Local archive
Culture Springfields
Spalding’s Remembrance Sunday parade will again march back to the town centre after the service at St Mary and St Nicolas Church and Ayscoughfee Gardens, following complaints from some veterans about the route used during the past two years.
Education Pinchbeck
West Pinchbeck Village Hall Committee is seeking £20,000 by the end of September to repair the roof of its heavily used community venue, install 4,000 tiles and secure a £5,000 grant towards the £28,000 project.
Culture Pinchbeck Road
A Victorian church vault, a historic mausoleum, a Cold War bunker and creative town-centre activities will feature in Heritage Open Days across Spalding and South Holland from September 11 to 20, 2026.
Culture Pinchbeck
The Spalding Arts and Crafts Society is celebrating its 110-year history with an exhibition at Spalding Library and a programme of monthly demonstrations at Pinchbeck Village Hall.
Culture
Jeff Woods, known locally as Pavanotti, is bringing his Pavanotti & Friends concert back to Spalding after popular demand, with the September event raising money for local charities.
Sport
Spalding United were seconds away from becoming the first side to stop National League North leaders Chester winning, but Dan Ward’s third-minute stoppage-time strike condemned the Tulips to a narrow defeat.
Sport Pinchbeck
Pinchbeck United remain bottom of the United Counties League Division One table, but doubled their season points tally with a 1-1 draw against West Bridgford after losing 4-0 at Maltby.
Sport
Lincoln Arms have won the Spalding and District Ladies’ Darts League for a second consecutive season, finishing top after winning 13 of their 16 matches. New teams are being invited to join ahead of the winter season.
Culture Springfields
Soul legend Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band will perform at the South Holland Centre in November, almost 60 years after Washington headlined Spalding’s landmark BBQ 67 festival. The concert will launch a six-month oral-history project ahead of 60th-anniversary events in May 2027.
Community Springfields
Fire investigations have concluded after a large blaze off Barrier Bank between Cowbit and Spalding damaged approximately 500 metres of stubble field and 600 tonnes of straw bales. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said the cause remains undetermined.
Crime & Public Safety Springfields
Police and Trading Standards officers found two suitcases containing suspected counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco in an abandoned vehicle after a targeted operation visited seven Spalding and surrounding-area premises on Saturday, August 22.
Community Springfields
Lincolnshire County Council expects a £51 million overspend on schools funding this year, driven by rising demand for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities support. The council’s executive is due to discuss the position on 1 September, while most of the accumulated debt is expected to be taken on by the Government.
Crime & Public Safety Springfields
Lincolnshire Police is appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a car collided with a motorcyclist at the Holbeach Road roundabout outside Springfields in Spalding on Sunday, August 23. The driver failed to stop, and the rider, a man in his 60s, was taken to hospital with injuries not thought to be life-threatening or life-altering.
Traffic & Construction
Knipe Avenue in Spalding is due to undergo repairs and resurfacing from August 24, with motorists warned to expect delays, possible full closures and a signed diversion.
Education
Spalding Grammar School has reported strong GCSE results, with a third of its 1,400 entries awarded grades seven to nine. The school also highlighted high attainment in English, mathematics, the English Baccalaureate and several individual subjects.
Education
Spalding High School is celebrating a strong GCSE performance, with nearly 40 per cent of Year 11 students achieving grades seven to nine and 98.6 per cent securing Grade Four or above in English and mathematics.
Education
University Academy Holbeach says 70 per cent of pupils receiving their GCSE results will return to the school’s sixth form, after students celebrated their achievements with families and staff on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
Education
Cowley Academy in Donington says students have achieved a record-breaking GCSE year, with grades awarded across 18 subjects and a 22 per cent increase in English and mathematics grades at level 4 or above.
Education Woolram Wygate
Spalding Academy has reported GCSE success in several subjects, including grades seven to nine in art and design, health and social care, information technology and travel and tourism, alongside an increase in grades nine to five for sports science and statistics.
Traffic & Construction
Concrete carriageway repairs on the full length of Knipe Avenue in Spalding are scheduled across August and September 2026, with diversions, possible full closures and weekday disruption expected.
Community Woolram Wygate
Liz Walker, 69, is preparing to walk 70 miles from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge to her home in Holbeach next month, raising money for the British Acoustic Neuroma Association and Holbeach Community Larder.
Traffic & Construction Woolram Wygate
Kathleen Stone of Cross Street, Spalding, marked her 100th birthday with family and friends, including a celebration at Pennington’s Cafe, where staff know her and Marion Loveridge as the ‘Prosecco ladies’.
Community Woolram Wygate
Wes and Paul have started Walk If Off, offering regular walks and informal conversation from the Sir Halley Stewart Field after Wes survived a suicide attempt nine months ago.
Community Deeping St Nicholas
Emerald Homes has been allowed to withdraw £685,000 in health and education contributions and provide no affordable housing for its 119-home development at Home Farm, Deeping St Nicholas. The developer will still build a village hall, while an independent assessor has recommended a clawback clause if the scheme becomes more viable.
Community Woolram Wygate
Chloe King and Lyane Markham are organising a black-tie fundraising ball at the Peterborough Marriott Hotel on October 10, with proceeds supporting Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice.
Traffic & Construction Woolram Wygate
Woolram Wygate in Spalding is due to close from early September until late October while the third phase of the Pinchbeck Road active-travel scheme begins. Drivers will face a changed one-way system and a diversion using Park Road, subject to that road reopening as planned.
Community
More than 60 people attended an afternoon tea organised by the Friendship Circle of South Holland in memory of former member Rosemary Gaunt, raising £1,277 for charity.
Sport Pinchbeck
Pinchbeck United’s FA Vase campaign ended at the first hurdle with a 3-0 defeat by Stapleford Town, who scored in the 81st minute and again in stoppage time.
Community
An application to produce ammonium sulphate liquid fertiliser at Decoy Farm on Spalding Road, Crowland, has attracted no objections from the Environment Agency or South Holland District Council. Lincolnshire County Council will make the final decision.
Culture Town Centre
A new daytime dance-music event will take place at Spalding Constitutional Club on Saturday, August 22, featuring local DJs, Northampton-based guest DJ Percy Williams and live act The Jump Ups.
