__NOTOC__ Conisholme is a small settlement and

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in the

East Lindsey East Lindsey is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Horncastle and the largest town is Skegness. Other towns include Alford, Lincolnshire, Alford, Burgh le Marsh, Coningsby, L ...

district of

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, England. It is on the

Cleethorpes Cleethorpes () is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England with a population of 29,678 in 2021. It has been permanently occupied since the 6th century, with fishing as its original industry ...

Mablethorpe Mablethorpe is a seaside town in the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.OS Explorer map 283:Louth and Mablethorpe: (1:25 000): In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 3,611. On 1 Ap ...

A1031 road, and north-east from

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. The population is included in the civil parish of Grainthorpe.

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 North Somercotes is a village near to the North Sea coast, in the Non-metropolitan district, district of East Lindsey and the Marshes area, of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated midway between the towns of Mablethorpe and Cleeth ...

is to the east. The parish mostly extends south-west across Conisholme Fen towards the Louth Canal and North Cockerington. The county council Louth Marsh and district council North Somercotes wards are both

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, 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 , a rotor diameter of , an overall height of , and produces 800kWe. The farm, operated by

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, produces enough energy for 13,000 homes. The turbines were designed by architect

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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,

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, or design, material or maintenance failure.

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