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West Lindsey District
Shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Lincolnshire
Area:   Total:	Ranked 22nd 1156 km²
Admin. HQ:	Gainsborough
ONS code:	32UH
Demographics
Population:   Total (2008 est.):   Density:	Ranked 260th 88,900 77 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.0% White
Politics
West Lindsey District Council http://www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Edward Leigh

West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. It covers Gainsborough, Market Rasen, Sudbrooke, Cherry Willingham, Nettleham, and Welton. There is, however, a growing dissatisfaction in these last four villages with West Lindsey, and complaints that it is failing to serve them properly because of its base 20 miles away in Gainsborough. Proposals for a 'Greater Lincoln' authority (Greater Lincoln) have been made, and met with strong support from the villages near Lincoln.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural District, Gainsborough Rural District and Welton Rural District. All of these were in the administrative county of Lindsey.

West Lindsey borders North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire to the north, East Lindsey to the east, North Kesteven and the city of Lincoln to the south, and the county of Nottinghamshire to the west.

Education

The district, similar to North and South Kesteven, has a mixture of comprehensive schools in the south-east of the district and selective schools in Gainsborough (Queen Elizabeth's High School) and Caistor. Both grammar schools are in the top ten for A level results in the East Midlands, with Caistor Grammar School getting the best results in this region consistently year on year. It also gets some of the best results in England. The best comprehensive in this district (and the county) is the William Farr School in Welton, which gets A level results similar to a grammar school.

Districts of the East Midlands Amber Valley • Ashfield • Bassetlaw • Blaby • Bolsover • Boston • Broxtowe • Charnwood • Chesterfield • Corby • Daventry • Derby • Derbyshire Dales • East Lindsey • East Northamptonshire • Erewash • Gedling • Harborough • High Peak • Hinckley and Bosworth • Kettering • Leicester • Lincoln • Mansfield • Melton • Newark and Sherwood • Northampton • North East Derbyshire • North Kesteven • North West Leicestershire • Nottingham • Oadby and Wigston • Rushcliffe • Rutland • South Derbyshire • South Holland • South Kesteven • South Northamptonshire • Wellingborough • West Lindsey Counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire • Leicestershire • Lincolnshire • Northamptonshire • Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 53°21′N 0°36′W / 53.35°N 0.60°W / 53.35; -0.60