Donington, Lincolnshire

Donington
Church of St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington
Donington is located in Lincolnshire
Donington
Donington
Location within Lincolnshire
Population3,196 (2021 census)[1]
OS grid referenceTF212355
• London100 S
Civil parish
  • Donington
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSpalding
Postcode districtPE11
Dialling code01775
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
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England
Lincolnshire
52°54′15″N 0°11′54″W / 52.904035°N 0.198246°W / 52.904035; -0.198246

Donington is a village and civil parish in the South Holland District of Lincolnshire, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) north from the market town of Spalding and 11 miles (18 km) south of Boston on the A152, it is bypassed by the A52, and sits between the A16 and A17. The parish includes the hamlet of Northorpe,[2] and falls within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board.[3] Donington is the birthplace of the explorer Matthew Flinders[4] and he was reburied there in 2024.

  1. ^ "Donington (Lincolnshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Northorpe hamlet". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  3. ^ "The Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board".
  4. ^ Matthew Flinders – his life in Donington Archived 21 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine South Holland Life. Retrieved 2 October 2020