Traditional county: Lincolnshire · District / Borough: West Lindsey · Region: East Midlands
Explore Torksey Lock, Lincolnshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Torksey Lock map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Torksey Lock |
| Traditional County | Lincolnshire |
| District / Borough | West Lindsey |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.291088 |
| Longitude | -0.745223 |
| Place Type | Village |
Torksey Lock commands a quiet confluence where the Foss Dyke canal meets the broad, purposeful flow of the River Trent. It lies 7.7 miles south of Gainsborough (from Gainsborough: bearing 171°T, OS grid SK 837 778), and is situated south-west of Torksey village. Here, the flat horizon of the Trent Valley encourages a vast and expansive sky that shifts rapidly from bruised plum to pale, watery gold. A short walk northward reveals the jagged, red-brick ruins of Torksey Castle, a skeletal monument that watches over the water with a melancholic, hollow-eyed dignity. Further north, the grass at Torksey Village Green offers a muted, emerald contrast to the industrial grit of the nearby waterway. The engineering of the lock itself serves as a functional anchor, maintaining the rhythmic passage of narrowboats through a landscape defined by its agricultural patience. Torksey Lock remains a place where the heavy, humid air of the wetlands seems to linger, holding the scent of damp silt and river-reeds. Such geography suggests a life lived in accordance with the tide, where the land is as much a product of the water as it is of the soil.
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Explore Torksey Lock, Lincolnshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.291088, -0.745223. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |