Dyke is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than 1 mile (1.6 km) east from the A15 road, and approximately 1 mile north-east from Bourne. Dyke is within Bourne civil parish.

Dyke
Baptist Chapel, Dyke
Dyke Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF105225
• London	85 mi (137 km) S
Civil parish	Bourne
District	South Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BOURNE
Postcode district	PE10
Dialling code	01778
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Grantham and Stamford
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52.78877°N 0.36287°W / 52.78877; -0.36287

The name Dyke arises from its lying on Car Dyke, a once much larger Roman ditch, which runs along the western edge of The Fens. The section of Car Dyke between Dyke and Bourne is a scheduled ancient monument.[1]

For population statistics Dyke, Twenty, South Fen, and Spalding road outside Bourne are taken together; Dyke is the largest of these settlements.^{[citation needed]} The 2001 census recorded a population of 1,598,[2] falling to 1,541 at the 2011 census.[3]

Dyke and Dyke Fen fall within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board.[4]

A new fountain was built on the green in the centre of the village to mark the millennium.^{[citation needed]}

Dyke's public house is The Wishing Well Inn.

References

External links

• Media related to Dyke, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons
• "Dyke", homepages.which.net. Retrieved 22 July 2011