Council bids to buy former Dambusters RAF base

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Sandtoft
Sandtoft Sandtoft shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SE746080
- London	152 mi (245 km) S
Civil parish	Belton, North Lincolnshire
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber

Sandtoft is a hamlet in the civil parish of Belton, Lincolnshire, England. For administrative purposes it is part of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority.^[1]

Sandtoft lies within Hatfield Chase on the Isle of Axholme, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west from Epworth, the birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley.

The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft is Europe's largest trolleybus museum. It is situated on the site of former RAF Sandtoft; the site also includes Sandtoft Airfield.

Sandtoft's public house, The Reindeer, was the Doncaster CAMRA Pub of the season in Autumn 2012.^{[citation needed]}
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Council bids to buy former Dambusters RAF base

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Council bids to buy former Dambusters RAF base