Caenby Corner

{{Short description|Small area in Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.394634|-0.552797|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Caenby Corner

| static_image = File:Caenby Corner roundabout-Geograph-1316490-by-Peter-Church.jpg

| static_image_width = 240px

| static_image_caption = Refurbished but empty, the Moncks Arms stands on the roundabout at Caenby Corner. The transport cafe on the extreme right remains open.

| population =

| population_ref =

| shire_district = West Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster = Louth and Horncastle

| civil_parish =

| post_town = Market Rasen

| postcode_district = LN8

| postcode_area = LN

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SK966894

| london_distance_mi= 130

| london_direction= S

}}Caenby Corner is a small area in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, at the roundabout junction of the A15 and A631 roads. Close to the village of Caenby, it is situated on what was a major Roman road known as Ermine Street leading from London to the North of England. The junction is {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} north from the city and county town of Lincoln.{{cite map|publisher=Ordnance Survey of Great Britain|title=112; Scunthorpe & Gainsborough|edition=C3|year=1999|cartography=|scale=1:25000|series=OS Explorer|isbn=978-0-319-22936-1|url=http://leisure.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/paper-maps/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain-os-landranger-map/scunthorpe-and-gainsborough/pid-9780319229361}}{{gbmappingsmall|SK967895}} It is in the civil parish of Glentworth.

On Caenby Corner roundabout is a filling station with shop and separate coffee shop, a private residence and the closed Moncks Arms hotel with adjacent transport cafe and lorry park. The hotel had for many years been derelict, but in 2007 there were plans to redevelop it.[http://www.gainsboroughstandard.co.uk/news/Caenby-Corner-transformation-goahead.2140726.jp "Caenby Corner transformation go-ahead"] Gainsborough Standard online Despite the re-cladding to the outside of the building, the hotel has never re-opened.

File:Caenby Corner Petrol Station - geograph.org.uk - 1316496.jpg

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