Nocton
Nocton is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.
Nocton is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1202 road, 7 miles (11 km) south-east from Lincoln city centre. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 819. To the east of the village is Nocton Fen with its small settlement of Wasps Nest. To the west of the village, situated at the junction of Wellhead Lane and the B1188 road, is Nocton Top Cottages consisting of eight further dwellings. At the south of the village are the remains of Nocton Hall, and 1 mile (2 km) to the east the earthwork remains of Nocton Park Priory.
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Worth seeing in and around Nocton
2 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.
- 01Metheringham Windmill
Metheringham Windmill, locally known as The Old Meg Flour Mill, was a six-storeyed, six-sailed, and tarred slender Lincolnshire type windmill with the typical white ogee cap and fantail. The mill is derelict.
3.1 km · tower mill in Metheringham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Nocton Hall
Nocton Hall is a historic Grade II listed building in the village of Nocton, in Lincolnshire, England. The plaque on the north face of the Hall indicates that the original building dates back to about 1530 but since then there have been two notable reconstructions.
400 m · grade II listed English country house in Nocton, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Nocton
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 71 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 113 km · Birmingham (BHX), 119 km
- Stations
- Metheringham railway station, 3.4 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Nocton54 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £6–9
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Nocton103 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £12–16
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Nocton125 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £14–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Nocton
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 Nocton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe medieval spine of town isn't suitable for anything more elaborate than a pack-mule or hand-cart.
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Next door to Nocton
Nocton is 54 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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