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Wigsley
Village and civil parish
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Former Wigsley airfield, and wind turbine, aerial 2015
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Wigsley
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area1.92 sq mi (5.0 km2)
Population118 (2021)
  Density 61/sq mi (24/km2)
OS grid reference SK 860701
  London 120 mi (190 km)  SSE
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Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWARK
Postcode district NG23
Dialling code 01522
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament
Website www.hugofox.com/community/wigsley-village-13420
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Nottinghamshire
53°13′N0°43′W / 53.22°N 0.71°W / 53.22; -0.71

Wigsley is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 178 (including Spalford), [1] Wigsley alone reported 118 residents in the 2021 census. [2] It is located 10 miles west of Lincoln. To the south-west of the village are the remains of R.A.F. Wigsley airfield. Wigsley is one of the Thankful Villages – those rare places that were spared fatalities in the Great War of 1914 to 1918.

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References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Wigsley parish (E04007956)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 7 February 2024.

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