Billingborough

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Billingborough
Billingborough shown within Lincolnshire
Population	1,098
Parish	Billingborough
District	South Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SLEAFORD
Postcode district	NG34 0xx
Dialling code	01529
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Grantham and Stamford
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 52°53′37″N 0°20′25″W / 52.893649, -0.340233

Billingborough is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, about ten miles north of Bourne and ten miles south of Sleaford on the B1177 between Horbling and Pointon just south of the A52.

The name of the village comes from the post-Roman Billings tribe of invaders. The parish church is St Andrew. Village pubs are the Fortescue Arms on High Street and the George and Dragon on Victoria Street.

Billingborough is positioned at the edge of The Fens. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,098. It also has a pre-school, a primary school (Billingborough primary school) and a secondary modern (Aveland High School). The catchment area for the school straddles the boundary of North Kesteven and South Kesteven, with many pupils living just south of Sleaford. Most Lincolnshire school catchment areas do not straddle district boundaries.

Alan Stennett, of Radio Lincolnshire was born in the village. Richard Nauyokas, of Lads Army also lives in the village.