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Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditional county town is Nottingham, though the county council is based in West Bridgford in the borough of Rushcliffe, at a site facing Nottingham over the River Trent. The districts of Nottinghamshire are Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, and Rushcliffe.

Located at 53.1667, -1 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Nottinghamshire, Non-metropolitan counties, East Midlands

Bilsthorpe

Bilsthorpe is a village in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,076. It is about five miles south of Ollerton, and near the junction of the A614 and A617. The village has 2 children's play-parks as well as a small sized duck-pond. It has also a members only fishing lake created from the remains of the old mines slag heap. The village's colliery closed in 1997 after 70 years in use.

Located at 53.1333, -1.03333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villages in Nottinghamshire

Rufford Abbey

Rufford Abbey is an country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, some 2 miles (4 km) south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Part of the house was demolished in the 20th century, but the remains, standing in 150 acres of park and woodland, are open to the public as a country park.

Located at 53.1753, -1.03556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Country houses in Nottinghamshire, Monasteries in Nottinghamshire, Cistercian monasteries in England, English Heritage sites in Nottinghamshire, Ruins in Nottinghamshire, Christian monasteries established in the 12th century, Religious organizations established in the 1140s, 1147 establishments in England, 1536 disestablishments in England

Kirklington, Nottinghamshire

Kirklington is an affluent village and civil parish in the English county of Nottinghamshire. Administratively Kirklington forms part of the Newark and Sherwood district. Kirklington lies on the A617 road almost midway between Newark (9½ miles to the east) and Mansfield (10 miles to the west). Kirklington once had a railway station on the Mansfield-Southwell line; it was closed to passenger traffic in 1929 and goods trains in 1964. The former trackbed is now the Southwell Trail footpath.

Located at 53.1113, -0.9856 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Villages in Nottinghamshire

Ollerton railway station

Ollerton railway station is a former railway station in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway in March 1897 and closed by British Railways in 1955. Some time later a branch was built to serve Ollerton Colliery. In the mid-twentieth century, the LMS and LNER jointly proposed a coal line to be called the Mid-Notts Joint Railway from Bestwood Park Junction, near Nottingham to Checker House Junction on the former GCR line near Retford.

Located at 53.1943, -1.0291 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Nottinghamshire, Former Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1896, Railway stations closed in 1964