The Abbot’s Fortune Maze
The Abbot’s Fortune Maze is a maze in Rufford, Newark and Sherwood District, England. The Abbot’s Fortune Maze is situated nearby to Camera Obscura, as well as near the playground Children’s Garden.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rufford Abbey and Center Parcs Sherwood Forest.
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 430 feet northwest of The Abbot’s Fortune Maze.
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 1¼ miles southwest of The Abbot’s Fortune Maze.
St Giles’ Church, Ollerton
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Giles’ Church, Ollerton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England. St Giles’ Church, Ollerton is situated 1½ miles north of The Abbot’s Fortune Maze.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ollerton and Wellow.
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 1½ miles north of The Abbot’s Fortune Maze.
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 1½ miles northeast of The Abbot’s Fortune Maze.
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.
The Abbot’s Fortune Maze
- Type: Maze
- Categories: recreation area, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rufford, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.17583° or 53° 10′ 33″ northLongitude
-1.03398° or 1° 2′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C5W5XG8+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 357251560OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=maze
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Camera Obscura and Children’s Garden.
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