Market Rasen is a community as well as civil parish within the West Lindsey area of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase goes through it eastern to west, around 13 miles (21 kilometres) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29 kilometres) east from Gainsborough and 16 miles (26 kilometres) south-west from Grimsby. The community is understood for Market Rasen Racecourse as well as 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 small market community on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The town pushes the main road in between Lincoln and also Grimsby, the A46 and gets on National Cycle Route 1 (part of EuroVelo 12) of the National Cycle Network. The place-name 'Market Rasen' is first testified in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Rase, Rasa and Resne. The name stems from the Old English ræsn significance 'slab', as well as is thought to describe a plank bridge. The river name 'Rase' is a back-formation. Initially "Rasen", as it is recognized in your area, was called "East Rasen", "Rasen Parva" or "Little Rasen". The community centre has a homogeneous 19th-century redbrick appearance of primarily Georgian as well as Victorian style, centred on a market area with a medieval church, restored in the 19th century. The River Rase moves with the community and 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 as well as produce, 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 and also police headquarters opened December 2005. It is just one of the very first purpose-built combined fire and also police stations in the UK. In 2011 it was one of the towns selected for the Portas Evaluation of sectarian selling organisation.