Looking for a town between Stamford and Grantham, Lincolnshire ...

[Marvin16x]

Hi everyone,

my best friend and I went to England in Summer 2013.
On the second day we went from Dover to Cambridge and then up the A1 until about 8 or 8.15 pm - looking at a pic my mate took from inside the car we must have passed Stamford at around 7.45.

We left the A1 at a rather small junction to reach some even smaller town 5-10 minutes west (quite a rural road, no markings). There were signs saying the town was rated the cleanest or prettiest or horticulturally most appealing, I have no idea what exactly.

This is all I know ...
Would be great if somebody could help!

Cheers
Marvin

 

[NDFR]

google maps street view

Follow the road and see if anything seems familiar.

 

[Spin_bowler]

Possibly Woolsthopre (birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton) or Sproxton? Guessing here, we've not much to go on

 

[moonloops]

Greetham ?

 

[DuFFmAn]

Geotagging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Have a look at the above link. I am not sure what photo your mate took but it may have location data embedded into it. Download the photo to a laptop and take a look.

 

[marty359]

I was out that way yesterday having lunch at Rutland Water. I had fish pie if your interested

10 mins from Stamford will get you past the first two red arrows, it may of been Wymondham. Did you see a windmill?

 

[regbuser]

list of best kept villages in lincolnshire for the last 50 years > Lincs BKV

 

[Marvin16x]

Thanks for your replies guys ...

Well what can I say?
Found the answer on page 2 of my road trip thread on this forum.
It says "we're now parking next to a farm about half a mile away from allington (nottingham area). we didnt like the roadhouses of the A1 at all, so decided to rather look for a sweet spot by the roadside somewhere off the motorway..." ...

So much for that.
I apologize, it's not between Stamford and Grantham but 3 miles northwest of the latter.

Still struggling to find the exact overnight spot on Street View though. Must be somewhere along Gonerby Lane ...