Heckington is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

[3] The original 14th-century church was acquired by Bardney Abbey in 1345, and subsequently a new chancel was built by vicar Richard de Potesgrave, chaplain to Edward III.

[5] The church has original stained glass windows, one of which depicts the construction of the Decorated style building itself.

[citation needed] The church was featured in 2007 on the Divine Designs programme on Channel Five[6] narrated by historian Paul Binski.

[8] The £2.5 million 2+3⁄4-mile-long (4.5-kilometre) village bypass, built by Reed & Mallik of Salisbury, was opened by Lynda Chalker on 14 December 1982, and the former route of the A17 is now the B1394, which also leads to Billingborough via Great Hale across a level crossing over the partially single-track railway near the railway station.

North of there it meets Asgarby and Howell, which includes part of Heckington's religious parish.

It crosses Car Dyke where it meets South Kyme and follows Head Dike eastwards, across Sidebar Lane (B1395) at Five Willow Wath Bridge.

At the north-south Holland Dike, it meets Amber Hill, and the Borough of Boston, becoming the North Kesteven boundary.

At the junction of Holland Dike and Skerth Drain, near Six Hundreds Farm, it meets Swineshead.

[14] The grammar schools require students to sit the Eleven plus exam,[15][16] but St George's is not selective.

[18] Village amenities include a swimming pool,[19] a Co-op store, a butchers and a greengrocers.