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Photo of Heckington Windmill, a windmill in Lincolnshire, central England.

Heckington Windmill© jpennycook / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Ruskington StationRuskington

14 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Photo of Heckington Windmill, a windmill in Lincolnshire, central England.Highlight

Heckington Windmill

Windmill near Heckington

The only surviving eight-sailed windmill in the country, a working brick tower producing wholemeal and white flour beside the station.

9.2 km SE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Cogglesford Watermill, a windmill near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, central England.

Cogglesford Watermill

Windmill near Sleaford

Working 18th-century watermill on the River Slea at Sleaford, milling flour on event days on a site used for over a thousand years.

4.6 km S

Photo of St Andrew's Church, Heckington, a church in Lincolnshire, central England.

St Andrew's Church, Heckington

Church near Heckington

A jewel of the Decorated style, its carved Easter Sepulchre and flowing window tracery among the best in England.

8.4 km SE

Mayfield Vineyard

Vineyard near Burton Pedwardine

Rural vineyard near Sleaford producing English white, rose, red and sparkling wines, with tastings by appointment.

8.9 km S

Heckington

Village

Fen-edge village famous for its eight-sailed windmill, the only surviving one in the country, and an elaborate Decorated church.

9.2 km SE · Lincolnshire

Photo along the Viking Way, a 147-mile long-distance path running from Barton-upon-Humber to Oakham, central England.

Viking Way

Long-distance path

Through the old Danelaw from the Humber Bridge, over the Lincolnshire Wolds and along the limestone Edge to Rutland Water.

9.5 km W · Lincolnshire, Rutland & Leicestershire

Everything else within 10 km (8) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.