Country: | England | ||||||
Static Image Caption: | Former Wigsley airfield, and wind turbine, aerial 2015 | ||||||
Coordinates: | 53.22°N -0.71°W | ||||||
Official Name: | Wigsley | ||||||
Population: | 118 | ||||||
Population Ref: | (2021) | ||||||
Shire District: | Newark and Sherwood | ||||||
Shire County: | Nottinghamshire | ||||||
Region: | East Midlands | ||||||
Constituency Westminster: | Newark | ||||||
Post Town: | NEWARK | ||||||
Postcode District: | NG23 | ||||||
Postcode Area: | NG | ||||||
Dial Code: | 01522 | ||||||
Os Grid Reference: | SK 860701 | ||||||
Type: | Village and civil parish | ||||||
Static Image Name: | Former Wigsley airfield, and wind turbine, aerial 2015 - geograph.org.uk - 4698053.jpg | ||||||
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Static Image 2 Caption: | Parish map | ||||||
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.92 | ||||||
London Distance Mi: | 120 | ||||||
London Direction: | SSE |
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. 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.