Spalding, Lincolnshire

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Spalding, Lincolnshire is a market town in eastern England historically known for its bulb-growing industry and annual flower festival.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Spalding, Lincolnshire canonical 2
market town of Spalding 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
market town
settlement in England
administrativeCentreOf South Holland district
linked to: South Holland
ceremonialCounty Lincolnshire
country United Kingdom
dialCode 01775
distanceTo approximately 20 miles south of Lincoln (city)
approximately 90 miles north of London
governingBody South Holland District Council
hasChurch Church of St Mary and St Nicolas, Spalding
St John the Baptist Church, Spalding
hasCulturalInstitution Spalding Gentlemen’s Society
hasMarket regular street market
hasMuseum Chain Bridge Forge
Spalding Gentlemen’s Society museum
hasRailwayStation Spalding railway station
hasSecondarySchool Sir John Gleed School
Spalding Grammar School
Spalding High School
hasShoppingCentre Springfields Outlet Shopping & Leisure
historicalCounty Lincolnshire
historicallyKnownFor Spalding Flower Parade
tulip fields
knownFor annual flower festival
bulb-growing industry
flower cultivation
localRiverFeature drainage channels and fens
locatedIn East Midlands
England
Lincolnshire
South Holland district
linked to: South Holland
nearbyTown Boston, Lincolnshire
Bourne, Lincolnshire
Peterborough
OSGridReference TF245225
parliamentaryConstituency South Holland and The Deepings
postcodeArea PE
postTown SPALDING
linked to: Spalding
primaryIndustry agriculture
food processing
railwayLine Peterborough–Lincoln line
region East Midlands
river River Welland
timezone GMT
timezoneDST BST
traditionalCountyTownRole market centre for surrounding agricultural area
transport A151 road NERFINISHED
A16 road NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frank Pick placeOfBirth Spalding, Lincolnshire
A16 road serves market town of Spalding
linked to: Spalding, Lincolnshire
March–Spalding line endPoint Spalding, Lincolnshire