Blidworth
Blidworth is a locality in Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, England. Blidworth is situated nearby to the locality Haywood Oaks, as well as near the village Rainworth.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary of the Purification and Papplewick Pumping Station.
Church of St Mary of the Purification
Church
Photo: David Hallam-Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Mary of the Purification is a parish church of the Church of England in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, dating from the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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. Papplewick Pumping Station is situated 2 miles south of Blidworth.
Joseph Whitaker School
School
Joseph Whitaker School is a secondary school with academy status in Rainworth near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in England. The school takes its name from Joseph Whitaker, a naturalist who lived in Rainworth at Rainworth Lodge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rainworth and Ravenshead.
Rainworth
Village
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Rainworth is a village in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. It is split between the local government districts of Newark and Sherwood and Mansfield.
Ravenshead
Village
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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.
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
- Type: Locality
- Location: Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.095° or 53° 5′ 42″ northLongitude
-1.1216° or 1° 7′ 18″ westElevation
446 feet (136 metres)Open location code
9C5W3VVH+X9GeoNames ID
7300888
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