Parish in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England
| Coordinates: | 53.277, -0.175 |
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| OS grid ref: | TF 21 77 |
Great Sturton is a small, quietly rural parish in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, set among the open arable fields and hedgerows typical of the county. It reads as a dispersed farming community rather than a bustling village, with lanes, scattered farmsteads and pockets of older brick and stone buildings that give a sense of long continuity with the landscape.
The local economy and daily life are largely agricultural, with many residents connected to farming or commuting to nearby market towns. Social and historic interest tends to centre on surviving traditional buildings and field patterns that hint at medieval settlement, making the parish valued for its tranquillity, rural character and connection to Lincolnshire’s countryside heritage.