Spalding
Spalding is a Town in the county of Lincolnshire.
There are great places to visit near Spalding including some great historic buildings, airports, towns, villages, cities and castles.
Spalding's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Burghley House, and Lincoln Castle.
Places near Spalding feature a number of interesting airports including Humberside Airport.
There are a number of towns near to Spalding including Stamford.
The area around Spalding's best villages can be found at Duddington.
Lincoln is a great place to visit close to Spalding if you like cities.
The area around Spalding's best castles can be found at Lincoln Castle.
Spalding History
There are some historic monuments around Spalding:
Areas of Spalding
Like most towns and cities Spalding is comprised of a number of areas, once separate villages or small towns and parishes now part of Spalding.
Many of the areas of Spalding have their own character and places of interest.
Places to see near Spalding
History of Spalding
In John Bartholomew’s Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887), Spalding was described as a: The River Welland flows north from Crowland, through Spalding and passing the village and port of Fosdyke before leading out to the Wash, bisecting Spalding from east to west; the town has developed as a linear settlement around the river. Land had been reclaimed from the wetlands in the area since mediaeval times, and Spalding was subject to frequent flooding. The Coronation Channel, opened in 1953, diverted the excess waters around Spalding and ended the flooding. The area around the banks has been developed for residential and business use. Although this area has become heavily built up, there is much recreational use of the river and fishing is still popular. In July 2005 a “Spalding Water Taxi” service was launched, running from Easter to late October. Its route is from just off Spalding’s High Street, upstream along the river, turning into the Coronation Channel, and then to Springfields Outlet Shopping & Festival Gardens, and back. It is mainly used as a recreational tourist attraction.
