| Grantham | |
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Top to bottom, left to right: Market Place, Grantham Guildhall and statue of Sir Isaac Newton, Vine Street, skyline of Grantham, St Wulfram's Church and Bridge End Road with the River Witham passing through | |
  Grantham Location within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 44,580 (ONS, 2016) |
| OS grid reference | SK9136 |
| • London | 100 mi (160 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Areas of the town | List
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| Post town | GRANTHAM |
| Postcode district | NG31–NG33 |
| Dialling code | 01476 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Visit Grantham, South Kesteven District Council |
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Grantham (/ˈɡrænθəm/) 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. It lies 23 miles (37 km) south of Lincoln and 22 miles (35 km) east of Nottingham. The population in 2016 was put at 44,580.[1] The town is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of the South Kesteven District.
Grantham was the birthplace of the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Isaac Newton was educated at the King's School. The town was the workplace of the UK's first warranted female police officer, Edith Smith in 1914. The UK's first running diesel engine was made there in 1892 and the first tractor in 1896.[citation needed] Thomas Paine worked there as an excise officer in the 1760s.[2] The villages of Manthorpe, Great Gonerby, Barrowby, Londonthorpe and Harlaxton form outlying suburbs of the town.