Cranwell

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Cranwell
Cranwell village centre, view of the medieval buttercross base with later addition
Cranwell Location within Lincolnshire
Population	2,827 (2011)
OS grid reference	TF034502
• London	105 mi (169 km) S
Civil parish	Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap
District	North Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SLEAFORD
Postcode district	NG34
Dialling code	01400
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sleaford and North Hykeham
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°02′12″N 0°27′43″W / 53.0367°N 0.4619°W / 53.0367; -0.4619

Cranwell is a village in the civil parish of Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Sleaford and 14 miles (23 km) south-east from Lincoln. The principal through road, the B1429 between the A15 to the east and the A17 to the west, joins the village to RAF Cranwell. The appropriate civil parish is called Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap with a population of 2,827 at the 2011 census.^[1]