Thoresby

Thoresby is a locality in Perlethorpe, Newark and Sherwood District, England. Thoresby is situated nearby to the hamlet Budby, as well as near Carburton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sherwood Forest and Major Oak.

Sherwood Forest

Nature reserve

Photo: Javier Carro, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire 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. Sherwood Forest is situated 2½ miles southwest of Thoresby.

Major Oak

Photo: Galli, Public domain.

The Major Oak is a large dead English oak near Edwinstowe, in the midst of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England. Thought to be between 800 and 1,200 years old, the tree was estimated to weigh 23 long tons and had a canopy of 92 feet at its peak. Major Oak is situated 2½ miles southwest of Thoresby.

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Clumber Park

Church

Photo: Ozzieuk, CC BY 3.0.

St Mary the Virgin, Clumber Park, is a Grade I listed Anglican church in Nottinghamshire, England. Church of St Mary the Virgin, Clumber Park is situated 2½ miles north of Thoresby.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Budby and Ollerton.

Budby

Hamlet

Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Budby is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Perlethorpe cum Budby, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England.

Ollerton

Town

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ollerton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ollerton and Boughton, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in the area known as the Dukeries. Ollerton is situated 2½ miles south of Thoresby.

New Ollerton

Village

New Ollerton is a town in the parish of Ollerton and Boughton, Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest. New Ollerton is situated 2½ miles southeast of Thoresby.

Thoresby

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

53.23374° or 53° 14′ 2″ north

Longitude

-1.04368° or 1° 2′ 37″ west

Elevation

154 feet (47 metres)

Open location code

9C5W6XM4+FG

GeoNames ID

13283866

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