Market Rasen is a town and also civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it eastern to west, around 13 miles (21 kilometres) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29 kilometres) east from Gainsborough and also 16 miles (26 kilometres) south-west from Grimsby. The town is understood for Market Rasen Racecourse and being close to the epicentre of a 2008 quake. 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 community pushes the highway between Lincoln and Grimsby, the A46 as well as is 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 looks like Rase, Rasa and also Resne. The name originates from the Old English ræsn definition 'plank', as well as is believed to refer to a plank bridge. The river name 'Rase' is a back-formation. Initially "Rasen", as it is understood in your area, was called "East Rasen", "Rasen Parva" or "Little Rasen". The community centre has an uniform 19th-century redbrick look of mostly Georgian as well as Victorian architecture, centred on a market location with a middle ages church, brought back in the 19th century. The River Rase streams via the community as well as is crossed by Jameson Bridge, Caistor Road Bridge and also Crane Bridge. Market days are Tuesdays, Fridays and also Saturdays. On each Tuesday there is an auction of products and generate, and also on the first Tuesday of on a monthly basis, a farmers' market. Every Friday the Women's Institute holds a nation market. Market Rasen's community fire as well as police station opened December 2005. It is just one of the initial purpose-built consolidated fire as well as police headquarters in the UK. In 2011 it was one of the towns chosen for the Portas Evaluation of small-town selling business.