Spilsby

53.17270.0931Koordinaten: 53 ° 10 ' N, 0 ° 6' O

Spilsby is a small town with 2,236 inhabitants ( census in 2001) in Lincolnshire in the Middle East ( East Midlands) of England.

Geography

Location

Spilsby is located on the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and is 25 km from the eastern North Sea. It is located 21 km north-west of Skegness, 27 km northeast of Boston and 53 miles east of the county town of Lincoln.

Area of Spilsby is characterized in the north by a gently rolling English " picturesque landscape ," the Wolds; to the east by extending to the North Sea marshes; the south by a moraine landscape with intensive agriculture and to the west by lush pastures.

Traffic

Spilsby is located next to the main road 16, which runs north -south from Grimsby to Boston. The place is located near the main road 158, which runs from Lincoln to Skegness.

Twin Cities

• Since 1988 Spilsby twinned with the French town is Fresnay -sur- Sarthe.
• From 1986-1999 there was a school partnership for Lower Saxony School Ulricianum the city Aurich.

Sons and daughters of the town

• John Franklin (1786-1847), English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer