RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincoln

#53 among attractions in Lincoln

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Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe or more simply RAF Skellingthorpe is a former Royal Air Force station which was operational during the Second World War. It was located just west of the city of Lincoln, England about 2.5 miles south-east of the village of Skellingthorpe on a field previously called Black Moor. After its closure the site was developed as the Birchwood estate. ()

Built: 1941 (83 years ago)Coordinates: 53°12'50"N, 0°36'11"W

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RAF Skellingthorpe – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Doddington Hall, Brayford Pool, Hartsholme Country Park, St Peter at Gowts.

2.1 miW
Museum, Garden, Historical place
Doddington Hall, Lincoln
55 min walk • Doddington Hall is, from the outside, an Elizabethan prodigy house or mansion complete with walled courtyards and a gabled gatehouse. Inside it was largely updated in the 1760s. It is located in the village of Doddington, to the west of the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
2.6 miNE
Harbor, Scenic walking areas, Park
Brayford Pool, Lincoln
66 min walk • The Brayford Pool is a natural lake formed from a widening of the River Witham in the centre of the city of Lincoln in England.
0.6 miE
Park
Hartsholme Country Park, Lincoln
17 min walk • Hartsholme Country Park lies about 3 miles southwest of the city centre of Lincoln in the East Midlands of England. Access is from the Skellingthorpe Road. Hartsholme Country Park covers more than 200 acres and was designated in 1974 and opened in 1979. It contains a camping area for tents, caravans and motor caravans.
2.5 miE
Church
St Peter at Gowts, Lincoln
63 min walk • St Peter at Gowts is a Grade I listed parish church in Lincoln, England.
1.9 miE
Forest, Nature and wildlife, Park
Boultham Park, Lincoln
49 min walk • Boultham Park is a public park in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. Originally the park for the Boultham Hall, it was purchased in 1929 by the City of Lincoln Council, and opened as a public park for the people of Lincoln. The house was demolished in 1959. The park is Grade II listed.
2.3 miE
Monastery
St. Catherine's Priory, Lincoln
60 min walk • St. Katherine's Priory also known as The Priory of Saint Katherine without Lincoln was a Gilbertine priory of Canons Regular on the Fosse Way just outside the walls of Lincoln, England.
2.2 miNE
53°14'2"N • 0°33'37"W
Carholme Golf Club, Lincoln
58 min walk • Golf
2.3 miE
Memorial
Eleanor cross, Lincoln
60 min walk • The Eleanor crosses were a series of twelve tall and lavishly decorated stone monuments topped with crosses erected in a line down part of the east of England.
2.5 miE
Ruins
John of Gaunt's Palace, Lincoln
64 min walk • John of Gaunt's Palace was a late 14th-century merchant's house which stood in the lower part of Lincoln High Street, opposite the St Mary Guildhall. It was progressively demolished from the late 18th century until the 1960s. The very fine oriel window from the building has been preserved in the gatehouse of Lincoln Castle.
2.3 miS
Monastery, Park
North Hykeham Priory
59 min walk • North Hykeham Priory was a priory in Lincolnshire, England. This priory is only mentioned in the Patent Roll of Edward IV, 1462, when it was granted to the college called 'God's House,' at Cambridge.
2.4 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, Lincoln
63 min walk • The Lincoln Performing Arts Centre is a 446-seat multi-purpose auditorium, designed for live arts performances, conferences, and film screenings, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, and part of the University of Lincoln.