Birch
Birch is a locality in Rufford, Newark and Sherwood District, England. Birch is situated nearby to the locality Willow, as well as near Ash.Places of Interest
Highlights include Center Parcs Sherwood Forest and Rufford Abbey.
Center Parcs Sherwood Forest
Resort
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Center Parcs UK and Ireland is a short-break holiday company that operates six holiday villages in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with each covering about 400 acres of woodland.
Rufford Abbey
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Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, two miles south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries.
St Mary’s Church
Church
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St Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Edwinstowe. The church was mentioned in Domesday Book in 1086, given by William II to Lincoln Cathedral. St Mary’s Church is situated 2 miles north of Birch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edwinstowe and Bilsthorpe.
Edwinstowe
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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.
Bilsthorpe
Village
Bilsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,076, increasing to 3,375 at the 2011 census, and dropping slightly to 3,365 at the 2021 census. Bilsthorpe is situated 2½ miles southeast of Birch.
Eakring
Village
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eakring is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. Its population at the 2011 census was 419, and this increased to 440 residents for the 2021 census. Eakring is situated 2½ miles east of Birch.
Birch
Latitude
53.16618° or 53° 9′ 58″ northLongitude
-1.05094° or 1° 3′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C5W5W8X+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 13660523322OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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