Grantham, Lincolnshire
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"Grantham is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies 23 miles (37 km) south of Lincoln and 22 miles (35 km) east of Nottingham. The population in 2016 was put at 44,580. The town is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of the South Kesteven District.
Grantham was the birthplace of the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Issac Newton was educated at The Kings School. The town was the workplace of the UK's first warranted female police officer, Edith Smith in 1914. The UK's first running diesel engine was made there in 1892 and the first tractor in 1896. Thomas Paine worked there as an excise officer in the 1760s. The villages of Manthorpe, Great Gonerby, Barrowby, Londonthorpe and Harlaxton form outlying suburbs of the town."
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Grantham, Lincolnshire
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Nearest Venues
Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham
313 metres*
St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, Lincolnshire
320 metres*
Grantham Museum, Grantham, Lincolnshire
331 metres*
*Distances are calculated in a straight line from the current venue, please allow extra time/distance based on available paths or roads.