__NOTOC__ Conisholme is a small settlement and

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 ...

in the

East Lindsey East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the district council was 136,401 at the 2011 census. The council is based in Manby. Other major settlements in the district include Alford, Wragby, Spilsby ...

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 on the

Cleethorpes Cleethorpes () is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, England with a population of 38,372 in 2020. It has been permanently occupied since the 6th century, with fishing as its original industry, then develo ...

Mablethorpe Mablethorpe is a seaside town in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, part of the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton.OS Explorer map 283:Louth and Mablethorpe: (1:25 000): The population including nearby Sutton-on-Sea was 12, ...

A1031 road The A1031 is a major secondary route in Lincolnshire that runs most of the North East coast of the county. It is 24.75 miles (39.8 km). It runs from Cleethorpes at Love Lane Corner Roundabout with the A46 road and ends at the A1104 roa ...

, and north-east from

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. The population is included in the civil parish of

Grainthorpe Grainthorpe is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north-east from the town of Louth, and approximately from the Lincolnshire coast. The civil parish includes the hamlets of W ...

Community

Conisholme is approximately from the Lincolnshire coast. The parish covers an area of , but only a small amount is taken up by the A1031 road - from Ludney to the west to halfway between the village and Braygate Bridge, to the north-east. The major village of North Somercotes is to the east. The parish mostly extends south-west across Conisholme Fen towards the Louth Canal and

North Cockerington North Cockerington is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east from Louth. Village population has fluctuated between 150 and 200 since 1801 and currently r ...

. The county council Louth Marsh and district council North Somercotes wards are both Conservative, and represented by Robert Palmer who is also the Chairman of

District Council. The parish church is dedicated to St Peter. It is in the North Somercotes group of churches, with Grainthorpe.

Wind turbines

The wind turbines at Fen Farm on Conisholme Fen, south-west of the village, have the capacity to supply 24% of electricity needs in East Lindsey, Each turbine has a hub height of between and , a rotor diameter of , an overall height of , and produces 800kWe. The farm, operated by Ecotricity, produces enough energy for 13,000 homes. The turbines were designed by architect Norman Foster and built by Enercon. Construction began in December 2007, and was finished on 17 April 2008. During the early hours of 4 January 2009, one of the twenty

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s was damaged. The story received coverage on the

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. Ecotricity, after its preliminary examination and before forensic results, stated that UFOs were "at the bottom of its probability list for the cause", and they were considering that the turbine may have suffered from a lightning strike, collision, metal fatigue, or design, material or maintenance failure.

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