Geography
The Viking Way has passed to the south-east since 1997 to avoid a direct crossing of the A1. The River Witham runs to the east. Lying beside the A1 road, the village main street was once the part of the Great North Road from London to Edinburgh until December 1968, when a bypass was constructed. It was made from concrete and had a high-pitched musical sound when driving along it, but was resurfaced with tarmac in 2003, at a cost of £4.4m.
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