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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 Sleaford StationSleaford

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

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

8 km E

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.

1 km NE

Mayfield Vineyard

Vineyard near Burton Pedwardine

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

6 km SE

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.

7.6 km E

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.

8.1 km W · Lincolnshire, Rutland & Leicestershire

Heckington

Village

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

8.1 km E · Lincolnshire

Photo of The Houblon Inn, a pub near Oasby, Lincolnshire, central England.

The Houblon Inn

Pub near Oasby

Village free house at Oasby, the quintessential quiet Lincolnshire country pub on the lanes south of Sleaford.

9 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (10) — 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.