Whaplode Drove

Whaplode Drove is a village in the civil parish of Whaplode, in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England.^[1] It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) south from the market town of Spalding. The hamlet of Shepeau Stow is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-west.

Whaplode Drove
Whaplode Drove church
Whaplode Drove Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF319133
• London	80 mi (130 km) S
District	South Holland
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SPALDING
Postcode district	PE12
Dialling code	01406
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Holland and The Deepings
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52.7021°N 0.0479°W / 52.7021; -0.0479

Whaplode Drove is a largely rural village and lies in the middle of the Lincolnshire Fens.

The name 'Whaplode' derives from the Old English cwappa-lad meaning 'eel pout watercourse'.^[2]

Community

Village amenities include a post office with shop, a church, garage and a social club.

The ecclesiastical parish is Whaplode Drove. The parish church, on Broadgate, is dedicated to St John the Baptist. The parish is part of the Whaplode Drove Group of the Deanery of Elloe East. The only other parish in the group is Gedney Hill.^[3]

The church maintains a church hall,^[4] and the village also has a war memorial, and The Elizabethan centre, a community hall intended to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, but which took until 1982 to be built.^[5][6]

Whaplode Drove have a local football team, Whaplode Drove Rovers, Established in 2022 by father-son duo Al Lenihan and Danny Lenihan. They currently play in the PDFL Division 1, their home ground is at the Elizabethan Centre.