Kighill Wood

Kighill Wood is a forest in Ravenshead, Gedling District, England. Kighill Wood is situated nearby to the village Ravenshead, as well as near Papplewick.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ravenshead Library and Papplewick Pumping Station.

Ravenshead Library

Library

Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Papplewick Pumping Station

Museum

Photo: vic mcclymont, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Papplewick Pumping Station, situated in open agricultural land approximately 3 miles by road from the Nottinghamshire village of Papplewick, was built by Nottingham Corporation Water Department between 1881 and 1884 to pump water from the Bunter sandstone to provide drinking water to the City of Nottingham, in England.

Church of St James

Church

Photo: Richard Vince, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hucknall and Kirkby-in-Ashfield.

Hucknall

Photo: Chris Eaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hucknall is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, 7 miles north of Nottingham, 7 miles southeast of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 9 miles from Mansfield and 10 miles south of Sutton-in-Ashfield.

Kirkby-in-Ashfield

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Kirkby-in-Ashfield is a market town in the Ashfield District of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 21,285 in the 2021 census. The town is a part of the wider Mansfield Urban Area.

Ravenshead

Village

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ravenshead is a large village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England. It borders Papplewick, Newstead Abbey and Blidworth, and is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys area.

Kighill Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Ravenshead, Gedling District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.078° or 53° 4′ 41″ north

Longitude

-1.1664° or 1° 9′ 59″ west

Open location code

9C5W3RHM+6C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 256227014

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ravenshead Leisure Centre and Ravenshead Wood.

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