and county town of Lincoln, and on the River Trent. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream"
"him. Garthorpe, North Lincolnshire Garthorpe is a village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east from Goole, west from the River Trent, and in the Isle of Axholme. Together with Fockerby, which is contiguous with the village, Garthorpe forms a civil parish of about 500 inhabitants, measured as 418 in the 2011 census. Garthorpe is located on low-lying land about to the west of the River Trent. Fockerby is immediately to the west, and the two places now form one community. Three minor roads radiate from the village centre. That to the north leads to Adlingfleet, while the"
"Boston, Lincolnshire Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England, approximately 100 miles (160 km) north of London. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district. The town itself had a population of 35,124 at the 2001 census, while the borough had a total population of 66,900, at the ONS mid-2015 estimates. It is due north of Greenwich on the Prime Meridian. Boston's most notable landmark is St Botolph's Church (""The Stump""), said to be the largest parish church in England, visible for miles around from the"
"Stagecoach) runs regular ""InterConnect"" buses linking the towns of the east coast with the other major population centres of Lincolnshire - the bus network is of vital importance in a rural county poorly-served by the railway network, and with an elderly population living in remote, scattered villages. Grimsby and Immingham are major ports (together, they handle some 55.9 million tonnes of cargo per annum - the largest port in the UK in terms of tonnage); The port of Boston is less important than it was (though it still handles upwards of 1.5 million tonnes p.a.). Humberside Airport is ten miles"
"Lincolnshire coast The coast of Lincolnshire runs for more than down the North Sea coast of eastern England, from the estuary of the Humber (which divides it from East Yorkshire) to the marshlands of the Wash, where it meets Norfolk. This stretch of coastline has long been associated with tourism, fishing and trade. Major settlements on the Lincolnshire coast include the ports of Grimsby and Immingham, and the seaside resorts of Cleethorpes, Mablethorpe (with Sutton-on-Sea), Ingoldmells and Skegness. Smaller towns and villages on the coast include South Ferriby, Barton, Barrow, New Holland, Saltfleet & Saltfleetby, Theddlethorpe, Trusthorpe, Sandilands, Anderby Creek,"
"Wainfleet, Lincolnshire Wainfleet All Saints is an ancient port and market town on the east coast of the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A52 road, geographically south-west from Skegness and north-east from Boston. It stands on the small rivers ""Steeping"" and ""Limb"" that form Wainfleet Haven. The town is close to the Lincolnshire Wolds. The village of Wainfleet St Mary is directly to the south. The name ""Wainfleet"" is derived from ""Wegn fleot"", a stream that can be crossed by a wagon (compare with 'wainwright', a maker of wagons). The town stands on or"
"manor house, reputedly built in 1549. The present Northolme Hall was built on the same site in 1866. Wainfleet, Lincolnshire Wainfleet All Saints is an ancient port and market town on the east coast of the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A52 road, geographically south-west from Skegness and north-east from Boston. It stands on the small rivers ""Steeping"" and ""Limb"" that form Wainfleet Haven. The town is close to the Lincolnshire Wolds. The village of Wainfleet St Mary is directly to the south. The name ""Wainfleet"" is derived from ""Wegn fleot"", a stream that"
"Garthorpe, North Lincolnshire Garthorpe is a village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east from Goole, west from the River Trent, and in the Isle of Axholme. Together with Fockerby, which is contiguous with the village, Garthorpe forms a civil parish of about 500 inhabitants, measured as 418 in the 2011 census. Garthorpe is located on low-lying land about to the west of the River Trent. Fockerby is immediately to the west, and the two places now form one community. Three minor roads radiate from the village centre. That to the north leads to Adlingfleet, while the road"
"from Lincolnshire. The Humber (and its tributary the Trent) form the northern and western boundaries of the county. Owing to the combined sediment carried by the Humber and the rivers of the Wash, and to the muddy clay sea floor, the waters off Lincolnshire are usually an opaque brown. From prehistory, the Lincolnshire coast was an important centre for the production of salt. At its peak in the 1950s, Grimsby was the largest and busiest fishing port in the world. In 1953, a storm tide overwhelmed Lincolnshire's sea defences, and the county was flooded as far inland as Alford. More"
"Chapel St Leonards and Freiston Shore. The port of Boston, though some six miles (10 km) from the open sea, is often considered a coastal town. Boston Haven, a tidal stretch of the River Witham, made Boston one of the most significant ports in England between the 11th and 17th centuries. Boston was a ""staple town"" and a member of the Hanseatic League. The character of Lincolnshire as it meets the sea is overwhelmingly flat. In the north of the county, the Humberhead Levels and the land reclamation reclaimed Lincolnshire Marsh are pretty much at sea level, while in the"
"Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long eastern coastline on the North Sea. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the city of Lincoln, where the county council has its headquarters. The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire is composed of the non-metropolitan county of"
"Trent, opposite the hamlet of East Ferry. The closest motorway to Owston Ferry is the M180, whilst Robin Hood Airport is to the west, in South Yorkshire. The civil parish of Owston Ferry, includes the village of Owston Ferry, as well as a number of smaller localities, including West Ferry, Gunthorpe, Heckdyke and Melwood. Owston Ferry contains one primary school, St. Martin's Church of England Primary School. Owston Ferry Owston Ferry is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the west bank of the River Trent, and north from Gainsborough. It had a total"
