Skellingthorpe

Skellingthorpe
St Lawrence's Church
Skellingthorpe is located in Lincolnshire
Skellingthorpe
Skellingthorpe
Location within Lincolnshire
Population3,465 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK924719
• London125 mi (201 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLincoln
Postcode districtLN6
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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53°14′08″N 0°37′07″W / 53.23556°N 0.61861°W / 53.23556; -0.61861

Skellingthorpe is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 3,465.[1] It is situated 3 miles (5 km) west of Lincoln, 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Saxilby, 6 miles (10 km) northwest of North Hykeham and 15 miles (24 km) east of Tuxford.

The village of Doddington and Doddington Hall lie 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-west. Birchwood estate, built in the 1970s on the site of RAF Skellingthorpe, is 1 mile to the south-east.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 May 2016.