Torksey
Torksey is a small village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 875. It is situated on the A156 road, 7 miles south of Gainsborough and 9 miles north-west of Lincoln, and on the eastern bank of the tidal River Trent, which here forms the boundary with Nottinghamshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 777 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Torksey, Lincolnshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Peter and Torksey Castle.
Torksey Castle
Ruins
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torksey Castle is an Elizabethan manor house located in the village of Torksey on the east bank of the River Trent in Lincolnshire, England. It is 12 miles northwest of Lincoln on the A156 road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coates and Church Laneham.
Coates
Hamlet
Coates is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 8 miles south of Gainsborough. on the west bank of the River Trent. The hamlet is within the North Leverton with Habblesthorpe civil parish. Coates is situated 2 miles northwest of Torksey.
Church Laneham
Hamlet
Photo: Katy Walters, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church Laneham is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 9 miles east of Retford, on the west bank of the tidal section of the River Trent. Church Laneham is situated 2 miles southwest of Torksey.
Littleborough
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littleborough is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sturton le Steeple, in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. Littleborough is situated 2½ miles north of Torksey.
Torksey
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Torksey, West Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.30028° or 53° 18′ 1″ northLongitude
-0.74489° or 0° 44′ 42″ westPopulation
777Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C5X8724+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 243891704OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2635670Wikidata ID
Q574397
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Torksey”. Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.