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| Coordinates | 53 ° 23 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 3230 (status: 2001) | ||
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| Post town | MARKET LAWN | ||
| ZIP code section | LN8 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | East Midlands | ||
| Shire county | Lincolnshire | ||
| District | West Lindsey | ||
| British Parliament | Gainsborough | ||
Market Rasen is a market town in the District West Lindsey the English county of Lincolnshire . According to the 2001 census, it had 3230 inhabitants. Market Rasen is 18 miles east of Gainsborough , 14 miles northeast of Lincoln and 16 miles southwest of Grimsby on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds .
Cityscape and history
Market Rasen has a largely homogeneous brick architecture in the Georgian and Victorian styles. There is an old Gothic church on the market square.
With the 'Market Rasen Racecourse', Market Rasen owns a well-known horse racing track. The place is also known for its rugby and golf clubs. The city has its own newspaper, the weekly Market Rasen Mail , which was founded in 1856. The newspaper is published by the Johnston Press.
On February 27, 2008 at 12:56 am local time, an earthquake struck the region with an epicenter four kilometers north of Market Rasen. The quake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale was felt in Edinburgh , Plymouth , Bangor in Northern Ireland and in Haarlem in the Netherlands . It was the strongest quake in the UK since 1984.
traffic
Market Rasen is on the A46 ( Bath - Cleethorpes ) and the A631 which joins the A16 in Louth . The local station on the Grimsby - Lincoln - Newark line opened in 1848 and is now operated by East Midlands Railway . The nearest airport is Humberside Airport , 25 km to the north , which is also connected to the motorway ( M180 ).
school and education
The only school in Market Rasen is De Aston School , which was founded in 1863. It is a secondary school with students in 7th grade through sixth form .
De Aston is also a boarding school , which is also inhabited by foreign students.
Twin town
Personalities
- John Conolly (1794–1866), psychiatrist
Web links
- Tourism page of Market Rasen (English)
- Side of De Aston School (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Earthquake felt across much of UK , BBC . February 27, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2008.
- ↑ Market town at epicenter of quake , BBC . February 27, 2008.
- ↑ Earthquake felt across much of UK , BBC . February 27, 2008.
- ↑ An end to Rasen's formal friendship. In: Market Lawn Mail. December 4, 2016, accessed January 30, 2017 .