Anwick
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Anwick is a small village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England astride the A153 road between Ruskington and North Kyme, north east of Sleaford.
Anwick features a garden centre, an airstrip, a pair of stones (glacial erratics) next to the churchyard called the Drake Stones, a major chicken-processing factory (G.W. Padley and sons) and a Gatso speed camera. During World War I there was a Royal Flying Corps airfield north of the village and that area was laid-out as a decoy airstrip occasionally during World War II, in an effort to fool any enemy airmen that they were overhead either RAF Cranwell or RAF Digby airfields, both genuine fighter bases.
The modern day airstrip, on an arable farm east of the garden centre, is unrelated to the area used by the military during wartime.
[edit] Famous Residents
Bernie Taupin, the English lyricist famous for his collaboration with Elton John was born in the village.
[edit] External links
- Anwick is located at 1
- grid reference TF115505
- Location map of Anwick
- Aerial view of Anwick
- The Drake Stones website
- The Drake Stones are at grid reference TF114506
