Conisholme
| Conisholme | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Cottage in Conisholme | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF402955 |
| Location: | 53°26’18"N, -0°6’33"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 87 |
| Post town: | Louth |
| Postcode: | LN11 |
| Dialling code: | 01507 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Conisholme is a small village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is on the Cleethorpes to Mablethorpe A1031 road, seven miles north-east of Louth.
The parish church, St Peter, is in the North Somercotes group of churches, with nearby Grainthorpe.
About the village
Conisholme is about three miles from the Lincolnshire coast. The parish covers an area of 1,240 acres. The major village of North Somercotes is to the east. The parish mostly extends south-west across Conisholme Fen towards the Louth Canal and North Cockerington.
Wind turbines
A large wind-farm at Fen Farm is spread across Conisholme Fen, south-west of the village. The turbines are no shrinking violets: each has a hub height of between 165 feet and 252 feet, a rotor diameter of 157 feet, an overall height of 292 feet. The site is reckoned to produce enough energy for 13,000 homes.
During the early hours of 4 January 2009, one of the twenty wind turbines was damaged. The story received coverage on the national news. A UFO enthusiast claimed that aliens were responsible: a preliminary examination concluded this was "at the bottom of its probability list for the cause", and they were considering that the turbine may have suffered from a lightning strike, collision, metal fatigue, or design, material or maintenance failure.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Conisholme) |
- Proposal for Conisholme Fen Wind Park (pdf)
- Fen Farm, Ecotricity.co.uk
- 'UFO claim over wind farm damage', BBC News, 8 January 2009
References
- ↑ "Ecotricity claim UFO is 'bottom of probability list' for Conisholme wind turbine mystery"; This is Lincolnshire, 16 January 2009