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Guide Price£280,000

Land At Poolham Lane, Poolham, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9

Land size
29.69 acres

Key Features

  • Grade 3 Arable Land
  • Extending to approximately 29.69 acres (12.02 hectares)
  • For Sale by Private Treaty

Description

Grade 3 Arable Land

Extending to approximately 29.69 acres (12.02 hectares)

For Sale by Private Treaty

A well-located parcel of productive arable land, suitable for a range of cropping uses and benefiting from direct roadside access.

Detailed Description

The property comprises a single versatile land parcel extending to approximately 29.69 acres (12.02 hectares).

The land parcel is currently farmed as a whole field; however, the sale relates only to part of the field, with the boundary already identified on the ground. Prior to completion, the full extent of the boundary will be marked with posts at 50-metre intervals. The land is currently farmed within a cereal rotation.

The land is classified as Grade 3 under the Agricultural Land Classification Map and comprises soils of the Beccles 1 association. These are described as slowly permeable, seasonally waterlogged, fine loamy over clayey soils, associated with similar clayey soils. The land provides good versatile soils which are suitable for a variety of crops including cereals and sugar beet.

Location

The land is accessible directly from the public highway known as Poolham Road. It lies in the east of Lincolnshire, within the parish of Thimbleby, between the villages of Thimbleby and Horsington. The property is approximately 3 miles west of Horncastle and 5 miles from Woodhall Spa.

Viewing

The property may be viewed at any time with a copy of these particulars to hand subject to prior notification to the Seller's Agent. Viewing is at your own risk and neither the Seller nor Seller's Agent take any responsibility for any losses or damages incurred during the inspection. Please be aware of the risks of a working farm.

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Property details

Tenure
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Date Posted
2026-05-02

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 69 Farmland & Pasture listings in East Midlands (25+ acres).

This Property£9,431 / acre
Farmland & Pasture Average (25+ acres) £9,460 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

13 Mbps

Standard (10-30 Mbps)

Suitable for

  • Web & social
  • Music streaming
  • Standard video calls

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Bucknall Primary School2.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    38
    Type
    Community school
  • Horncastle Primary School3.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    417
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Andrew's CofE Primary School3.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    292
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Kirkby-on-Bain Church of England Primary School4.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    118
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Bardney Church of England and Methodist Primary School5.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    162
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England/Methodist

Secondary

  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle2.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    788
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Banovallum School3.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    621
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Barnes Wallis Academy6.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    483
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • William Lovell Church of England Academy11 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    347
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Branston Community Academy11 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,132
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Asda Express Petrol Filling Station Horncastle, Horncastle2.7 miles
Heron Horncastle, Horncastle3 miles
Tesco Horncastle Superstore, Horncastle3.1 miles

GP surgery

Horncastle Medical Group3.4 miles

Pharmacy

Lincoln Co-Op Chemists Ltd3.1 miles

Hospital

Horncastle War Memorial Hospital3.2 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Metheringham Rail Station9.5 miles

Nearest bus stop

Demand Responsive Area0.8 miles

Typical drive times

Wragby16 min · 11 miles
Spilsby21 min · 14 miles
Horncastle6 min · 3.8 miles
Woodhall Spa6 min · 4.2 miles
Lincoln (city)31 min · 20 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 3Higher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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