Sandtoft is a hamlet in the civil parish of Belton, North Lincolnshire, England.
| Sandtoft | |
|---|---|
 The Reindeer Inn, Sandtoft | |
  Sandtoft Location within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE746080 |
| • London | 150 mi (240 km) S |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Doncaster |
| Postcode district | DN8 |
| Dialling code | 01724 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Belton Parish Council |
Sandtoft is in Hatfield Chase on the Isle of Axholme, 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Epworth. The village was served by the Isle of Axholme Joint Railway and was on the Fockerby branch with a goods station serving the former RAF airfield.
RAF Sandtoft was an RAF Bomber Command airfield. 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.
Sandtoft and nearby Epworth, Lincolnshire were centres of unrest during the 17th draining of The Fens.[1]
References
edit- ^ James Boyce Imperial Mud: The Fight for the Fens, Icon Books, 2020.
Further reading
edit- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John (1964). Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 190.
External links
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