Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.7207°N -0.5213°W |
Official Name: | Lincolnshire Gate |
Civil Parish: | Careby Aunby and Holywell |
Shire District: | South Kesteven |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Shire County1: | Rutland |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Grantham and Stamford |
Post Town: | STAMFORD |
Postcode District: | PE09 |
Postcode Area: | PE |
Os Grid Reference: | SK999147 |
London Distance Mi: | 85 |
London Direction: | S |
Lincolnshire Gate is the name given to a corner in the road between Holywell, Lincolnshire and Pickworth, Rutland to the south-west of Castle Bytham, in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 5miles north from Stamford. It describes a point where this small country road crosses the county border between Lincolnshire and Rutland, to pass between Newell Wood and Howitts Gorse. On either side are the remains of small quarries, worked from the Middle Ages till the early 20th century for building and road stone for nearby use.Robert's Field, a 10acres calcareous grassland nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), is 250yd to the north.[1] [2]
There are no human settlements at Lincolnshire Gate.