"in the town's Riverhead Square. During redevelopment of Riverhead Square the tree has been placed in the Old Market Place since 2013. Grimsby Grimsby, also known as Great Grimsby, is a large coastal English town and seaport in North East Lincolnshire, of which it is the administrative centre. It lies on the South Bank of the Humber Estuary, close to where it reaches the North Sea. It developed as a major sea port, hosting the largest fishing fleet in the world by the mid-20th century. The fishing industry declined dramatically after the Cod Wars denied UK access to Icelandic fishing"
"bordering North Staffordshire, mimicking dialects in and around Stoke-on-Trent, as well as that of Crewe in Cheshire, North West England. Lincolnshire has long been an economically relatively homogeneous, less industrial more heavily agricultural county and is in part naturally separated by the River Trent divorcing its largest market town, the City of Lincoln from Nottinghamshire. East of the Lincolnshire Wolds, in the southern part of the county, the Lincolnshire dialect is closely linked to The Fens and East Anglia, and, in the northern areas of the county, the local speech has characteristics in common with the speech of the East"
"of the RLC's Phase 2 training. In November 2016 the Ministry of Defence announced that the Grantham site would close in 2020. Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long eastern coastline on the North Sea. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the"
"Grimsby Grimsby, also known as Great Grimsby, is a large coastal English town and seaport in North East Lincolnshire, of which it is the administrative centre. It lies on the South Bank of the Humber Estuary, close to where it reaches the North Sea. It developed as a major sea port, hosting the largest fishing fleet in the world by the mid-20th century. The fishing industry declined dramatically after the Cod Wars denied UK access to Icelandic fishing grounds, and joining the European Union which parcelled out fishing quotas in waters within the 200 mile limit of the UK coast"
"on the River Trent, which is now in Amcotts, but then was in Luddington parish which extended to the bank of the Trent until 1885. At the time of ""Domesday Book"" of 1086, Marae was listed as having three households. Amcotts Amcotts is a village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England, and on the Isle of Axholme. The village is situated north-west from Scunthorpe, and on the west bank of the River Trent facing Flixborough on the east bank. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 219 for the parish, increasing to 262 at the"
"pass through Boston, Sleaford and Grantham. Stamford station is served hourly with an east-west CrossCountry service between Peterborough and Leicester. An hourly East Midlands Trains service from Norwich to Liverpool stops at Grantham. Lincolnshire has its own airport (Humberside Airport) in the north of the county at Kirmington (a former Royal Air Force bomber airfield), between Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Lincoln. Several others are fairly easily accessible by either road or rail. Lincolnshire is served by the Foss Dyke canal, an ancient waterway of Roman origin, which connects the River Trent and the River Witham. Brayford Pool is the inland basin"
"River Trent towards Boston, but is now occupied by the River Slea. For about from near Claypole to Beckingham, the river forms the boundary between Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. From North Witham to Long Bennington, the A1 road largely follows the line of the river, which it crosses near Easton. In Lincoln, the river flows into Brayford Pool and exits along a narrow channel that passes under the medieval High Bridge. The bridge not only restricts navigation due to its small size, but the volume of water that can pass through the gap is limited in times of flood. This is"
"Isle of Axholme The Isle of Axholme is a geographical area of North Lincolnshire, England. It is the only part of Lincolnshire west of the River Trent. It is between the three towns of Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Gainsborough, in the traditional West Riding of Lindsey. The name ""Isle"" is given to the area since, prior to the area being drained by the Dutchman Cornelius Vermuyden, each town or village was built on areas of dry, raised ground in the surrounding marshland. The River Don used to flow to the north and west (it has since been diverted), dividing the Isle"
"two-year project of construction of a flood wall around the docks began, with an estimated cost of around £20 million. Port of Grimsby The Port of Grimsby is located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary at Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. Sea trade out of Grimsby dates to at least the medieval period. The Grimsby Haven Company began dock development in the late 1700s, and the port was further developed from the 1840s onwards by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MSLR) and its successors. The port has had three main dock systems: The earliest dock, or Old"
"Skegness Skegness ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of Lincoln. In the 2011 census Skegness civil parish had a population of 19,579. The worlds first Butlin's holiday resort opened in Skegness in 1936. Longshore drift carries particles of sediment southwards along the Lincolnshire coast; at Skegness, the sand settles out in banks which run at a slight angle to the coast. The slightly elevated dune land sheltered the small natural harbour which the Danes found behind the banks. The finer"
"permission in 2015 for the paths, which Sustrans aims to link as a walking and cycling route to connect the quiet roads east of Torksey with those west of Cottam, a village about to the west. Torksey Torksey is a small village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 875. It is situated on the A156 road, south of Gainsborough and north-west of the city of Lincoln, and on the eastern bank of the tidal River Trent, which here forms the boundary with Nottinghamshire. It is notable historically"
