South Holland

Local authority district in Lincolnshire, England

Coordinates:	52.78, -0.02
OS grid ref:	TF 33 22

The district of South Holland sits in the low-lying Fens of Lincolnshire, a landscape of very flat, reclaimed marsh crossed by drainage ditches and the River Welland, opening out towards The Wash. Its administrative centre and largest town is Spalding, with other market towns such as Holbeach and Long Sutton serving the surrounding villages.

Economically the area is dominated by intensive agriculture and food processing - bulb and salad crops, glasshouse production and seasonal harvest work remain central to local life. Horticulture has shaped the district’s identity, celebrated historically by events such as the Spalding flower parade, and the patchwork of fields and drains supports a surprising richness of birdlife and small nature reserves.

Historically the modern landscape owes much to large-scale drainage schemes of the 17th century (engineers such as Cornelius Vermuyden played a part), which created the fertile soils that drive the economy today and helped give the area its Dutch-derived name. Communities tend to be rural and close-knit, with typical challenges around transport and services, while local markets and small-town life still define much of the district’s social character.

South Holland postcode districts

Most populated places in South Holland

Places in South Holland

Cowbit Built-up area
Crowland Built-up area
Crowland and Deeping St. Nicholas Ward
Deeping St. Nicholas Built-up area
Donington Built-up area
Donington, Quadring and Gosberton Ward
Fleet Parish
Fleet Hargate Built-up area
Gedney Built-up area
Gedney Drove End Built-up area
Gedney Dyke Built-up area
Gedney Hill Built-up area
Gosberton Built-up area
Holbeach Built-up area
Holbeach Drove Built-up area
Holbeach Hurn Built-up area
Holbeach Town Ward
Little Sutton Built-up area
Long Sutton Built-up area
Low Fulney Built-up area
Lutton Built-up area
Moulton Built-up area
Moulton Chapel Built-up area
Moulton Seas End Built-up area
Moulton, Weston and Cowbit Ward
Northgate Built-up area
Pinchbeck Built-up area
Pinchbeck and Surfleet Ward
Quadring Built-up area
Spalding Built-up area
Sutton Bridge Built-up area
Whaplode Built-up area