Static Image Name: | Moorton_railway_station_3394299.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Moortown railway station |
Country: | England |
Official Name: | Moortown |
Coordinates: | 53.4786°N -0.387°W |
Shire District: | West Lindsey |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Gainsborough |
Post Town: | Market Rasen |
Postcode District: | LN7 |
Postcode Area: | LN |
Os Grid Reference: | TF071991 |
London Distance Mi: | 140 |
London Direction: | S |
Moortown is a hamlet in the civil parish of South Kelsey, and in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] It is at the crossroads of the B1205 and B1434 roads, 3miles south-west from Caistor, 7miles south-east from Brigg and 14miles west from Grimsby.[1] The population is included in the civil parish of South Kelsey.[2]
The nearest primary school is in North Kelsey and the nearest secondary schools are in Caistor. Moortown has a public house, The Skipworth Arms, a campsite, bus shelter, and a letterbox.
Previously there was a Victorian railway station (opposite the Skipworth Arms) from which trains to Lincoln and Grimsby ran. There are weekday bus services to Brigg and Scunthorpe.
In 2002 village residents marked the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II. There was a Jubilee Day event and a permanent memorial constructed, the latter a decorative sign with brass plaque adjacent to an existing Silver Jubilee bench.