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Spalding St. John's

Ward in South Holland, Lincolnshire, England

Coordinates:52.781, -0.159
OS grid ref:TF 24 22
Dialling code: 01775 (Spalding)
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Spalding St. John’s sits in the heart of the market town of Spalding, within the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. The ward occupies flat fenland beside the River Welland, mixing historic town-centre streets and Georgian pockets with the surrounding market-gardening landscape of drainage channels, dykes and bulb fields.

Locally the area reflects Spalding’s long agricultural and trading heritage: horticulture, seasonal labour and food processing remain important, while the town retains a lively market square, independent shops and civic institutions such as the long-established local societies and clubs. Community life balances that rural, working landscape with everyday town services and occasional horticultural displays that nod to the area’s fenland traditions.

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Transport links

  • East Midlands Airport 48.9 miles78.8 km
  • Doncaster Sheffield Airport 59.8 miles96.2 km
  • Spalding Railway Station 0.5 miles0.8 km
  • Swineshead Railway Station 13.1 miles21 km

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Schools in Spalding St. John's

  • Ayscoughfee Hall School Independent - primary
  • Spalding Grammar School Secondary
  • St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
  • The Spalding St John the Baptist C of E Primary School Primary

Local points of interest

  • Swineshead Abbey Historic site 11.6 miles18.7 km
  • Vaudey Abbey Historic site 12.7 miles20.5 km
  • Fengate Archaeological site 13.9 miles22.4 km
  • Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery Museum 14.9 miles24 km
  • London Road Stadium Stadium 15.4 miles24.7 km
  • Burghley House Historic site 15.6 miles25.1 km
  • Must Farm Pile-dwelling Site Archaeological site 15.7 miles25.2 km
  • Haverholme Priory Historic site 19 miles30.5 km