Not to be confused with the Dutch province of the same name

South Holland is a local government district of Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Spalding. Other notable towns and villages include Crowland, Sutton Bridge, Donington, Holbeach and Long Sutton. The district is named after the historical division of Lincolnshire known as the Parts of Holland.

The neighbouring districts are Boston, North Kesteven, South Kesteven, Peterborough, Fenland and King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the area of three former districts from the administrative county of Holland, which were all abolished at the same time:^[5]

• East Elloe Rural District
• Spalding Rural District
• Spalding Urban District

The new district was named South Holland referencing its position within Holland, one of the three historic parts of Lincolnshire.^[6]

In 2021 the district council joined East Lindsey District Council and Boston Borough Council in the "South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership" which shares management and other staff.^[7]

South Holland District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lincolnshire County Council.^[8] Much of the district is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government. The town of Spalding is an unparished area.^[9]

There were 76,512 residents in the district at the 2001 census.^[19] The median age was nearly 43.^[19] 82.6% of people in the district claimed to adhere to a Christian religion – the highest proportion of any district in the East Midlands.

The 2011 census reports 88,270 people at 1.2 per hectare in 37,264 households.^[20]

Much of the district is low-lying and highly fertile agricultural land which is protected from flooding by land drainage. This is the responsibility of the South Holland Internal Drainage Board and the Environment Agency.^[21]