Market Rasen is a town as well as civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase goes through it eastern to west, around 13 miles (21 km) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29 km) eastern from Gainsborough as well as 16 miles (26 km) south-west from Grimsby. The community is understood for Market Rasen Racecourse as well as being close to the epicentre of a 2008 earthquake. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,904. Market Rasen is a tiny market community on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The town lies on the highway in between Lincoln and Grimsby, the A46 as well as gets on National Cycle Route 1 (part of EuroVelo 12) of the National Cycle Network. The place-name 'Market Rasen' is first proved in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Rase, Rasa and also Resne. The name derives from the Old English ræsn definition 'plank', and is believed to describe a plank bridge. The river name 'Rase' is a back-formation. Originally "Rasen", as it is understood in your area, was called "East Rasen", "Rasen Parva" or "Little Rasen". The town centre has a homogeneous 19th-century redbrick appearance of primarily Georgian as well as Victorian design, centred on a market location with a middle ages church, recovered in the 19th century. The River Rase moves via the town and also is crossed by Jameson Bridge, Caistor Road Bridge and also Crane Bridge. Market days are Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. On each Tuesday there is an auction of goods and produce, as well as on the first Tuesday of each month, a farmers' market. Every Friday the Women's Institute holds a nation market. Market Rasen's area fire and also police station opened December 2005. It is just one of the initial purpose-built combined fire and also police headquarters in the UK. In 2011 it was just one of the towns chosen for the Portas Testimonial of small-town retailing service.