- This article is about the town of Louth in England. See also County Louth and Louth, New South Wales.
Louth is a market town in Lincolnshire, England. Known as the "capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds", it is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud.
Lined with brick buildings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it is most notable as the origin of the Lincolnshire Rising, the forerunner of Pilgrimage of Grace, in 1536.
Michael Foale, the first British-born astronaut, was born at the Crowtree Lane Hospital (since closed) in the town (his father was stationed at the nearby Royal Air Force base at Manby). Alfred, Lord Tennyson was born in Somersby, between Louth and Horncastle, and was educated at Louth Grammar School.
East Lindsey District Council has its headquarters in the nearby village of Manby.
Louth will be the eventual southern terminus of the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, based at nearby Ludborough.
Market Times Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays are all market days, with a farmers' market on the fourth Wednesday of each month. A cattle market is held each Friday at the Louth Livestock Centre on Newmarket.
Geography Louth is located at 53°22'00" North, 00°01'00" West (53.3667, -0.0167)1. The point at which the Greenwich Meridian crosses Eastgate is marked with a plaque on the north side of the street, close to the junction with Northgate.
See also: Louth Naturalists', Antiquarian and Literary Society
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