Wild Water Rapids
Wild Water Rapids is a swimming pool in Rufford, Newark and Sherwood District, England. Wild Water Rapids is situated nearby to the bowling alley Leisure Bowl, as well as near the swimming pool 12-metre Activity Pool.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Center Parcs Sherwood Forest and Rufford Abbey.
Center Parcs Sherwood Forest
Resort
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Center Parcs UK and Ireland is a short-break holiday company that operates six holiday villages in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with each covering about 400 acres of woodland. Center Parcs Sherwood Forest is situated 610 feet southwest of Wild Water Rapids.
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 1 mile northeast of Wild Water Rapids.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Edwinstowe. The church was mentioned in Domesday Book in 1086, given by William II to Lincoln Cathedral. St Mary’s Church is situated 2 miles north of Wild Water Rapids.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edwinstowe and Bilsthorpe.
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.
Bilsthorpe
Village
Bilsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,076, increasing to 3,375 at the 2011 census, and dropping slightly to 3,365 at the 2021 census. Bilsthorpe is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wild Water Rapids.
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. Ollerton is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wild Water Rapids.
Wild Water Rapids
- Type: Swimming pool
- Categories: recreation area and sports location
- Location: Rufford, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.16748° or 53° 10′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.0567° or 1° 3′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C5W5W8V+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 354198059OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=swimming_pool
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