The Rookery
The Rookery is a forest in Orston, Rushcliffe, England. The Rookery is situated nearby to the village Orston, as well as near the locality Colman Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Elton and Orston railway station and Aslockton railway station.
Elton and Orston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elton and Orston railway station serves the villages of Elton on the Hill and Orston in Nottinghamshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, but now provides minimal rail services.
Aslockton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aslockton railway station serves the English villages of Aslockton and Whatton-in-the-Vale in Nottinghamshire. It also draws passengers from other nearby villages. It is 10 miles east of Nottingham on the Nottingham–Skegness Line.
St Helena’s Church
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Helena's Church, Thoroton is the Church of England parish church of Thoroton, Nottinghamshire, England. The building is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as of outstanding architectural interest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bottesford and Orston.
Bottesford
Village
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bottesford is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Melton in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. It lies close to the borders of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
Orston
Village
Orston is an English village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, 15 miles east of Nottingham. It borders the parishes of Scarrington, Thoroton, Flawborough, Bottesford and Elton on the Hill.
Screveton
Village
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Screveton is an English civil parish and village in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, with 191 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Screveton singularly reported 164 residents at the 2021 census.
The Rookery
- Type: Forest
- Location: Orston, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.9615° or 52° 57′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.8571° or 0° 51′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C4XX46V+H4OpenStreetMap ID
way 169102591OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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