Retford
Retford, also known as East Retford, is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the River Idle and the Chesterfield Canal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 22,000 residents
- Description: town in Nottinghamshire, England
- Also known as: “East Retford”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Retford Town Hall and Bassetlaw Museum.
Retford Town Hall
Town hall
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Retford Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square, Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. The town hall, which was the meeting place of Retford Borough Council, is a grade II listed building. It is still used for meetings of Bassetlaw District Council.
Bassetlaw Museum
Museum
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The Bassetlaw Museum is a museum on Grove Street in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. It documents the history of North Nottinghamshire from the earliest times to the present day.
St Swithun’s Church, East Retford
Church
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St Swithun's Church is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ordsall and Tiln.
Ordsall
Village
Ordsall is an area and former civil parish in Retford, in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. The Bassetlaw ward of the same name had a population of 14,194 at the 2011 census. All Hallows' Church serves the village and is situated beside the River Idle at the south side of Ordsall, an area sometimes referred to as "Old Ordsall".
Tiln
Hamlet
Tiln is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hayton, in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It is located on the River Idle, 2 miles north of Retford, a mile north of Bolham and ½ mile from Retford Sewage Works. Tiln is situated 2 miles north of Retford.
Clarborough
Village
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Clarborough is a village in the civil parish of Clarborough and Welham, in the district of Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, England. Clarborough is located 2 miles north-east from the centre of Retford. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 1305. Clarborough is situated 2 miles northeast of Retford.
Retford
- Categories: unparished area, market town, and locality
- Location: Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.32313° or 53° 19′ 23″ northLongitude
-0.94249° or 0° 56′ 33″ westPopulation
22,000Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 21651853OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Retford” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Retford”
- Basque: “Retford”
- Bulgarian: “Ретфорд”
- Cebuano: “Retford”
- Chinese: “雷特福德”
- Dutch: “Retford”
- French: “Retford”
- German: “Retford”
- Hebrew: “רטפורד”
- Irish: “Retford”
- Italian: “Retford”
- Japanese: “レットフォード”
- Japanese: “レトフォード”
- Ladin: “Retford”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Retford”
- Persian: “رتفورد”
- Polish: “Retford”
- Romanian: “Retford”
- Russian: “Ретфорд”
- South Azerbaijani: “رتفورد”
- Swedish: “Retford”
- Volapük: “Retford”
- Welsh: “Retford”
- “Retford”
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