Tallington
| Tallington | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Lawrence' Church in December 2005 | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF094081 |
| Location: | 52°39’36"N, 0°22’59"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 497 (2011) |
| Post town: | Stamford |
| Postcode: | PE9 |
| Dialling code: | 01780 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Grantham and Stamford |
Tallington is a village in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 497. It is four miles east of Stamford and eight miles north-east of the centre of Peterborough. The village has around 200 houses.
The parish church is dedicated to St Lawrence and is in the Uffington Group of churches.
Geography
Tallington is located on the main A1175 road (formerly the A16) (for Market Deeping) which runs between Stamford and Spalding. To the west is Uffington. Tallington has a busy level crossing over the East Coast Main Line. There was once a Tallington railway station, but it is now closed. Since the 1930s there has been a plan for a Tallington bypass and bridge over the railway; even though the village ended up making concrete bridges for many motorways (including much of the Yorkshire section of the M62), there has never been a bridge made for the village. Dow Mac even offered to donate a bridge to the village.
Community
At the Tallington Lakes Leisure Park, made from gravel pits, is a dry ski slope and water activities with a campsite. The village public house is the Whistle Stop next to the railway, formerly the Kesteven Arms. The village station closed in 1959. The River Welland passes across the south of the village.
The Tallington Village Playing Field on Mill Lane is a half-acre Queen Elizabeth II Field.
Dow-Mac
Tallington Lakes are situated directly east of the former Dow-Mac concrete works, and are formed from its gravel pits. Dow-Mac, on Barholm Road, was formed by Harry Dowsett, who lived in Greatford Hall, in 1943 as Dowsett Engineering Construction, later working with Mackay. It made concrete railway sleepers during the war, and later motorway concrete pillars and beams. Prestressed concrete was first made by Dow Mac (Products) Ltd in Tallington.
The site is now known as Tarmac Precast Concrete.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Tallington) |
- Tallington Lakes
- Information about the village
- Uffington Group
- Parish council
- Tallington Bypass/Level Crossing Enhancement
- Tarmac Building Products
