List of places of interest in Nottinghamshire

This is a list of places of interest in the British county of Nottinghamshire. See List of places in Nottinghamshire for a list of settlements in Nottinghamshire.

1 Rushcliffe, 2 Broxtowe, 3 Ashfield, 4 Gedling, 5 Newark and Sherwood, 6 Mansfield, 7 Bassetlaw, 8 Nottingham.

Ashfield

Name	Image	Location	Type	Description	Notes
Annesley Old Church		Annesley	Church	Medieval church built in 1356 by the Annesley family.	Grade I listed building Scheduled Ancient Monument

Bassetlaw

Name	Location	Type	Description	Notes
Chesterfield Canal	West Stockwith	Canal	Shared with Derbyshire and South Yorkshire 46 mile-long canal, built in 1777, running 46 miles from West Stockwith to Chesterfield.	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Clumber Park	The Dukeries	Country park	Former seat of the Earl of Lincoln.	Site of Special Scientific Interest National Trust property
Creswell Crags	Cresswell	Gorge	Shared with Derbyshire Limestone gorge containing the northernmost cave art in Europe.	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Idle Valley Nature Reserve	Retford	Nature reserve		Site of Special Scientific Interest
Mattersey Priory	Mattersey	Priory		English Heritage property
Mr Straw's House	Worksop	Historic House	Edwardian house built in 1905 with an interior that has remained largely unchanged since the 1920s.	National Trust property
River Idle	Markham Moor	River	26 mile-long river running from Markham Moor to Misterton.	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Serlby Hall	Blyth	Country house	18th century Country house built in 1740 by James Paine for John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway.	Grade I listed building
St. Mary and St. Martin’s Church	Blyth	Church	Medieval church built in 1088, with a priory that is one of the oldest examples of Norman architecture in the country.	Grade I listed building
St. Peter's Church	Clayworth	Church	11th century church with parts dating from a substantial restoration by John Oldrid Scott in 1874.	Grade I listed building

Other

Broxtowe

Name	Location	Type	Description	Notes
Attenborough Nature Reserve	Attenborough	Nature reserve		Site of Special Scientific Interest
D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum	Museum	Eastwood	Museum dedicated to the life of D. H. Lawrence.
Durban House Heritage Centre	Museum	Eastwood	Museum dedicated to the history of Eastwood.

Gedling

Name	Image	Location	Type	Description	Notes
Newstead Abbey		Newstead	Priory	Augustinian priory founded in 1170, best known as the home of Lord Byron.	Grade I listed building
Papplewick Pumping Station		Papplewick	Pumping station	Victorian pumping station built in 1881 to provide water for the city of Nottingham.	Grade II* listed building Scheduled Ancient Monument

Name	Location	Type	Notes
British Horological Institute	Upton	Museum
Newark Air Museum	Winthorpe	Museum
Newark Castle	Newark-on-Trent	Castle	Grade I listed building
Rufford Abbey	Rufford	Abbey	English Heritage property
The Workhouse	Southwell	Museum	National Trust property

Nottingham

Name	Location	Type	Description	Notes
Colwick Cutting	Sneinton	Woodland		Site of Special Scientific Interest
Galleries of Justice Museum	Nottingham	Museum
Green's Mill	Sneinton	Windmill		Grade II listed building
Nottingham Castle	Nottingham	Castle		Grade I listed building
Nottingham Contemporary	Nottingham	Museum
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre	Ruddington	Museum	Museum dedicated to transport, housed in the northern terminus of the Great Central Railway.
Wollaton Hall	Nottingham	Country house	Elizabethan country house built in 1580, now a museum dedicated to natural history.	Grade I listed building

Other

Rushcliffe

Name	Image	Location	Type	Description	Notes
Holme Pierrepont Hall		Holme Pierrepont	Historic House		Grade I listed building

Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire

Unitary authorities	Nottingham

Boroughs or districts	Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark and Sherwood Rushcliffe

Major settlements	Arnold Beeston Bingham Bulwell Carlton Cotgrave Eastwood Harworth Hucknall Kimberley Kirkby-in-Ashfield Mansfield Newark Nottingham Ollerton Rainworth Retford Southwell Stapleford Sutton-in-Ashfield West Bridgford Worksop See also: List of civil parishes in Nottinghamshire

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