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©Ian Simons
Dist:0.3km<br/>This tiny 19th century church is dedicated, most unusually, to St Polycarp. It sits at the edge of the village next to a bridge over a field drain - Lambert Bridge
©David Prestidge
Dist:0.4km<br/>Railway carriage in Holbeach Drove. This is a Great Eastern Railway 4 compartment luggage composite 6 wheeler.
©Ian Simons
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©Richard Humphrey
Dist:0.7km<br/>Rock Constructions in the quiet village of Holbeach Drove in rural Lincolnshire. This is not the usual veg packing or horticultural factory you might expect to find in the area but a major manufacturing base for the music industry. Staging for rock concerts and various high profile sporting, corporate and other events are designed and manufactured at this site, see http://www.rockconstructions.co.uk/about.php
©Richard Humphrey
Dist:0.9km<br/>This substantial village inn has been a private house for many years. Whaplode Drove has a sizeable proportion of old houses, unlike some other nearby settlements, which are very 'bungalowed'
©David Prestidge
Dist:0.9km<br/>This is a relatively recent drain, as it doesn't show up on older maps. The growth in the water plants suggests heavy run-off of nitrates and other agricultural 'goodies'
©David Prestidge
Dist:0.9km<br/>Looking south-east from Green Bank across a field of young rape.
©Jonathan Billinger
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©Richard Humphrey
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©Richard Humphrey
Dist:1.0km<br/>The droves were originally farm tracks for transporting livestock, but there is little livestock to be seen in this area now, as it is one of the most intensive arable areas in Britain
©David Prestidge
Dist:1.0km northeast<br/>
©Jonathan Billinger
Dist:1.0km east<br/>Just east of Holbeach Drove and north of Gedney Hill in south Lincolnshire
©Richard Humphrey
Dist:1.1km southeast<br/>
©Richard Humphrey
Dist:1.1km north<br/>The church is of a pleasant Georgian design, with an ancient chestnut tree shading the churchyard, and climbing roses against its walls. There is a simple war memorial by the gate.
©David Prestidge

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