Editing Crowland (section)

==Geography==
[[File:John Sell Cotman - Drainage Mills in the Fens, Croyland, Lincolnshire - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|[[John Sell Cotman]] '' Drainage Mills in the Fens, Croyland, Lincolnshire'' (circa 1835)]]
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Crowland is nearer to the outskirts of [[Peterborough]] than [[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]], and (similar to other settlements of the Welland) is less than {{convert|1|mi|km}} north of the boundary with the City of Peterborough. The main road is the [[A16 road (England)|A16]], which provides connections with Spalding to the north and Peterborough to the south (via the [[A47 road|A47]]). The east-west B1166 connects with [[Deeping St. James]], the north side of the Welland to the west and Holbeach Drove to the east, and [[Thorney, Cambridgeshire|Thorney]] is accessed via the B1040 to the south-east.

From 1894 the parish, being the only part of the Peterborough Rural Sanitary District in Lincolnshire, formed its own Crowland [[Rural District]]. This was merged into [[Spalding Rural District]] under a [[Local Government Act 1929|County Review Order]] in the 1930s. It has formed part of the [[South Holland, Lincolnshire|South Holland]] district since April 1974.

Crowland falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings [[Internal Drainage Board]].<ref>[http://www.wellandidb.org.uk/ Welland and Deepings IDB]</ref>

===Nature reserve===
The Crowland Ponds Nature Reserve is north of the town, next to the west side of the Welland.