Why visit Fleet
Townapedia lists 1 park or trail, 5 places to eat, 3 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
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About Fleet
Fleet is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on Delph Bank, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east from Holbeach. The population of the civil parish, including Fleet Hargate, at the 2011 census was 2136.
From the Wikipedia article Fleet, Lincolnshire (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes5
The Chestnuts Tea Rooms
Restaurant · 1.0 mi
Topsgate, Spalding
Mo-Sa 09:00-16:00
Where to stay3
History
In 1086, Fleet was listed as Fleot (Old English: the stream, estuary or creek), in the wapentake of Elloe in the Parts of Holland of Lincolnshire.
The Grade I listed Church of England parish church, dating from the late 12th century, is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. The 120 feet (37 m) church tower with spire is detached from the nave by 15 feet (4.6 m). The fabric is mainly Decorated in style, with Early English arcades and a Perpendicular west window. According to Cox (1916), the church was restored in 1860, when the chancel was rebuilt, although the canopied sedilia was retained. In 1964 Pevsner noted 1798 repairs and considered the church "over-restored". He dated a chancel rebuild to 1843, questioned if it was "done correctly", and recorded Victorian tracery in the aisle windows, a blocked doorway to a previous chapel in the chancel, "fine busts of great variety", a Decorated-style sedilia and piscina with ogee arches and crocketed gables, a reredos dated 1790, and a defaced 14th-century effigy.
Pevsner also recorded an 1854 red-brick rectory (now Battleford Hall) designed by Benjamin Ferrey and restored in 2005 by the then owners Steve Holmes and Peter Day. A motte south-west of the village where 11th- and 12th-century pottery has been found. The English Heritage record for the now ploughed-down motte site details finds from the Iron Age to the 18th century.
From the History section of Fleet, Lincolnshire on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable people from Fleet
- Tom BloxhamBritish businessman
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Churches and places of worship6
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries3
Map of Fleet
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Getting there and nearby towns
RAF Coningsby (QCY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 22 miles away.
- West Walton 8 mi southeast, about 13 min by car
- Spalding 9 mi west, about 14 min by car
- Wisbech 10 mi southeast, about 16 min by car
- Fishtoft 12 mi north, about 19 min by car
- Boston 13 mi north, about 21 min by car
- Clenchwarton 13 mi east, about 21 min by car
- King's Lynn 14 mi east, about 23 min by car
- Thorney 14 mi southwest, about 22 min by car
- March 17 mi south, about 27 min by car
- Peterborough 20 mi southwest, about 32 min by car
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- St Mary Magdalene's Church, Fleet, Lincolnshire - 19th-century chest tomb, Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Street-level photo, adam2, CC BY-SA 4.0
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