Geography
Kirton-in-Lindsey is distinguished from another Kirton in Lincolnshire, Kirton in Holland. The 2001 Census recorded a total resident population of 2,694.
The town is situated half on top, and half on the side of a ridge, part of the Lincoln Cliff. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) south from the M180 motorway and 8 miles (12.9 km) south from the centre of Scunthorpe. The B1398 Lincoln to Scunthorpe road passes through the town, as does the B1400 which runs down the north side of the ridge to Messingham as the Cleatham Road. The A15 road is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east. Grayingham, and the Lincolnshire boundary along the B1205, is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south. The town is served by Kirton Lindsey railway station, on the B1400, and is the site of RAF Kirton in Lindsey. North of the town, on the ridge next to the B1398, is Mount Pleasant Mill; from here is a view over the Trent Valley.
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