Sandtoft is a hamlet in the civil parish of Belton, North Lincolnshire (Where the population is included), England.

Sandtoft
The Reindeer Inn, Sandtoft
Sandtoft Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SE746080
• London	150 mi (240 km) S
Civil parish	Belton
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Doncaster
Postcode district	DN8
Dialling code	01724
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Brigg and Goole
Website	Belton Parish Council
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53.564010°N 0.874245°W / 53.564010; -0.874245

Sandtoft is in Hatfield Chase on the Isle of Axholme, 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Epworth.

Sandtoft has a public house, The Reindeer Inn.[1]

RAF Sandtoft was an RAF Bomber Command airfield. It opened in April 1944, closed in November 1945 and was sold for civilian uses in 1955. Today part of the site is Sandtoft Airfield and The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Europe's largest trolleybus museum, is on another part.

In 2021 it was incorrectly signposted as part of Yorkshire.[2]

Sandtoft and nearby Epworth, Lincolnshire were centres of unrest during the 17th draining of The Fens.[3]

References

Further reading

• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John (1964). Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 190.

External links

Media related to Sandtoft at Wikimedia Commons

• Isle of Axholme website

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