Langworth is a small village 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...

 about 7 miles north-east of Lincoln

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....

 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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The central spine of the village is the A158 Lincoln - Skegness

Skegness

Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910....

 road, on which are two public house

Public house

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s, a village store

Village Store

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/post office

Post office

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 and two garages. Langworth railway station, on the Grimsby–Lincoln line, has long since closed. The railway line still runs through the village however, crossing the A158 at a level crossing

Level crossing

A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...

. Langworth's Boulters primary school closed in 1989, when its pupils transferred to the newly-built Ellison Boulters School

Ellison Boulters School

Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School is situated in Scothern, Lincolnshire, on Sudbrooke Road. It has around 260 pupils, and accepts them mainly from the village of Scothern and the neighbouring villages of Langworth and Sudbrooke...

 in neighbouring Scothern

Scothern

Scothern is a small village in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, situated north east of Lincoln, with approximately 1,000 inhabitants. Although neighbouring villages such as Sudbrooke, Dunholme, Nettleham and Welton have all been substantially redeveloped over recent years, with the addition...

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Langworth's propensity for flooding (which was particularly bad in June and July 2007) is of some note, particularly in recent years. The Barlings Eau

Barlings Eau

Barlings Eau is a small river near Barlings, Lincolnshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Witham, joining it near Short Ferry.-Route:...

waterway features regularly amongst flood warnings on the Environment Agency website at times of heavy rain, and the same website shows the extent of the flood plain (Flood risk map).