Jack’s Folly
Jack’s Folly is a forest in Walesby, Newark and Sherwood District, England. Jack’s Folly is situated nearby to the village Walesby, as well as near the hamlet Haughton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Our Lady and St Peter’s Church, Bothamsall and St Edmund’s Church, Walesby.
Our Lady and St Peter’s Church, Bothamsall
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Our Lady and St Peter's Church, Bothamsall is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Bothamsall, Nottinghamshire, England. The church is part of the Lound Hall Estate, Bothamsall.
St Edmund’s Church, Walesby
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Edmund's Church, Walesby is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Walesby, Nottinghamshire.
Holy Trinity Church, Kirton
Church
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church, Kirton is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Kirton, Nottinghamshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edwinstowe and Boughton.
Edwinstowe
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Boughton
Village
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boughton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ollerton and Boughton, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in Nottinghamshire, England, two miles east of the town of New Ollerton.
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.
Jack’s Folly
Latitude
53.234° or 53° 14′ 2″ northLongitude
-0.9926° or 0° 59′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C5X62M4+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 291482728OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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