Whisby is a hamlet in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

of Doddington and Whisby, in the North Kesteven district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

, England. It is situated south-west from Lincoln city centre, south from Doddington, and north from the A46 road. The name 'Whisby' means 'farm/settlement of Hvit'. Between Whisby and Thorpe on the Hill, to the south, is

Whisby Moor Whisby Moor is a small moor situated close to the A46 road, west of North Hykeham, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Geography Whisby Moor is situated geographically south-west from Lincoln city centre, with the village ...

, which includes a

nature park A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected natural area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscape ...

run by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Whisby also has a garden centre. In 2011 the A46 road underwent reconstruction just outside Whisby. This included the building of a roundabout on the road which leads into the village. The Nottingham to Lincoln railway line passes to the south of the village on Station Road, at a

level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, Trail, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an Overpass#Railway, overpass ...

next to the Railway Inn."Railway Inn"
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References

External links

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"Doddington and Whisby Parish Council"
Lincolnshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2011
"Doddington"

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