Holbeach is a market town and civil parish in the South Holland District in Lincolnshire, England.

The Prime Meridian of the world passes through the west of Holbeach and is marked with a millstone at Wignals Gate.

[5] The associated All Saints' Hospital, for a warden and fifteen poor persons, was founded by Sir John of Kirton, in 1351.

The antiquarian William Stukeley reported that his father removed the ruins from the site which is now occupied by the Chequers Inn.

[citation needed] In 1615, nominees of the Earl of Argyll were entitled to the land which was reclaimed from the sea in Wigtoft, Moulton, Whaplode, Holbeach and Tydd St Mary.

[14] The Second World War defences constructed at nearby Lawyers Creek comprise a number of pillboxes including the rare Ruck machine gun post.

This repetition of a name for a collection of close-lying villages is not unknown in the Fens: Gedney, Tydd, and Walpole are other examples.

Previous public houses were the Station Inn (Demolished and replaced with houses), the Chequers Hotel (newly renovated and reopened as Bar 912), the Exchange (now a residential property), The String of Horses (now a Hairdressers), The Ram (now a flower shop), The Bell Hotel (now Petite Street) and the Black Bull (now a fishing tackle shop).

[citation needed] The RAF station is situated approximately 11 miles (18 km) north-west of Holbeach town centre.

The local secondary school on Park Road was called the George Farmer Technology & Language College but, in September 2011, it became the University Academy Holbeach.

[citation needed] Speedway racing took place at nearby Bell End at Whaplode St Catherine.