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# Candlesby

Candlesby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Candlesby with Gunby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

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## Every way there

- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Candlesby 92 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £11–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nottingham-leicestershire-to-candlesby) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nottingham%2C+Leicestershire&to=Candlesby)
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Candlesby 133 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £15–20 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/leeds-west-yorkshire-to-candlesby) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Leeds%2C+West+Yorkshire&to=Candlesby)
- London, Essex → Candlesby 187 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · £20–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-essex-to-candlesby) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London%2C+Essex&to=Candlesby)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Candlesby, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Candlesby](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/candlesby)

What Candlesby has

- Y Scheduled flights Nottingham, Leicestershire (EMA), 108 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Grimsby, 46 km.

53.184°, 0.176°

It is situated 5 miles (8 km) east from Spilsby. Gunby is a hamlet about 1 mile (1.6 km) east from Candlesby. In 1961 the parish had a population of 144.

How locals move

## Getting around Candlesby the local way

- Get in The nearest ferry port to Skegness is King George Dock in Hull.

From [Wikivoyage: Skegness](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Skegness), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlesby), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: anonymous (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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