Manby

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title: "Manby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-lincolnshire", "civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "east-lindsey-district"] description: "Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manby" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Manby
static_image_name	Guy Gibson Hall, Manby - geograph.org.uk - 447617.jpg
static_image_caption	Guy Gibson Hall, formerly the Station Headquarters, RAF Manby
static_image_alt	Redbrick Georgian style building with pan tiled roof and nine multi paned high windows complemented by an arched entrance doorway giving symmetrical architectural spacing to the facade
country	England
coordinates
population	1,655
population_ref	(2021)
shire_district	East Lindsey
region	East Midlands
shire_county	Lincolnshire
constituency_westminster	Louth and Horncastle
post_town	LOUTH
postcode_district	LN11
postcode_area	LN
dial_code	01507
os_grid_reference	TF398866
london_distance_mi	125
london_direction	S
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| official_name = Manby | static_image_name = Guy Gibson Hall, Manby - geograph.org.uk - 447617.jpg | static_image_caption = Guy Gibson Hall, formerly the Station Headquarters, RAF Manby | static_image_alt = Redbrick Georgian style building with pan tiled roof and nine multi paned high windows complemented by an arched entrance doorway giving symmetrical architectural spacing to the facade | country = England | coordinates = | population = 1,655 | population_ref = (2021) | shire_district = East Lindsey | region = East Midlands | shire_county = Lincolnshire | constituency_westminster = Louth and Horncastle | post_town = LOUTH | postcode_district = LN11 | postcode_area = LN | dial_code = 01507 | os_grid_reference = TF398866 | london_distance_mi = 125 | london_direction = S NOTOC ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Raf-manby-officers-mess.jpg" caption="Inside the abandoned RAF Manby Officers' Mess building in 2016" alt="Dance hall like room with high ceiling and high arched windows in dilapidated condition with graffiti, debris and litter"] ::

Manby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, and lies approximately 5 mi east from Louth. Manby contains a village post office. Other amenities, including a primary school, The Manby Arms public house, two village shops, and an Italian restaurant, are in the conjoined village of Grimoldby, separated from Manby by the B1200 road. The population was 1,655 at the 2021 census.

Manby scout group, the 1st Manby, has existed for 60 years. It is one of only two scout groups in the area to include all scouting sections: Beavers, aged 6–8; Cubs, aged 8–10; Scouts, aged 11½–14; and Explorers, aged 14–18. The other is the 6th Skegness.

RAF Manby

Main article: RAF Manby

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Forces_Graveyard,_St.Mary's_Manby-geograph.org.uk-_447642.jpg" caption="Forces Graveyard, St Mary's churchyard"] ::

RAF Manby was situated near the village between 1938 and 1974. Houses in Manby were built for RAF personnel, with village streets named after aeroplanes. In 1977 East Lindsey District Council bought the former RAF College of Air Warfare building, known as Tedder Hall, and converted it to become the council's headquarters. The council remained based at Manby until 2023 when it moved to Horncastle.

In the late 1980s the entire pre war Married Quarter estate Carlton Park was sold to a Roger Byron-Collins company. The airfield was sold for commercial use. It is now a business park, and the former airfield has been returned to agriculture with an intensive cattle fattening plant. Regents Academy was also based at the park until 2017.

In 2008 East Lindsey District Council proposed that the site be a possible location for an eco-town of 5,000 homes; it appeared on a government shortlist of ten such sites. After protests from residents the council voted to withdraw the plan.

The remaining Officers' Mess building has been the subject of many arson attacks over the years as it sits in a derelict state.

Climate

|location = Manby 13m asl, 1991–2020 |width = auto |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan high C = 7.1 |Feb high C = 8.1 |Mar high C = 10.5 |Apr high C = 13.1 |May high C = 15.9 |Jun high C = 18.8 |Jul high C = 21.6 |Aug high C = 21.0 |Sep high C = 18.5 |Oct high C = 14.5 |Nov high C = 10.4 |Dec high C = 7.5 |year high C = 13.9 |Jan mean C = 4.3 |Feb mean C = 4.9 |Mar mean C = 6.7 |Apr mean C = 8.8 |May mean C = 11.4 |Jun mean C = 14.4 |Jul mean C = 16.8 |Aug mean C = 16.6 |Sep mean C = 14.4 |Oct mean C = 11.0 |Nov mean C = 7.3 |Dec mean C = 4.6 |year mean C = 10.1 |Jan low C = 1.5 |Feb low C = 1.6 |Mar low C = 3.0 |Apr low C = 4.5 |May low C = 7.1 |Jun low C = 9.9 |Jul low C = 12.0 |Aug low C = 12.2 |Sep low C = 10.2 |Oct low C = 7.5 |Nov low C = 4.2 |Dec low C = 1.8 |year low C = 6.3 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 54.3 |Feb precipitation mm = 43.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 36.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 40.3 |May precipitation mm = 45.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 62.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 55.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 59.1 |Sep precipitation mm = 53.6 |Oct precipitation mm = 62.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 63.8 |Dec precipitation mm = 57.9 |year precipitation mm = 634.5 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 11.2 |Feb precipitation days = 9.9 |Mar precipitation days = 8.6 |Apr precipitation days = 8.6 |May precipitation days = 8.3 |Jun precipitation days = 9.8 |Jul precipitation days = 9.5 |Aug precipitation days = 9.2 |Sep precipitation days = 8.8 |Oct precipitation days = 11.1 |Nov precipitation days = 12.7 |Dec precipitation days = 11.6 |year precipitation days = 119.3 |Jan sun = 64.3 |Feb sun = 85.3 |Mar sun = 127.9 |Apr sun = 163.8 |May sun = 215.5 |Jun sun = 200.5 |Jul sun = 209.7 |Aug sun = 198.5 |Sep sun = 154.6 |Oct sun = 115.8 |Nov sun = 73.4 |Dec sun = 59.5 |year sun = 1668.9 |source 1 = Met Office{{cite web |url = http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/u12pd4pfg |title = Manby 1991–2020 averages |access-date = 16 December 2021 |publisher = Met Office }} |date = Dec 2021}}

References

References

1. "Parish council". Lincolnshire County Council.
2. "Manby (Lincolnshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".
3. {{cite PastScape
4. (10 October 1977). "Historic Occasion". Lincolnshire Echo.
5. (3 November 2022). "East Lindsey District Council move to new HQ set for January". The Lincolnite.
6. (26 June 2008). "Council rejects eco town scheme". BBC News.
7. (1 July 2008). "Eco-town 'would increase car use'". BBC News.
8. Cox, Robert. (23 January 2025). "7 Abandoned RAF Bases in the UK".

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