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 Papplewick Pumping Station and Portland College.
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.
Portland College
College
Photo: Stavros1, Public domain.
Portland College is an education establishment near Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated in 20 acres of Sherwood Forest, approximately 3 miles south of the town of Mansfield. Portland College has around 270 students, aged between 16 and 60.
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
Latitude
53.078° or 53° 4′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.1664° or 1° 9′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C5W3RHM+6COpenStreetMap ID
way 256227014OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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