Peak Hill, Lincolnshire
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Peak Hill is a hamlet
in the English
county of Lincolnshire
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Peak Hill lies 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) south of Cowbit
on the eastern bank of the New River and is on the former A1073 road. In October 2011, the road was rerouted to the east of the hamlet and redesignated as part of the A16. The nearest town in Spalding
4 miles (6 km) to its north.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of 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...
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Peak Hill lies 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) south of Cowbit
Cowbit
Cowbit is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies South of Spalding and North of Crowland....
on the eastern bank of the New River and is on the former A1073 road. In October 2011, the road was rerouted to the east of the hamlet and redesignated as part of the A16. The nearest town in 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....
4 miles (6 km) to its north.