Owmby-by-Spital
Parish in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England
| Coordinates: | 53.371, -0.501 |
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| OS grid ref: | SK 99 87 |
| Dialling code: | 01673 (Market Rasen) |
Owmby-by-Spital is a small, rural parish set in the gentle arable landscape of West Lindsey in Lincolnshire, England, lying close to the line of the old Roman route of Ermine Street near Spital-in-the-Street. It reads as a scattering of farms, cottages and hedged lanes with the kind of ridge-and-furrow earthworks and field patterns that hint at a long agricultural past.
The "by‑Spital" suffix recalls the medieval hospital at the nearby Spital and underlines the parish’s historic roots; today farming still dominates the local economy while many residents commute to nearby market centres such as Lincoln or Market Rasen. With few formal amenities the area has a small, close‑knit social life often centred on neighbouring villages and parish events rather than an independent high street.
Postcode districts covering Owmby-by-Spital
Most populated places nearby
- Lincoln 10.5 miles17 km
- Grimsby 21.4 miles34.5 km
- Scunthorpe 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Newark-on-Trent 24.1 miles38.7 km
- Cleethorpes 23.1 miles37.2 km
- Retford 18.6 miles30 km
- Gainsborough 11.2 miles18 km
- Louth 20.7 miles33.4 km
- Armthorpe 25 miles40.2 km
- Barton-upon-Humber 21.9 miles35.3 km
- Immingham 21.3 miles34.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Saxby Parish 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Normanby-by-Spital Built-up area 0.6 miles1 km
- West Firsby Parish 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Caenby Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Spridlington Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Glentham Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Waddingham and Spital Ward 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Toft Newton Parish 3 miles4.8 km
- Cold Hanworth Parish 3.1 miles5 km
- Hackthorn Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Bishop Norton Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Hemswell Cliff Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
Example postcodes in Owmby-by-Spital
LN8 2TZ, LN8 2BF, LN8 2HP, LN8 2HW, LN8 2HL, LN8 2BS, LN8 2DA, LN8 2HH, LN8 2AB … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 22.1 miles35.6 km
- East Midlands Airport 50.7 miles81.6 km
- Market Rasen Railway Station 6.8 miles11 km
- Kirton Lindsey Railway Station 8.7 miles14.1 km
Hotels near Owmby-by-Spital Ad
- Advocate Arms Hotel 5 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Tower Hotel 3 9.5 miles15.3 km
- The Rest Hotel 4 9.7 miles15.6 km
- Exchequergate 3 9.6 miles15.4 km
- The White Hart Hotel Lincoln 4 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Charlotte House 9.6 miles15.4 km
- The Castle Hotel 3 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Holiday Inn Lincoln 4 10 miles16 km
- Doubletree by Hilton Lincoln 4 10 miles16 km
- The Bronze Pig 9.5 miles15.2 km
Local points of interest
- Market Rasen Racecourse Recreation 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Heynings Priory Historic site 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Sincil Bank Stadium 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Gokewell Priory Historic site 14.9 miles23.9 km
- Glanford Park Stadium 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Stixwould Priory Historic site 17 miles27.3 km
- Nun Cotham Priory Historic site 17.8 miles28.6 km
- Normanby Park Estate 19.1 miles30.8 km