[3] The town developed around the commercial use of the River Welland, which today is backed onto by many pleasant Georgian stone buildings.

Today the river trade has all but gone and the navigation greatly diminished - its head now terminating at the derelict lock at Deeping St James, just upstream of the Packhorse Bridge.

[5] Access to the town from the south nowadays is via a later and wider road bridge with two lanes for traffic and pavements on either side.

The town is known for its stone buildings dating back to the 17th century, its largely 15th-century church dedicated to St. Guthlac and the remains of a market cross.

On 1 February 1994 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent visited Park Air Electronics on the Northfields Industrial Estate, accompanied by Sir Henry Nevile, then the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.

[14] The parish of Market Deeping falls within the Diocese of Lincoln and the town's Anglican church is dedicated to St Guthlac.

[16] Market Deeping's food and grocery outlets include supermarkets, pizza, Italian, Thai, British, Nepalese, Indian and American restaurants.

Market Deeping is covered by the Sandy Heath transmitter which broadcasts BBC local news service Look East and ITV Anglia, or the Belmont transmitter for BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) and ITV Calendar (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire).

There is also reception from the Waltham transmitter which broadcasts BBC East Midlands Today and ITV Central.

[17] Newspapers covering Market Deeping, based in larger towns nearby, are the Stamford Mercury, the Lincolnshire Free Press and the Peterborough Telegraph.