Cranwell
Cranwell is a village in the civil parish of Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.
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.
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Worth seeing in and around Cranwell
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Central Flying School
The Central Flying School is the Royal Air Force's primary institution for the training of military flying instructors. Established in 1912 at the Upavon Aerodrome, it is the longest existing flying training school in the world.
2.2 km · flying training school of the Royal Air Force which trains military flying instructors · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cranwell
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 62 km · Birmingham (BHX), 108 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 122 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Cranwell47 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Cranwell115 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £13–17
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Cranwell111 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Cranwell
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cranwell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Cranwell – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Cranwell
Cranwell is 47 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leapcivil parish in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England1 km
- Roxholmcivil parish in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England2.4 km
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