Keal Cotes - Economy

Economy

The village is predominantly a rural agricultural economy. There is little in the way of major employers in the area and the majority of employed residents commute to the commercial centres of Lincoln, Boston and Skegness.

Recent years have seen a number of commercial fishing lakes developed in the village, one of which has existed for nearly twenty years.

The Coach House public house remains open and also serves breakfasts, lunches and evening meals. The village shop and the local blacksmith’s workshop closed in the 1990s.

In 1994 the travelling Circus Harlequin relocated its winter quarters to Hagnaby Manor at the south end of the village, now renamed Kasanga Manor after the male African lion that died there in 1995. The manor is now home to a large collection of camels, reindeer and llamas.