Lincoln Cliff

Lincoln Cliff
Lincoln Cliff at Coleby
Lincoln Cliff at Coleby
The Lincoln Cliff (or Lincoln Edge) and all the settlements along its route.
The Lincoln Cliff (or Lincoln Edge) and all the settlements along its route.
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Yorkshire and the Humber
CountiesLincolnshire
Time zoneUTC±0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)

The Lincoln Cliff or Lincoln Edge is a portion of a major escarpment that runs north–south through the historic divisions of Lindsey and Kesteven in central Lincolnshire and is a prominent landscape feature in a generally flat portion of the county.[1] Towards its northern end, near Scunthorpe, it is sometimes referred to as the Trent Cliff.[2] The name preserves an obsolete sense of the word "cliff", which could historically refer to a hillside as well as a precipitous rock face.[3]

  1. ^ "Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands and Southern Lincolnshire Edge" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. ^ Symes, David, ed. (1987), Humberside in the Eighties, pp. 333, 340, ISBN 0-85958-119-5
  3. ^ "cliff". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)