Towns & cities · East Midlands
Gedney
Also known as: Gedney, Swydd Lincoln
Gedney — village in South Holland, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Gedney is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 2,305 people. Address: PE12. Wikidata describes it as: "village in South Holland, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 52.7978°, 0.0798°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: The Wash SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: THE WASH
- Ramsar wetland: The Wash
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Gedney () is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is just to the south of the A17, from Boston to King's Lynn, 2 miles (3.2 km) east from Holbeach, and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west from Long Sutton. The parish stretches east to The Wash and its villages and hamlets include Dawsmere, Gedney Broadgate, Gedney Drove End, Gedney Dyke, Gedney Marsh, and the geographic extension of Gedney Church End.
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Background
History
A hospital for five paupers, of St Thomas Martyr, was founded at Gedney and served from North Creake. It was dissolved in around 1339. The redundant railway station, which was on the former east to west Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, closed in 1959. The Red House windfarm, which was built in 2006, has six MM82 wind turbines to produce 12MW of power to supply 6,500 homes.
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- Coordinates
- 52.7978, 0.0798
- County
- Lincolnshire
- District
- South Holland
- Parish
- Gedney
- Postcode
- PE12
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Population
- 2,305
- Official site
- www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q656139 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Gedney, Lincolnshire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Gedney Church - geograph.org.uk - 28552.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gedney?
- Gedney is in Lincolnshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode PE12), in the parish of Gedney.
- Is Gedney a protected site?
- Yes — Gedney is part of the The Wash SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the THE WASH National Nature Reserve.
- Is Gedney free to visit?
- Yes, Gedney is free to enter.
- How do I get to Gedney?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PE12. It sits within the South Holland and The Deepings parliamentary constituency.