Fulbeck
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Fulbeck is a small village inside the northern perimeter of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire that lies between Grantham and Lincoln on the A607. To the north is Leadenham, and to the south is Caythorpe.
In 1986, the former airfield of RAF Fulbeck had the dubious honour of being considered by the United Kingdom government body, NIREX, as one possible site for an underground deep storage facility for the country's nuclear waste. Geological investigations took place but plans for the facility were abandoned in 1987. The [RAF base] was used from October 1944 until the end of the war by two Lancaster squadrons.
The village has an attractive old pub called the [Hare and Hounds]. The church, St. Nicholas dates back to 1300 AD, and has an unusual 8 pinnacled bell tower, a window restored in about 1858 but kept in the original 1300 AD style, and a Perpendicular Gothic window.
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- [Description of church of St Nicholas]
- [Fulbeck Hall]
- [History of the airfield]
- [82nd Airborne Division and the airfield]
- [Walker attempting to reach the North Pole]
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