Oxcroft
Oxcroft is a small hamlet in Bolsover, Derbyshire in England, located to the north of Bolsover, about 1–2 miles along the Clowne-New Houghton Road. It consists of a few farms and cottages.Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bolsover Castle and Church of St Peter.
Bolsover Castle
Photo: Stephen G Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolsover Castle is in the town of Bolsover, in the north-east of the English county of Derbyshire. Built in the early 17th century, the present castle lies on the earthworks and ruins of the 12th-century medieval castle; the first structure of the present castle was built between 1612 and 1617 by Sir Charles Cavendish. Bolsover Castle is situated 2 miles south of Oxcroft.
Bolsover Cundy House
Historic building
Photo: Gordon Elliott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolsover Cundy House is a restored 17th-century conduit house in Derbyshire, England, that was used to supply water to the nearby Bolsover Castle. It is near Houfton Road in Bolsover. Bolsover Cundy House is situated 1½ miles south of Oxcroft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanfree and Shuttlewood.
Stanfree
Village
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanfree is a community/village in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, consisting of a couple of rows of terraced cottages, lying halfway between Shuttlewood and Clowne.
Shuttlewood
Village
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shuttlewood is a village situated about 2 miles north of Bolsover, in Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England. It is centred on the crossroads of two main roads; Bolsover-Mastin Moor and Clowne-Chesterfield.
Elmton
Village
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elmton is a linear village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Elmton with Creswell in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England, approximately equidistant from Bolsover Castle and Creswell Crags.
Oxcroft
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Old Bolsover, Bolsover District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.2567° or 53° 15′ 24″ northLongitude
-1.27995° or 1° 16′ 48″ westElevation
525 feet (160 metres)Open location code
9C5W7P4C+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 411156123OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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