Grantham, England
Thatcher's Roundabout Junction
"Home of the Iron Lady and Isaac Newton, Now Mostly A1 Traffic"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield bearing St Wulfram's soaring spire rampant over a gridlocked dual carriageway, flanked by a falling apple and a handbag clutched defiantly, with the motto 'We Produced Great Minds, Please Just Let Us Bypass The Bypass'.
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Stopped here on the way to somewhere else, which is basically what Grantham is for. The Isaac Newton statue is nice but I mostly remember the A1 services and wondering why the birthplace of a Prime Minister has so few decent cafes open past 5pm. St Wulfram's spire is genuinely impressive though, give them that."— Del_from_Skegness_Passingthru
Property Listing
Charming market town offering unrivalled access to the A1, excellent grammar schools, and the intoxicating knowledge that you now share a hometown with the discoverer of gravity and a former Prime Minister! Ideal for commuters who don't mind explaining to Londoners exactly where Lincolnshire is.
Twinned With
Menlo Park — One gave the world gravity via Newton, the other gave it Edison's light bulb, and both now mostly get mentioned in pub quizzes.
Supporting Evidence
Grantham is the birthplace of both Sir Isaac Newton and Margaret Thatcher, arguably making it the most disproportionately influential small Lincolnshire market town in world history.