The Viking Way has passed to the south-east since 1997 to avoid a direct crossing of the A1. The River Witham runs to the east.[9] Lying beside the A1 road, the village main street was once part of the Great North Road between London and Edinburgh.
In December 1968 a bypass was opened.[10] It was made of concrete and excessively noisy until it was resurfaced with tarmac in 2003, at a cost of £4.4 million.[11][12]West Kesteven Rural District Council did not like the ideas for the £942,000 Long Bennington bypass, calling it an absolute waste of money, and good food-producing land.
The British Frozen Food Federation[13] is based in the village. Leonardo DRS (DRS Technologies UK) have a facility in the north of the village on the Long Bennington Business Park, where they have their Air Systems EW Test business.[14]
Further south near Three Shire Oak, is the Roseland Business Park.[15] Bennington Carriages, west of the village and the bypass at Authorpe Farm, have a Royal warrant.[16]
Community
Long Bennington has a parish council consisting of 11 councillors.[17] The village is twinned with the Normandy village of Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse.[1] It contains a Methodist chapel, St Swithin's Anglican church, and a primary school.[18] Its public houses are the Reindeer,[19] the Royal Oak[20] and Whittakers.[21] The village has a football team and a bowls team.[18]
Long Bennington and surrounding villages have a Rotary Club that meets twice a month.
References
^ ab"Home". Long Bennington Parish Council. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^Mumby, A (7 November 2002). "Road to rue in, Letters". New Civil Engineer. EMAP. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)