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.
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″ northLongitude
-1.1584° or 1° 9′ 30″ westElevation
430 feet (131 metres)Open location code
9C5W3RMR+HJGeoNames ID
7296932
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