Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Baptist Chapel, Dyke - geograph.org.uk - 1162116.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 240px |
Static Image Caption: | Baptist Chapel, Dyke |
Coordinates: | 52.7888°N -0.3629°W |
Official Name: | Dyke |
Civil Parish: | Bourne |
Shire District: | South Kesteven |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Grantham and Stamford |
Post Town: | BOURNE |
Postcode District: | PE10 |
Postcode Area: | PE |
Dial Code: | 01778 |
Os Grid Reference: | TF105225 |
London Distance Mi: | 85 |
London Direction: | S |
Dyke is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than 1miles east from the A15 road, and approximately 1 mile north-east from Bourne. Dyke is within Bourne civil parish.
The name Dyke arises from its lying on Car Dyke, a once much larger Roman ditch, which runs along the western edge of The Fens. The section of Car Dyke between Dyke and Bourne is a scheduled ancient monument.
For population statistics Dyke, Twenty, South Fen, and Spalding road outside Bourne are taken together; Dyke is the largest of these settlements. The 2001 census recorded a population of 1,598,[1] falling to 1,541 at the 2011 census.[2]
Dyke and Dyke Fen fall within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board.[3]
A new fountain was built on the green in the centre of the village to mark the millennium.
Dyke's public house is The Wishing Well Inn.