Caenby Corner Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.3946°N -0.5528°W
Official Name:Caenby Corner
Static Image:File:Caenby Corner roundabout-Geograph-1316490-by-Peter-Church.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Refurbished but empty, the Moncks Arms stands on the roundabout at Caenby Corner. The transport cafe on the extreme right remains open.
Shire District:West Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Louth and Horncastle
Post Town:Market Rasen
Postcode District:LN8
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:SK966894
London Distance Mi:130
London Direction:S

Caenby Corner is a small area in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, at the roundabout junction of the A15 and A631 roads. Close to the village of Caenby, it is situated on what was a major Roman road known as Ermine Street leading from London to the North of England. The junction is 10miles north from the city and county town of Lincoln.[1] It is in the civil parish of Glentworth.

On Caenby Corner roundabout is a filling station with shop and separate coffee shop, a private residence and the closed Moncks Arms hotel with adjacent transport cafe and lorry park. The hotel had for many years been derelict, but in 2007 there were plans to redevelop it.[2] Despite the re-cladding to the outside of the building, the hotel has never re-opened.

References

  1. Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. 112; Scunthorpe & Gainsborough. C3. 1999. 1:25000. OS Explorer. 978-0-319-22936-1.
  2. http://www.gainsboroughstandard.co.uk/news/Caenby-Corner-transformation-goahead.2140726.jp "Caenby Corner transformation go-ahead"