Amen Corner Groundwater Abstraction Pumping Station

Places of Interest Nearby

Rufford Abbey

Photo: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. Rufford Abbey is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Amen Corner Groundwater Abstraction Pumping Station.

Sherwood Forest

Nature reserve

Photo: Javier Carro, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Sherwood Forest is situated 2½ miles northwest of Amen Corner Groundwater Abstraction Pumping Station.

Major Oak

Photo: Galli, Public domain.

The Major Oak is a large English oak near Edwinstowe in the midst of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England. According to local folklore, it was Robin Hood's shelter where he and his Merry Men slept. Major Oak is situated 2 miles northwest of Amen Corner Groundwater Abstraction Pumping Station.

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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.

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.

Wellow

Village

Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wellow is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 444, increasing to 470 at the 2011 census, but falling slightly to 463 at the 2021 census. Wellow is situated 2 miles east of Amen Corner Groundwater Abstraction Pumping Station.

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