Grantham

Grantham
Top to bottom, left to right: Market Place, Grantham Guildhall and statue of Sir Isaac Newton, Vine Street, skyline of Grantham, St Wulfram's Church and Bridge End Road with the River Witham passing through
Grantham Location within Lincolnshire
Population	44,580 (ONS, 2016)
OS grid reference	SK9136
• London	100 mi (160 km) S
District	South Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town (2011 census BUASD)	List Barrowby Belton Cold Harbour Great Gonerby Gonerby Hill Foot Gonerby Moor Harlaxton Little Ponton Londonthorpe Manthorpe Somerby Hill
Post town	GRANTHAM
Postcode district	NG31–NG33
Dialling code	01476
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Grantham and Stamford
Website	Visit Grantham, South Kesteven District Council
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52°55′05″N 0°38′17″W / 52.918°N 0.638°W / 52.918; -0.638

Grantham (/ˈɡrænθəm/) is a market town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of Lincoln and 22 miles (35 km) east of Nottingham. The population in 2016 was put at 44,580.^[1] The town is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of South Kesteven District.

Grantham was the birthplace of the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Isaac Newton was educated at the King's School. The town was the workplace of the UK's first warranted female police officer, Edith Smith in 1914. The UK's first running diesel engine was made there in 1892 and the first tractor in 1896.^{[citation needed]} Thomas Paine worked there as an excise officer in the 1760s.^[2] The villages of Manthorpe, Great Gonerby, Barrowby, Londonthorpe and Harlaxton form outlying suburbs of the town.