Map sources for The Deepings at grid reference TF150094

The Deepings is a collective term used to describe adjoining villages near the River Welland, 8 miles to the North of Peterborough and 10 miles or so to the East of Stamford. The area is just north of the Cambridgeshire border, lying in the Lincolnshire fens. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The River Welland is a river in the east of England, 56 km (35 m) long, and it has been a main waterway across the part of The Fens called South Holland for thousands of years. ... Peterborough is a cathedral city and Unitary Authority in the East of England. ... There is more than one place named Stamford. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ...

The town has a total population of approx. 14,900, of whom 98% are white ethnicity, and a lot of whom are retired. The town is a close-knit community. it has a large church-going population to the two beautiful limestone churches, one in Market Deeping (Saint Guthlac's church), and the other in the village of Deeping St James (the parish church of Deeping St James). However recently there has been a decline in the amount of the population attending the churches with lots of families moving in because of the 4 good primary schools and the good secondary in the area. A skatepark and BMX track have been built in the area to accomedate the growing number of teens in the area. Location within the British Isles Market Deeping is a town in Lincolnshire, England, lying on the north bank of the River Welland and the A15 road. ... Saint Guthlac is a Christian saint from England. ... Deeping St James lies east of Market Deeping, Lincolnshire on the River Welland, in the middle of rich sedimentary agricultural land. ...

As well as these two settlements, other villages that are sometimes included in The Deepings are Deeping Gate, a small hamlet across the river in Cambridgeshire, Deeping St Nicholas to the north east on the A16 Spalding road, the longest village in Britain, and to the west West Deeping, which lies on King Street where it crosses the Welland. Deeping Gate is a small Hamlet,lying on the River Welland and located in the traditional county of Northamptonshire, now the Greater Peterborough council authority. ... The A16 road is a principal road of Lincolnshire in the east of England, connecting the port of Grimsby and Stamford, where it meets the A1 and the A43 the latter, in turn, giving a through route to Oxford and the south west of England. ... King Street is the name of a modern road on the line of a Roman road (map. ...

See Also

• Stowgate- an area of Deeping St James

Stowgate is located approximately 2 miles West of Deeping St James. ...

External link

• Aerial photograph and map. Deeping St Nicholas is north-eastwards along the A16.