The A152 is a small non-primary A-road in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, from Donington

Donington, Lincolnshire

Donington is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies north of the market town of Spalding on the A152, and is bypassed by the A52. The parish includes the hamlet of Northorpe, and...

 to Surfleet

Surfleet

Surfleet is a small village on the Lincolnshire fens, situated on the River Glen about five miles north of Spalding.The population is about 1,266 people, many of whom commute to regional populations centres such as Spalding, Boston and Peterborough....

 linking the A52 and the A16, two major primary routes.

Between Donington and Surfleet the road goes through three village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

s; Church End, Quadring

Quadring

Quadring is a small village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the A152, 2 miles north-east of Gosberton, and 2 miles south-east of Donington....

, and Gosberton

Gosberton

Gosberton is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies south-west from Boston, north from Spalding and north-west from Holbeach. The parish includes the hamlets of Gosberton Clough and Gosberton Risegate...

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To eliminate the number of speeding motorists, that use the road for an easy way to get to and from Spalding

Spalding, Lincolnshire

Spalding is a market town with a population of 30,000 on the River Welland in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. Little London is a hamlet directly south of Spalding on the B1172 road....

, there is a speed limit

Speed limit

Road speed limits are used in most countries to regulate the speed of road vehicles. Speed limits may define maximum , minimum or no speed limit and are normally indicated using a traffic sign...

of 40 miles per hour (17.9 m/s), higher in some places, this is so that traffic flows easier than a 30 miles per hour (13.4 m/s) speed limit would allow.