Reepham is a small village in the

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, England. It is situated north-east from the city and county town of

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. Village population is approximately 1,250, reducing to 915 at the 2011 census. A road through Reepham, nr Lincoln 1909

The village shop is a

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, general store and newsagents. There is also a primary school, a

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church (St Peter and St Paul),

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chapel, and a

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, The Fox and Hounds Inn. The village shares its village hall with neighbouring

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, and Priory Pembroke Academy in that village is the local secondary school. There is a cricket club in the village. A regular bus service provided by the Stagecoach in Lincolnshire (previously Lincolnshire Road Car Company) links the village to Lincoln and the neighbouring villages of Fiskerton and

. The parliamentary constituency is

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, where the current MP is

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(

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). Although the centre of the village contains very old properties there has been expansion in recent years and in-fill with new houses and bungalows. The village previously contained a

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store, police station, a second pub The Chequers, doctors' surgery and Reepham railway station, but all have closed. The railway still passes through the village on the

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/ Cleethorpes line. The village has a parish council, the lowest level of local government.

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Reepham C.E. Primary SchoolReepham Cricket Club
* Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District {{Lincolnshire-geo-stub