Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the East Midlands region of central England. There are many historic sites in Lincolnshire that date from a range of periods with some such as Lincoln Cathedral dating back nearly 1,000 years.Photo: DrMoschi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popular Destinations
Lincoln
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Lincoln is the county town of Lincolnshire, with a population of 97,541 in 2019.
Grimsby
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Grimsby is a fishing port in Lincolnshire, standing on the south bank of the mouth of the River Humber, on the east coast of England.
Stamford
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Stamford is a market town at the south-west corner of Lincolnshire, with a population of about 21,000.
Destinations
Scunthorpe
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Scunthorpe is an industrial town in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England.
Grantham
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Grantham is a market town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road.
Boston
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Boston is a market town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 70,500 in 2021.
Skegness
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Skegness is a seaside town in Lincolnshire. It has many visitors on a regular basis, mostly to Butlins Skegness.
Gainsborough
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Gainsborough is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
Cleethorpes
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Cleethorpes is a seaside resort on the Lincolnshire east coast of England, on the south bank of the mouth of the River Humber.
Spalding
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Spalding is a market town on the River Welland in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire.
Sleaford
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Sleaford is a market town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.
Louth
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Louth is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
Bourne
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Bourne is a market town in Lincolnshire, with a population of 18,000 in 2021.
Barton-upon-Humber
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Barton-upon-Humber is a town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire.
Alford
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Alford is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds, which form an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Spilsby
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Spilsby is a market town in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire.
Mablethorpe
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Mablethorpe is a seaside town in the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
Ruskington
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Ruskington is a large village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.
Tattershall
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Tattershall is in Lincolnshire. Village historic sites include the church of the Holy Trinity, a buttercross, Tattershall Castle, Collegiate College, and Tom Thumb's house and grave.
Lincolnshire
- Type: Region with 1,070,000 residents
- Description: ceremonial county in the east of England
- Neighbors: Cambridgeshire, East Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Rutland and South Yorkshire
- Category: ceremonial county of England
- Location: East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Lincolnshire Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Lincolnshire
- Albanian: Lincolnshire
- Arabic: Lincolnshire
- Arabic: لنكنشير
- Arabic: لنكولنشاير
- Arabic: لنكولنشير
- Arabic: لينكولنشير
- Arabic: لينكونشير
- Armenian: Լինկոլնշիր
- Armenian: Լինքոլնշիր
- Asturian: Lincolnshire
- Azerbaijani: Linkolnşir qraflığı
- Balinese: Lincolnshire
- Basque: Lincolnshire
- Belarusian: Лінкальншыр (графства)
- Belarusian: Лінкальншыр
- Belarusian: графства Лінкальншыр
- Bengali: লিংকনশায়ার
- Bengali: লিঙ্কোনশায়ার
- Breton: Lincolnshire
- Bulgarian: Линкълншър
- Catalan: Lincolnshire
- Cebuano: Lincolnshire
- Chechen: Линкольншир
- Chinese: Lincolnshire
- Chinese: 斯皮爾斯比
- Chinese: 林肯郡
- Cornish: Lincolnshire
- Croatian: Lincolnshire
- Czech: Lincolnshire
- Danish: Lincolnshire
- Dutch: Lincolnshire
- Egyptian Arabic: لنكولنشاير
- English: Ceremonial County Lincolnshire
- English: County of Lincoln
- English: Lincoln
- English: Lincs
- Esperanto: Lincolnshire
- Estonian: Lincolnshire
- Finnish: Lincolnshire
- French: Lincolnshire
- Galician: Lincolnshire
- Georgian: ლინკოლნშირი
- German: Lincolnshire
- Greek: Λίνκολνσιρ
- Gujarati: લિંકનશાયર
- Hakka Chinese: Lincolnshire
- Hausa: Lincolnshire
- Hebrew: לינקולנשייר
- Hindi: लिंकनशायर
- Hungarian: Lincolnshire
- Icelandic: Lincolnshire
- Ido: Lincolnshire
- Indonesian: Lincolnshire
- Interlingua: Lincolnshire
- Irish: Lincolnshire
- Italian: Lincolnshire
- Japanese: リンカンシャー
- Kannada: ಲಿಂಕನ್ಷೈರ್
- Korean: 링컨셔주
- Kurdish: Lincolnshire
- Ladin: Lincolnshire
- Latin: Lincolniensis comitatus
- Latvian: Linkolnšīra
- Lithuanian: Linkolnšyras
- Luxembourgish: Lincolnshire
- Macedonian: Линколншир
- Manx: Lincolnshire
- Marathi: लिंकनशायर
- Min Nan Chinese: Lincolnshire
- Nepali: लिङकनसायर
- Northern Frisian: Lincolnshire
- Norwegian: Lincolnshire
- Norwegian Bokmål: Lincolnshire
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Lincolnshire
- Occitan (post 1500): Lincolnshire
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Lincolnscīr
- Ossetian: Линкольншир
- Persian: لینکلنشر
- Persian: لینکولنشایر
- Polish: Lincolnshire
- Portuguese: Lincolnshire
- Romanian: Lincolnshire
- Russian: Линкольншир
- Scots: Lincolnshire
- Serbian: Линколншир
- Serbo-Croatian: Lincolnshire
- Slovak: Lincolnshire
- Slovenian: Lincolnshire
- Spanish: Lincolnshire
- Swedish: Lincolnshire
- Tajik: Линколншир
- Tamil: லிண்கான்ஷிர்
- Telugu: లింకన్షైర్
- Thai: ลิงคอล์นเชอร์
- Turkish: Lincolnshire
- Turkish: Törensel Lincolnshire Kontluğu
- Ukrainian: Лінкольншир
- Urdu: لنکنشائر
- Vietnamese: Lincolnshire
- Volapük: Lincolnshire
- Waray (Philippines): Lincolnshire
- Welsh: Swydd Lincoln
- Western Frisian: Lincolnshire
- Western Panjabi: لنکنشائر
- Wu Chinese: 林肯郡
- Yiddish: לינקאנשיר
- Yue Chinese: 林肯郡
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Lincolnshire. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.