| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | Whaplode Drove Church - geograph.org.uk - 177302.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Whaplode Drove church |
| Coordinates: | 52.7021°N -0.0479°W |
| Official Name: | Whaplode Drove |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Postcode District: | PE12 |
| Postcode Area: | PE |
| Dial Code: | 01406 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF319133 |
| London Distance Mi: | 80 |
| London Direction: | S |
Whaplode Drove is a village in the civil parish of Whaplode, in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] It is approximately 10miles south from the market town of Spalding. The hamlet of Shepeau Stow is 1miles to the south-west.
Whaplode Drove is a largely rural village and lies in the middle of the Lincolnshire Fens.
The name 'Whaplode' derives from the Old English cwappa-lad meaning 'eel pout watercourse'.[2]
Village amenities include a post office with shop, a church, garage and a social club.
The ecclesiastical parish is Whaplode Drove. The parish church, on Broadgate, is dedicated to St John the Baptist. The parish is part of the Whaplode Drove Group of the Deanery of Elloe East. The only other parish in the group is Gedney Hill.[3]
The church maintains a church hall,[4] and the village also has a war memorial, and The Elizabethan centre, a community hall intended to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, but which took until 1982 to be built.[5] [6]
Whaplode Drove have a local football team, Whaplode Drove Rovers, Established in 2022 by father-son duo Al Lenihan and Danny Lenihan. They currently play in the PDFL Division 2, their home ground is at the Elizabethan Centre.