"Morton by Gainsborough Morton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,325. It is situated north from the town of Gainsborough, to which it is conjoined, and on the River Trent. Morton is listed in the 1086 ""Domesday Book"" as ""Mortune"", with four households. It was a township of Gainsborough parish until 1846, when the first church, dedicated to Saint Paul, opened in the village. The church then became a chapelry, until 1866, when Morton was created a civil parish. The Grade"
"was on water, except at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Approximately 95% of freight enters the United Kingdom by sea (75% by value). Three major ports handle most freight traffic: There are many other ports and harbours around the United Kingdom, including the following towns and cities: Aberdeen, Avonmouth, Barrow, Barry, Belfast, Boston, Bristol, Cairnryan, Cardiff, Dover, Edinburgh/Leith, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Fishguard, Glasgow, Gloucester, Grangemouth, Grimsby, Harwich, Heysham, Holyhead, Hull, Kirkwall, Larne, Liverpool, Londonderry, Manchester, Oban, Peterhead, Plymouth, Poole, Port Talbot, Portishead, Portsmouth, Scapa Flow, Southampton, Stornoway, Stranraer, Sullom Voe, Swansea, Tees (Middlesbrough), Tyne (Newcastle). For"
"Lincoln, England Lincoln is a cathedral city and the county town of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England. The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln had a 2012 population of 94,600. The 2011 census gave the urban area of Lincoln, which includes North Hykeham and Waddington, a population of 130,200. The Roman town of ""Lindum Colonia"" developed from an Iron Age settlement on the River Witham. Lincoln's major landmarks are Lincoln Cathedral, an example of English Gothic architecture and the tallest building in the world for over 200 years, as well as Lincoln Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle. The city is"
"Mablethorpe and Sutton Mablethorpe and Sutton is a civil parish and town in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It is on the North Sea coast and includes Mablethorpe, Trusthorpe, Sutton-on-Sea and Sandilands along with the inland village of Thorpe. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 11,780, increasing to 12,531 at the 2011 Census. In 1894 the Civil Parish of Mablethorpe was included in Louth Rural District but in 1896 was created as an urban district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey. In 1925 it was joined in the urban district by the parishes of Sutton in the Marsh"
"Port of Runcorn The Port of Runcorn is in the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is situated to the west of a point where the River Mersey narrows, known as Runcorn Gap. Originally opening directly into the Mersey, with the building of the Manchester Ship Canal, it now links with this canal. Until the 18th century, the major port in northwest England was Chester. However silting of the River Dee prevented access to Chester and in 1708 Thomas Steers was commissioned to build the first wet dock in Liverpool. By 1710 Liverpool had become the third largest port in"
"Frampton, Lincolnshire Frampton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately south from the town of Boston and to the east (the seaward side) of the A16, which runs along the townlands. The village lies on the edge of one of the great marine creek levees formed during the Bronze Age, to from the modern salt marsh. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,299. The village is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston in the county of Lincolnshire."
"Alkborough Alkborough is a parish of 458 people in 192 households (2011 census) in North Lincolnshire, England, located near the northern end of The Cliff range of hills overlooking Trent Falls, the confluence of the River Trent and the River Ouse. Alkborough, with the hamlet of Walcot about south, forms a civil parish which covers about . The village was once thought to be the location that the Romans called ""Aquis"", but that name is now usually associated with the town of Buxton in Derbyshire (""Aquis Arnemetiae""). The place-name Alkborough seems to contain an Old English personal name, ""Aluca"" or"
"frequent buses up the coast as far as Mablethorpe, Louth and Alford all year round. Skegness railway station Skegness railway station serves the seaside resort of Skegness in Lincolnshire, England. The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains who provide all rail services which run to and from Nottingham. The line to Wainfleet was opened in August 1873 by the Wainfleet and Firsby Railway. This line was then extended to Skegness; the station opened on 28 July 1873. Skegness was dubbed ""the Blackpool of the East Coast"" or ""Nottingham by the Sea"", and has"
"Owston Ferry Owston Ferry is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the west bank of the River Trent, and north from Gainsborough. It had a total resident population of 1,128 in 2001 including Kelfield. This increased to 1,328 at the 2011 census. Sometimes referred to as Owston or Ferry, the village forms part of the Isle of Axholme. It is bounded to the west by the A161 road and the village of Haxey. The River Trent is directly to the east. To the north, beyond a number of hamlets and villages, lies the"
"on Epworth, from 'North Axholme', centred on Crowle. The A161 road crosses the Isle from north to south. There was an Isle of Axholme Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which covered the entire Isle after 1936. This became part of the Boothferry district of Humberside in 1974, and since 1996 has been in the North Lincolnshire unitary authority. Isle of Axholme The Isle of Axholme is a geographical area of North Lincolnshire, England. It is the only part of Lincolnshire west of the River Trent. It is between the three towns of Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Gainsborough, in the traditional"