Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
Military aviation museum in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire.
Attractions in Stickney
Photo: Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, Richard Croft (CC BY-SA 2.0)Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre and more near Stickney
Nothing on our list is inside Stickney’s built-up area; the 4 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. They include a museum, a wildlife park and a theme park. About 40K people a year visit Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre. Set 8.4 km out, Bolingbroke Castle makes a day trip.
In Stickney
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
4
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
1
in or near town
Best known
Leading the list near Stickney
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre aside, the next best known are a wildlife park, a theme park and an attraction.
MuseumLincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre4.6 km outside town, to the north · 40K visitors a yearWildlife parkWildlife parkARK Wildlife & Dinosaur Park300 m outside town, to the northwestTheme parkTheme parkEvergreens Miniature Railway3.8 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionSibsey Trader Mill4.8 km outside town, to the southEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map
The places, mapped
The map ends at Sibsey Trader Mill, 5.7 km out.
The dashed line is Stickney’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
Kind by kind
Between them they are a museum, a wildlife park and a theme park.
Museums & galleries 1 museum0 in town · 1 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 wildlife park · 1 theme park0 in town · 2 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction0 in town · 1 nearby
Green: inside Stickney. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
Every one of them
Its 4 places all lie within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
3 listed buildings are on Stickney’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Stickney →
Big names nearby
Around the region
Start with Bolingbroke Castle, 8.4 km off, the best known of 12.
Castle · English HeritageBolingbroke Castle8.4 km north
CathedralLincoln Cathedral40 km northwest
Historic house · National TrustTattershall Castle13 km west
CastleLincoln Castle40 km northwest
Abbey or prioryRevesby Abbey6.1 km northwest
Abbey or prioryKirkstead Abbey16 km west
MuseumHeckington railway station24 km southwest
MuseumHeckington Windmill24 km southwest
Historic houseGunby Hall16 km northeastMuseumMuseumGordon Boswell Romany Museum37 km south
Abbey or prioryHaverholme Priory25 km west
Abbey or prioryBardney Abbey27 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Stickney (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Your questions on Stickney
What is there to see near Stickney?
No attraction is mapped inside Stickney itself. Within 5 km of it are Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, ARK Wildlife & Dinosaur Park, Evergreens Miniature Railway and Sibsey Trader Mill.
Does Stickney have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Stickney: Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Stickney?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Bolingbroke Castle (English Heritage), 8.4 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Stickney?
Within 40 km: Bolingbroke Castle (8.4 km), Lincoln Cathedral (40 km), Tattershall Castle (13 km), Lincoln Castle (40 km).
Where are Stickney’s historic buildings listed?
Stickney has 3 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Stickney when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (12)
- Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bolingbroke Castle: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lincoln Cathedral: DrMoschi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tattershall Castle: Brian from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lincoln Castle: Dmitrij M, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Revesby Abbey: Paul Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirkstead Abbey: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Heckington railway station: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Heckington Windmill: User:Warofdreams, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Gunby Hall: Bob Cantwell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Haverholme Priory: Steve Tapster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bardney Abbey: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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