  We present HST/WFPC2 images of the symbiotic star V1016 Cyg which, for the
first time, directly explore the inner regions of the nebula to AU scales at
optical wavelengths. They also suggest that the [OIII] 4959,5007 emission takes
place in a bipolar outflow. We use these images to determine the position of
the two stars and hence a projected binary separation of 84 AU (assuming a
distance of 2 kpc) and a position angle of 143.5 degrees. Furthermore, we
combine our images with VLA radio imaging which enables diagnostic tests to be
applied and properties of the circumstellar nebula to be determined. Finally we
have obtained archive HST/STIS spectra of V1016 Cyg with which we were able to
spatially resolve the source at various positions in the nebula. This enabled
discovery of the ultraviolet counterpart to the ~25 arcsec extended emission
found by Bang et al. (1992).
