Reepham, Lincolnshire Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:St.Peter and St.Paul's, Reepham, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 185804.jpg
Static Image Caption:Church of St Peter and St Paul, Reepham
Coordinates:53.25°N -0.446°W
Map Type:Lincolnshire
Official Name:Reepham
Shire District:West Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:West Lindsey
Post Town:Lincoln
Postcode District:LN3
Postcode Area:LN
Dial Code:01522
Os Grid Reference:TF037736
Population:915
Population Ref:(2011)
London Distance Mi:120
London Direction:S

Reepham is a small village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5miles north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln. Village population is approximately 1,250, reducing to 915 at the 2011 census.[1] The village shop is a Post Office, general store and newsagents. There is also a primary school,[2] a Church of England church (St Peter and St Paul),[3] [4] Methodist chapel,[5] [6] and a public house, The Fox and Hounds Inn. The village shares its village hall with neighbouring Cherry Willingham, and Priory Pembroke Academy in that village is the local secondary school. There is a cricket club in the village.[7]

A regular bus service provided by the Stagecoach in Lincolnshire (previously Lincolnshire Road Car Company) links the village to Lincoln and the neighbouring villages of Fiskerton and Cherry Willingham. The parliamentary constituency is Gainsborough, where the current MP is Edward Leigh (Conservative).

Although the centre of the village contains very old properties there has been expansion in recent years and in-fill with new houses and bungalows.

The village previously contained a Co-op store, police station, a second pub The Chequers, doctors' surgery and Reepham railway station, but all have closed. The railway still passes through the village on the Lincoln/Market Rasen/Cleethorpes line.

The village has a parish council, the lowest level of local government.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 27 May 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: Reepham C. E. Primary School Reepham - Home Page . www.reepham.lincs.sch.uk . 29 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Reepham - Parish Church . The Heritage of Reepham Parish, Lincoln . 29 October 2021.
  4. Web site: St Peter & St Paul . www.achurchnearyou.com . 29 October 2021 . en.
  5. Web site: Reepham Methodist Church . The Methodist Church - Lincoln . 29 October 2021 . 8 October 2013.
  6. Web site: MLI87199 - Reepham Methodist Church . heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk . 29 October 2021 . en-gb.
  7. Web site: Reepham . Cricket Lincs . 29 October 2021 . 4 July 2016.
  8. Web site: Homepage . Reepham Parish Council . 29 October 2021 . en.