Deeping St Nicholas
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 Deeping St Nicholas church |
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| Deeping Saint Nicholas shown within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 1,961 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TF215160 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SPALDING |
| Postcode district | PE11 3 |
| Dialling code | 01775 63 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Deeping St Nicholas, near Spalding in Lincolnshire, England is a village on the A1175 road between The Deepings and Spalding. Unlike Market Deeping, which is in South Kesteven district, Deeping St Nicholas is in South Holland.
Deeping St Nicholas is also a South Holland civil parish which includes the small settlements of Tongue End and Hop Pole, and a number of outlying farms. It has a total population of 1,323, increasing at the 2011 Census to 1,961.
The village has a 19th-century stone church, the parish church of St Nicholas. The ecclesiastical parish is part of the Elloe West Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln. There is no incumbent. It is part of the South Lincolnshire Circuit of the Methodist Church
At 7 miles (11.3 km) long, the village has the distinction of being the longest in the United Kingdom.
The whole civil parish falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board.
At the Western end of the village is a level crossing for the Lincoln - Peterborough railway line, the site of the former Littleworth railway station. The goods shed there was used for agricultural produce, including transshipment from the narrow gauge potato railway that also crossed the road.
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