Conisholme

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Conisholme
Lincolnshire
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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.

St Peter’s Church

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]

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