Ravenshead

Ravenshead is a large village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England. It borders Papplewick, Newstead Abbey and Blidworth, and is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys area.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ravenshead Library and Portland College.

Ravenshead Library

Library

Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Portland College

College

Photo: Stavros1, Public domain.

Portland College is an education establishment near Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated in 20 acres of Sherwood Forest, approximately 3 miles south of the town of Mansfield. Portland College has around 270 students, aged between 16 and 60.

Papplewick Pumping Station

Museum

Photo: vic mcclymont, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Papplewick Pumping Station, situated in open agricultural land approximately 3 miles by road from the Nottinghamshire village of Papplewick, was built by Nottingham Corporation Water Department between 1881 and 1884 to pump water from the Bunter sandstone to provide drinking water to the City of Nottingham, in England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hucknall and Blidworth.

Hucknall

Photo: Chris Eaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hucknall is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, 7 miles north of Nottingham, 7 miles southeast of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 9 miles from Mansfield and 10 miles south of Sutton-in-Ashfield.

Blidworth

Village

Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Blidworth is a village and civil parish approximately five miles east of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,457, this dropped to 4,295 in the 2021 census. Blidworth is situated 2 miles northeast of Ravenshead.

Ravenshead

Type: Locality
Location: Gedling District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.0839° or 53° 5′ 2″ north

Longitude

-1.1584° or 1° 9′ 30″ west

Elevation

430 feet (131 metres)

Open location code

9C5W3RMR+HJ

GeoNames ID

7296932

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