Turnpike Plantation

Places of Interest

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.

Bestwood Country Park

Park

Photo: ClemRutter, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bestwood Country Park is a country park near Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire, England. Bestwood was a hunting estate owned by the Crown from the medieval period until the 17th century, when King Charles II gave it to his mistress, Nell Gwyn, and their son.

Hucknall station

Railway station

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hucknall, formerly known as Hucknall Byron, is a railway station and tram stop in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. It is located on the Robin Hood railway line, 5 miles north of Nottingham, and is also the northern terminus of the Nottingham Express Transit tram line 1.

Places in the Area

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.

Arnold

Photo: Tom Courtney, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Arnold is a market town in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. It is an important suburb of the city of Nottingham.

Calverton

Village

Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Calverton is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England and of some 4,247 acres in size. It is in the Gedling district, about 7 miles north-east of Nottingham, 10 miles south-east of Mansfield, and situated, like nearby Woodborough and Lambley, on one of the small tributaries of the Dover Beck.

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