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Dennett Close, SPILSBY, PE23 5JA

Spilsby fire station, Boston Road, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, showing the completed enlargement works on the red appliance bay doors. See the works in progrees in Image by Dave Hitchborne

The Nisa Local Store and the Somerfield Supermarket. The store is convenient for a passer-by to quickly hop out the car and pick up a newspaper etc. But will it survive in the long run?

An industrial estate at the junction of Boston Road and Vale Road.

The Fire Station gives the grid reference as Grid ref: TF400659. The Planning Portal gives the front door as 39958.25 65805.76 TF4065 is across the road.

The road to the left is Vale Road, which leads to further housing and the Industrial Estate. The buildings on the industrial estate occupy former railway land and those opposite stand on the site of the former Spilsby Station and goods yard, which closed for passengers at the beginning of WWII in 1939. Freight traffic continued though in decline. An upsurge in 1956 was the result of incoming cement products for the aerodrome expansion at East Kirkby, but in 1957 concerns were raised about the state of the railway bridge over the Steeping River. Estimates for a replacement were £20,000, so the railway succumbed to closure and the last locomotive left the branch line on 30th November 1958. The link to the Great Northern Railway closed the following day.

The Somerfield Supermarket and its location in relation to the Church of St James. The new build left is on the former site of Fossett & Thorne - car tyre and exhaust fitters and MOT's.

Fenwold Veterinary Practice is now dominated by the Somerfield Supermarket building.

Fenwold Veterinary Practice Ltd is a three centre mixed veterinary practice which covers parts of the Lincolnshire Fens and Wolds - hence the name.

The weather vane.

Boston Road - The site of the former Spilsby Station and goods yard, which closed for passengers at the beginning of WWII in 1939. Freight traffic continued though in decline. An upsurge in 1956 was the result of incoming cement products for the aerodrome expansion at East Kirkby, but in 1957 concerns were raised about the state of the railway bridge over the Steeping River. Estimates for a replacement were £20,000, so the railway succumbed to closure and the last locomotive left the branch line on 30th November 1958. The link to the Great Northern Railway closed the following day. The site is now occupied by Chandlers (Farm Equipment) Ltd.