Sandtoft, Lincolnshire
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 The Reindeer Inn, Sandtoft |
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| OS grid reference | SE746080 |
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| – London | 150 mi (240 km) S |
| Civil parish | Belton |
| Unitary authority | North Lincolnshire |
| Ceremonial county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Doncaster |
| Postcode district | DN8 |
| Dialling code | 01724 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Brigg and Goole |
| Website | Belton Parish Council |
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Coordinates: 53°33′50″N 0°52′27″W / 53.564010°N 0.874245°W
Sandtoft is a hamlet in the civil parish of Belton, North Lincolnshire, England.
Sandtoft is in Hatfield Chase on the Isle of Axholme, 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Epworth.
Sandtoft has a public house, The Reindeer Inn.[1]
RAF Sandtoft was an RAF Bomber Command airbase. It opened in April 1944, closed in November 1945 and was sold for civilian uses in 1955. Today part of the site is Sandtoft Airfield and The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Europe's largest trolleybus museum, is on another part.
References
Further reading
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John (1964). Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 190.
External links
Media related to Sandtoft, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons
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