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    Grantham Canal SSSI is a 9.5-hectare (23-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which runs along a stretch of the Grantham Canal and its...
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    The Grantham Canal ran 33 miles (53 km) from Grantham through 18 locks to West Bridgford, where it joined the River Trent. It was built primarily for...
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    slightly acidic and base-rich, but freely draining and highly fertile. Grantham Canal, which opened in 1797, closely follows the route of the Mowbeck from...
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    Grantham, and adjoins the county border with Leicestershire. The neighbouring village of Belvoir lies on the other side of the border. Grantham Canal...
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    well". The main engineering feature of the Grantham Canal, which opened in 1797, was Harlaxton Drift near Grantham. This was a deep cutting which was built...
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  • joined supporters of the Grantham Canal Society in the reopening of the newly restored Harlaxton Wharf. The Grantham Canal Partnership has applied for...
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  • Forth and Clyde Canal Foss Dyke Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Grand Union Canal Grantham Canal Hertford Union Canal Huddersfield Broad Canal Huddersfield...
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    Bridgford border however is somewhat harder to ascertain, although the Grantham Canal provides a partial boundary to the north-west of the village. 1801 –...
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    of Melton Mowbray and 7 miles (11 km) west from Grantham. Plungar is adjacent to the Grantham Canal and stands in the Vale of Belvoir. In 1931 the parish...
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    the marina basin had been dug out and a link to the Fossdyke Navigation canal constructed. Plans for a further 60 homes were announced in 2022. A September...
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    shares a priest with Foston, West Allington and Long Bennington. The Grantham Canal passes 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west of the village. It opened in 1797...
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    of the parish surrounding the Brown Knoll hill lies within the Dark Peak SSSI. Stubbins Park, to the immediate west of Chinley village is the only nature...
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    Nature Reserve, a 226-hectare (560-acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which is visited by wildfowl such as Eurasian wigeon and common teal. Wading...
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    the edge of the Fenlands, it is 11 miles (18 kilometres) north-east of Grantham, 16 mi (26 km) west of Boston, and 17 mi (27 km) south of Lincoln. It is...
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    with a branch at Bottesford for Grantham and Skegness, opened in 1879 but closed to passengers in 1951. The Grantham Canal to Nottingham opened in 1797 and...
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    was a shopkeeper. Apley Beck marks the course of a 12th-century monastic canal linking Bullington Priory to Barlings eau. White, William (1872), Whites...
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    houses. Knipton Reservoir, built in the 1790s to supply water for the Grantham Canal, lies to the west of the village. Iron ore was quarried in two areas...
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    Brayford. Nature reserves around the city include Greetwell Hollow SSSI, Swanholme SSSI, Whisby Nature Park, Boultham Mere and Hartsholme Country Park. Since...
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    nearby Car Dyke waterway which was once navigable but later drained by small canals to make the surrounding land suitable for farm use. Thorpe Tilney Hall is...
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    present day A46. Around the time when the Grantham Canal was opened in 1797, connecting the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire with the River Trent at Nottingham...
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    2 miles (3 km) north from Bourne, and 14 miles (23 km) south-east from Grantham. According to the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 2,406. The...
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    Lincolnshire coast, and the north–south A153 joining Louth with Sleaford and Grantham in the south. These meet at the Bull Ring in central Horncastle. The A158...
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    (Conservative). Prior to the 2024 election, Stamford formed part of the Grantham and Stamford constituency. Previous MPs include Gareth Davies, who won...
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    the site of a Roman canal, a major Viking camp, the late medieval Torksey Castle and the Torksey Viaduct. Foss Dyke, a Roman canal constructed in or about...
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    the city include Attenborough Nature Reserve SSSI, Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve, Holme Pit SSSI, Fairham Brook Local Wildlife Site and Wollaton...
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    meets the City of Peterborough and the parish of Bainton. The Stamford Canal, opened in 1670, passed Tallington where Tallington Village Lock was located...
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    another tramway leading to the GNR branch further down the line near the Grantham Canal. This tramway, the last part of which was a rope-worked incline, passed...
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    with Nottinghamshire. The village sits on the bank of the Foss Dyke, a canal which runs from the River Trent at Torksey to the River Witham in Lincoln...
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    among the dunes and saltings. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Ramsar site, which provides a diverse habitat for birds such as grey...
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    hectares (12 acres) Grantham 52°45′32″N 0°40′08″W / 52.759°N 0.669°W / 52.759; -0.669 (Cribb's Meadow) SK 899188 YES NCR, NNR, SSSI The embankment of...
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