The Rookery

The Rookery is a forest in Langar cum Barnstone, Rushcliffe, England. The Rookery is situated nearby to the village Granby, as well as near Whatton-in-the-Vale.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aslockton railway station and HM Prison Whatton.

Aslockton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aslockton railway station serves the English villages of Aslockton and Whatton-in-the-Vale in Nottinghamshire. It also draws passengers from other nearby villages. It is 10 miles east of Nottingham on the Nottingham–Skegness Line.

HM Prison Whatton

Prison

HM Prison Whatton is a Category C men's prison, located in the village of Whatton, near Bingham in Nottinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and houses males convicted of sexual offences.

St Mary’s Church

Church

Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary's Church, Barnstone is a parish church in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham of the Church of England, situated in Barnstone, Nottinghamshire. It was completed as a chapel of ease for St Andrew's Church, Langar in 1857 in Gothic Revival style.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bingham and Langar.

Bingham

Town

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

Bingham is a market town and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England, 11 miles east of Nottingham, 14 miles south-west of Newark-on-Trent and 16 miles west of Grantham.

Langar

Village

Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Langar is an English village in the Vale of Belvoir, about four miles south of Bingham, in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. The civil parish of Langar cum Barnstone had a population of 980 at the 2011 Census. This was estimated at 1010 in 2019.