Nottinghamshire
Newark & Sherwood District
Rufford

Rufford Abbey

Rufford Abbey is a country estate in , , England, two miles south of . Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: abbey in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Rufford Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management works, pre-monastic open-field system and post-medieval”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Major Oak and Center Parcs Sherwood Forest.

Photo: Galli, Public domain.
The is a large English oak near in the midst of , , England. According to local folklore, it was Robin Hood's shelter where he and his Merry Men slept. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Rufford Abbey.

Resort
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Center Parcs UK and Ireland is a short-break holiday company that operates six holiday villages in the United Kingdom and , with each covering about 400 acres of woodland. is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Rufford Abbey.

Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in , , England. is situated 1½ miles north of Rufford Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ollerton and Wellow.

Town
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of , England, on the edge of in the area known as the Dukeries. is situated 1½ miles north of Rufford Abbey.

Village
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is a village in , England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 444, increasing to 470 at the 2011 census, but falling slightly to 463 at the 2021 census. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Rufford Abbey.

Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sherwood Forest in is the last surviving tract of primeval forest in England. In medieval times it was a royal hunting forest – the shire or sher wood of Nottinghamshire – and it became the setting for the legend of Robin Hood.

Rufford Abbey

Latitude
53.17642° or 53° 10′ 35″ north
Longitude
-1.03567° or 1° 2′ 8″ west
Elevation
190 feet (58 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C5W5XG7+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 455986445
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11594095
Wiki­data ID
Q964363
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Rufford Abbey” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rufford Abbey”. Photo: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0.