At Sylcote, it meets North Kyme, following Farroway Drain to the south at Ruskington Dales.

It crosses the A153 south of the 400 kV pylons, before meeting Roxholm at a copse north of Rigg Farm.

At the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, it was part of the ancient Flaxwell "wapentake" (a collection of local parishes).

East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) operates a station on Kesteven Street, Sleaford.

Pilgrims acquired the former owners Tulip, a division of Danish Crown (previously "George Adams"), in August 2019.

Winchelsea was judged to be at a "good" standard when it was inspected by Ofsted in 2013; at which time it had 156 pupils on roll.

[7] Chestnut Street School converted to an academy in 2012;[8] at its latest Ofsted inspection (2013), it had 293 pupils on roll and was judged to be at a "good" standard.

[9] A national school was opened in 1868 to house 120 children and was not provided for by local rates under the Education Act 1902.

[15] The grammar schools require students to sit the eleven-plus test and achieve a minimum score before applying; providing they fall within the catchment area, applicants are then given priority based on home location in the event of a tie.

[22] After Veal's retirement in 2007, the Governors opted in and the school became part of the federation;[23] in 2010, the Government authorised a scheme to merge St George's, Aveland and Coteland's into a single Academy.

The Norman church was built in 1086 to replace an earlier, Anglo Saxon wooden structure.

The village has a bowls club and a junior football team called the Ruskington Lions.

The Ruskington Lions girls' team is now entering a newly founded Lincolnshire County Intermediate Women's Football League.