Sleaford topographic map
Interactive map
Click on the map to display elevation.
About this map
Although hardly damaged in the First and Second World Wars, Sleaford has close links with the Royal Air Force due to proximity to several RAF bases, including RAF Cranwell and RAF Waddington. Lincolnshire's topography – flat and open countryside – and its location in the east of the country made it ideal for the airfields being constructed in the First World War. Work began on Cranwell in late 1915; it was designated an RAF base in 1918 and the RAF College opened in 1920 as the world's first air academy. A Cranwell branch railway linking Sleaford station with the RAF base opened in 1917 and closed in 1956. During the Second World War, Lincolnshire was "the most significant location for bomber command" and Rauceby Hospital, south-west of Sleaford, was requisitioned by the RAF as a specialist burns unit which the plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe regularly visited.
Other topographic maps
Click on a map to view its topography, its elevation and its terrain.
Nocton
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Nocton, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN4 2BA, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 21 m
Quarrington
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Quarrington, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 8UJ, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 21 m
Aswarby
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Aswarby, Aswarby and Swarby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 8SD, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 21 m
Silk Willoughby
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Silk Willoughby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 8NZ, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 20 m
Kelby
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Kelby, Culverthorpe and Kelby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG32 3AJ, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 68 m
Great Hale
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Great Hale, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 9LE, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 7 m
Kirkby la Thorpe
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Kirkby la Thorpe, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 9NU, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 13 m
Welbourn
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Welbourn, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN5 0NW, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 50 m
Spanby
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Spanby, Threekingham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 0BB, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 18 m
Branston
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Branston, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN4 1NN, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 40 m
Ruskington
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Ruskington, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 9DU, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 14 m
Coleby
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Coleby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN5 0AG, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 50 m
Wilsford
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Wilsford, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 60 m
Greylees
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Greylees, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 8ZW, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 29 m
Ewerby
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Ewerby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 9PJ, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 11 m
Leadenham
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Leadenham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN5 0PN, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 48 m
Threekingham
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Threekingham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 0BH, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 27 m
Burton Pedwardine
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Burton Pedwardine, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 11 m
Dunston
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Dunston, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN4 2ES, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 21 m
Washingborough
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven > Washingborough
Washingborough, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 20 m
Heighington
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Heighington, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN4 1JU, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 20 m
Anwick
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Anwick, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 9SN, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 7 m
Scredington
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Scredington, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 0AE, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 12 m
Timberland
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Timberland, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN4 3RX, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 10 m
Heckington
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Heckington, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 4 m
Walcott
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Walcott, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN4 3SR, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 7 m
Helpringham
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven > Helpringham
Helpringham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, NG34 0RH, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 8 m
Bracebridge Heath
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 48 m
Brant Broughton
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Brant Broughton, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN5 0SQ, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 13 m
Martin
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Martin, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN4 3QY, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 10 m
Swaton Wood
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Swaton Wood, Swaton, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 14 m
South Rauceby
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
South Rauceby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 8QB, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 43 m
Navenby
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Navenby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 47 m
Welbourn
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Welbourn, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 50 m
Doddington
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven > Doddington
Doddington, Doddington and Whisby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, LN6 4RT, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 19 m
Ruskington
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Ruskington, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 16 m
Sutton
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven > Sutton
Sutton, Beckingham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, LN5 0RE, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 17 m
Osbournby
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Osbournby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 0DE, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 27 m
North Rauceby
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
North Rauceby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 8QP, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 50 m
Potterhanworth
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven > Potterhanworth
Potterhanworth, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, LN4 2DS, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 22 m
Threekingham
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven > Threekingham
Threekingham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 30 m
Billinghay
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Billinghay, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 4 m
South Hykeham
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
South Hykeham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 11 m
Swinderby
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Swinderby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN6 9LW, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 18 m
Norton Disney
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Norton Disney, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 17 m
Stragglethorpe
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Stragglethorpe, Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN5 0QZ, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 17 m
Swaton
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
Swaton, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 0JZ, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 8 m
North Scarle
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
North Scarle, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN6 9EX, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 10 m
South Kyme
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven
South Kyme, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, LN4 4BX, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 3 m
Witham St Hughs
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > North Kesteven > Witham St Hughs
Witham St Hughs, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, LN6 9UZ, United Kingdom
Average elevation: 17 m