Skellingthorpe

Skellingthorpe
Skellingthorpe village
Skellingthorpe  Skellingthorpe shown within Lincolnshire
Population	3,444 (2001)
OS grid reference	SK924719
District	North Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lincoln
Postcode district	LN6 5
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Lincoln
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Skellingthorpe is a large village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, located 4 miles / 6.5 km southwest of Lincoln city centre.

It is near the A46 near the roundabout with the B1378 Skellingthorpe Road. This is near to the Birchwood estate, which is built on the site of RAF Skellingthorpe in the 1970s. The section of Birchwood on the old airfield has street names named after World War II RAF bases; some new roads in Skellingthorpe are name after WW2 RAF bombers.

War memorial and church

The parish church is dedicated to St Lawrence. The east-west Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway line used to pass through the village and is now a cycle path on a National Cycle Route. It used to head west through Ollerton in Nottinghamshire, and carried freight until 1979, being built in 1897.

Skellingthorpe Hall is to the east of the village. To the west is Old Wood and Doddington. There are two village pubs: the Stones Arms (named after Henry Stone) and the Plough Inn both on High Street.

Every Wednesday a fish and chip van comes to the community centre.

There are three football teams in the village, FVA Jerusalem, Skellingthorpe Plough (adult team) and St. Helens (child team).

External links

• St Lawrence's church
• Old signal box
• North Kesteven office on Lincoln Road
• Skellingthorpe & District Motorcycle club
• Pictures of Skellingthorpe
• St Lawrence CE Primary School
• Holt Primary School
• Skellingthorpe Village Walk