Anwick

Anwick
St Edith's Church, Anwick
Anwick  Anwick shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF 11443 50476
Unitary authority	North Kesteven
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sleaford
Postcode district	NG34
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sleaford and North Hykeham
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Anwick is a small village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, north east of Sleaford on the A153 between Sleaford and Billinghay.

History

Two glacial erratic boulders, the Drake Stones, lie next to the churchyard.

During World War I there was a Royal Flying Corps airfield north of the village. It was later named RAF Anwick, and was occasionally laid-out with a decoy airstrip during World War II in an effort to confuse enemy airmen that they were overhead RAF Digby airfield, a genuine fighter base.^{[citation needed]}

Amenities

Anwick has chicken-processing factory, a garden centre, and a modern day airstrip on arable land. The airstrip is unrelated to the WWII dummy airfield.

Speed camera

In June 2005 a Gatso speed camera that had been operating in the village for several years was shown in court to have been enforcing the wrong speed limit. The police had claimed that the speed limit was 30 mph, yet the absence of street lighting meant it was actually 60 mph. Some 2,600 drivers had been prosecuted.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• The Drake Stones, themodernantiquarian.com; retrieved 23 June 2011

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