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Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England · United Kingdom

# Holton le Clay

Holton-le-Clay is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, around 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Grimsby.

![Holton le Clay](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Holton-Le-Clay_Church_2022.jpg/3840px-Holton-Le-Clay_Church_2022.jpg)

Holton le Clay · Wikimedia Commons

The place

Holton-le-Clay is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, around 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Grimsby.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holton-le-Clay), CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Holton le Clay

4 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. St Martin's Church St Martin's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Waithe, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. 2.1 km · church in Waithe, Lincolnshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church,_Waithe)
2. Church of St Peter The Church of St Peter is the Grade II\* listed Anglican parish church for the village of Holton-le-Clay in Lincolnshire. It is dedicated to St Peter and consists of chancel, nave, and an embattled tower with three bells. 200 m · church in Holton-le-Clay, Lincolnshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter,_Holton-le-Clay)
3. St Helen's Church, North Thoresby St Helen's Church is the Anglican parish church in the village of North Thoresby in Lincolnshire, England. Built of squared limestone rubble, chalk and limestone coursed rubble, the church is a Grade II\* listed building with diverse stonework dating from Saxon, Norman, and Elizabethan restorations. 4 km · church in North Thoresby, Lincolnshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Helen%27s_Church,_North_Thoresby)
4. Humberston Abbey Humberston Abbey was an abbey in Humberston, Lincolnshire, England. The Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Peter was founded in 1160 by William son of Ralf, son of Drogo, son of Hermer, as an abbey of the Tironensian Order. 3.3 km · abbey in Humberston, North East Lincolnshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberston_Abbey)

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

## Getting to Holton le Clay

**Airports:** Leeds Bradford (LBA), 113 km · East Midlands (EMA), 113 km · Manchester (MAN), 148 km\
**Stations:** RAF Grimsby, 1.6 km\

- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Holton le Clay 103 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £12–16 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/leeds-west-yorkshire-to-holton-le-clay) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Leeds%2C+West+Yorkshire&to=Holton+le+Clay)
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Holton le Clay 95 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £11–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nottingham-leicestershire-to-holton-le-clay) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nottingham%2C+Leicestershire&to=Holton+le+Clay)
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Holton le Clay 144 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £17–23 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manchester-greater-manchester-to-holton-le-clay) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester%2C+Greater+Manchester&to=Holton+le+Clay)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Holton%20le%20Clay)

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Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Holton le Clay

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around

- Get in It's also a base for helicopter transfers to the offshore oil and gas rigs, and for private aviation.

From [Wikivoyage: Grimsby](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Grimsby), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done

1. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 325 km
2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 335 km
3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 400 km
4. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 406 km
5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 432 km

If you know how people move in Holton le Clay – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cholton-le-clay&title=Holton+le+Clay&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fholton-le-clay), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Holton le Clay

Holton le Clay is 32 km from [Kingston upon Hull](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kingston-upon-hull), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

- [Tetney](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tetney) village in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK 3.2 km
- [Waltham](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/waltham) village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England 3.1 km
- [Humberston](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/humberston) village in Lincolnshire, England, UK 3.4 km
- [New Waltham](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/new-waltham) village in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom 2.2 km
- [Grainsby](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/grainsby) hamlet and civil parish in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom 3.5 km
- [Ashby cum Fenby](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ashby-cum-fenby) village in Lincolnshire, England, UK 3.9 km

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