Surfleet

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Surfleet
River Glen at Surfleet
Surfleet Location within Lincolnshire
Population	1,338 (2011)
OS grid reference	TF251282
• London	90 mi (140 km) S
District	South Holland
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SPALDING
Postcode district	PE11
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Holland and The Deepings
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52°50′15″N 0°08′39″W / 52.837401°N 0.144259°W / 52.837401; -0.144259

Surfleet is a small village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1356 road, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Spalding, in the Lincolnshire fens.

The River Glen runs through the village to the east where it becomes tidal at the hamlet of Surlfeet Seas End. The name Surfleet derives from the Old English sūr flēot meaning damp creek.^[1]

The parish had a population of 1,338 at the 2011 census,^[2] many of whom commute to regional population centres such as Spalding, Boston and Peterborough.