Hemswell Cliff
| Hemswell Cliff | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Cherry blossom at Hemswell Cliff | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK950896 |
| Location: | 53°23’43"N, -0°34’19"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 683 (2001) |
| Post town: | Gainsborough |
| Postcode: | DN21 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Hemswell Cliff is a new village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It was developed on the site of the old RAF Hamswell, and may be found on the A631 road between Caenby Corner and Gainsborough, on the Lincoln Cliff escarpment. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 683.
RAF Hemswell was located on the site from 1937 until it closed in 1967. The airfield site was subsequently redeveloped into a private trading estate and the RAF married quarters into a residential area which became a newly created civil parish of Hemswell Cliff. The old village of Hemswell remains as a separate village.
By mid-2008 there was no longer RAF presence on the site, which became civilian. The RAF sold the community centre in 2009 to an educational charity.
About the village
The site's old H-Block buildings contains an antique centre, shops, a garden centre, hairdresser, used book shop and cafés. On Sundays there Sunday market and car boot sale.
There is a village primary school.
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