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Folkingham

Folkingham is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

Folkingham
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The place

Folkingham is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the A15 road 11 miles (18 km) north of Bourne and 10 miles (16 km) south of Sleaford. The 2001 Census gave a population of 729, rising to 796 at the 2011 census, and estimated at 795 in 2016.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Folkingham

7 places 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.

  1. 01
    St James' Church, Aslackby

    St James the Great Church is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church dedicated to James, son of Zebedee in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England. The church is 7 miles north from Bourne, and in the Aslackby and Laughton parish on the eastern edge the South Kesteven Lincolnshire Vales.

    3.2 km · church in Aslackby, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Folkingham Castle

    Folkingham Castle is located near the village of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. The castle was the caput baroniae of the barony of Folkingham.

    200 m · castle in Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St. Andrew's Church, Folkingham

    The Church of St Andrew in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England, is Grade I–listed Anglican church. Originating in the late 12th century, it was largely completed by the late 15th, with restorations carried out in 1825, 1858 and 1860.

    400 m · church in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Aslackby Preceptory

    Aslackby Preceptory in Lincolnshire lay to the south-east of Aslackby Church. Until about 1891 a tower, possibly of the preceptory church, together with a vaulted undercroft, survived as part the Temple farmhouse.

    3.2 km · historic site in The Temple Farm · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Sempringham Priory

    Sempringham Priory was a priory in Lincolnshire, England, located in the medieval hamlet of Sempringham, to the northwest of Pointon. Today, all that remains of the priory is a marking on the ground where the walls stood and a square, which are identifiable only in aerial photos of the vicinity.

    3.2 km · building in Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Peter's Church, Threekingham

    St Peter's Church is a church in Threekingham, Lincolnshire. It is dedicated to St.

    3.2 km · church in Threekingham, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Folkingham Manor House

    Folkingham Manor House is a historic manor house, which was built around 1650, and is located at 8 Market Place, Folkingham.

    200 m · house in Folkingham, South Kesteven, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Folkingham

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 62 km · Birmingham (BHX), 103 km · London Luton (LTN), 113 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Folkingham
    50 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £6–7
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Folkingham
    110 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £13–17
  • Luton, Luton → Folkingham
    112 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £12–16
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Folkingham

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 Folkingham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    252 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    348 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    362 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    429 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    463 km

If you know how people move in Folkingham – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Folkingham

Folkingham is 50 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.