Geography
Woodhall Spa lies at the south western edge of the Central Lincolnshire Vale, between the Rivers Witham and Bain. The village is largely flat rising gently towards the east and is surrounded towards the north and east by a mixture of ancient and planted woodland. To the south-west can be found many abandoned and in use sand and gravel excavation pits, many of which are now protected nature reserves. To the north-west, south and immediately west can be found arable farmland, with the River Witham found one mile to the west of the village centre and arable fenland beyond that. Much of the land on which the village is built was once extensive heathland with a light fluvial sandy soil.
The civil parish of Woodhall Spa borders the civil parishes of Tattershall Thorpe, Timberland, Martin, Stixwould and Woodhall, Roughton, and Kirkby on Bain.
| Doncaster, Gainsborough, Lincoln, Bardney, | Grimsby, Market Rasen, Old Woodhall, Stixwould, | Mablethorpe, Louth, Horncastle, Roughton, | ||
| Metheringham, Harmston, Mansfield, Martin | East Kirkby, Old Bolingbroke, Wainfleet All Saints, | |||
| Woodhall Spa | ||||
| Boothby Graffoe, Navenby, Sleaford, Newark-on-Trent, Grantham | Tattershall, Coningsby, Dogdyke, Swineshead, Spalding, | Tumby, New Bolingbroke, Stickney, Wrangle, Boston, |
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