Geography Quarrington, Lincolnshire

quarrington hill

quarrington settlement south west of sleaford, market town in north kesteven district of lincolnshire. quarrington proper clustered around town road , between grantham road (the b1517) , london road. north of grantham road quarrington hill , north , east of old village new quarrington; settlements linked contiguous housing developments form suburb of sleaford. lincolnshire county council s state of environment report (1994) found three-quarters of lincolnshire low-lying, of near sea-level; quarrington lies between approximately 15 , 25 meters above sea level, close lincoln cliff, limestone scarp running north–south through lindsey , kesteven. bedrock under of quarrington cornbrash limestone belonging great oolite group of jurassic rocks formed 168−165 million years ago. soil belongs quarrington series, type of brown, calcareous sand. county s agricultural land of quality; result, intensive arable , vegetable farming predominant while pastoral farming declined in 20th century. quarrington , sleaford on edge of fens, low-lying region of east of england which, before drainage 17th 20th centuries, marshy , liable flooding. draining has revealed nutrient-rich soils , enabled 88% of land cultivated, arable farming, , of graded amongst productive farmland in country.

climate

according köppen classification, british isles experience maritime climate characterised relatively cool summers , mild winters. lincolnshire s position on east of isles allows sunnier , warmer climate relative national average, , 1 of driest counties in united kingdom. although may vary depending on altitude , proximity coast, mean average temperature east of england approximately 9 °c 10.5 °c; highest temperature recorded in region 37.3 °c @ cavendish on 10 august 2003. on average, region experiences 30 days of rainfall in winter , 25 in summer, 15 days of thunder , 6–8 days of hail per year; on 25 august 2001, hail size of golf balls reported in sleaford , other parts of central lincolnshire. wind tends affect north , west of country more east, , lincolnshire tends receive no more 2 days of gale per year (where gale gust of wind @ >34 knots, sustained @ least 10 minutes). despite this, tornadoes form more in east of england elsewhere in country; sleaford experienced tornadoes in 2006 , 2012, both of caused damage property.