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Sleaford is a town in Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, north-east of Grantham and north-west of Boston. It takes its name from the River Slea. The most prominent church in Sleaford is St. Deny's Church - the church abuts the market place, where a large weekly market & farmer's market is held. The primary schools in Sleaford are The Quarrington School and William Alvey. Secondary Schools for older pupils are Carre's Grammar School (for boys only), the Kesteven and Sleaford High School (for girls only), and St. George's (for either sex secondary). These three schools feed a unique joint sixth-form consortium.
The town, which once supported a cattle market, is situated south of the intersection of the A17 and A15 at Holdingham Roundabout. The three-platform railway station provides a junction served by trains using the Peterborough-Doncaster Joint Line and the busier Manchester-Nottingham-Skegness railway. Nearby landmarks include the Handley Monument, the Bass Maltings and the Picturedrome (once a cinema, but recently adapted to a pool hall then a night club).
Since 2000 the town has undergone significant expansion & improvement; with the building of numerous new housing estates on the periphery, refurbishment of town-centre buildings with a £15-million SRB grant, and the opening in the town of the largest public-funded crafts gallery outside London.
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