Reepham, Lincolnshire

infobox UK place

country=England
latitude=53.249989
longitude=-0.446045
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= 1,250

Reepham is a small village in Lincolnshire, England, 5 miles north east of Lincoln, and lies in the district of West Lindsey. Approximately 1250 people populate the village.

The main store in the village acts as a Post Office, general store and newsagents. There is also a primary school, a Church of England church (St. Peter & St. Paul), Methodist chapel, and a pub called "The Fox and Hounds Inn". The village shares its village hall with neighbouring Cherry Willingham for local meetings and events, and Cherry Willingham Community School serves as the secondary school for the village. A cricket club has its pitch in the centre of the village.

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

Although the centre of the village contains some very old properties there has been some expansion in recent years and some 'in-fill' with new houses and bungalows. Oil was discovered a few years ago and nodding-donkey-oil-wells can be seen on some of the surrounding farmland. They are part of the Welton, Lincolnshire oil field. A gathering station for the oil is situated a few miles outside the village but has little impact on the village. The oil is transported by railway to refineries at Immingham on the Humber Estuary. There are current plans to store gas underground once the oilfiled has stopped producing oil. See link.

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

External links

* [http://www.reepham.lincs.sch.uk/ Reepham C.E. Primary School]
* [http://www.welton-village.info/news/welton/Star_Energy_Confident_Welton_Underground_Gas_Storage_Will_Go_Ahead_ad236c0.html Underground Gas Storage]