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Axholme Carthusian Priory

Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Axholme Carthusian Priory is one of 19 priories the Albion Guide charts in Lincolnshire. The nearest other priory is Flixborough Saxon nunnery, 14.3 km to the north-east. The closest station is Althorpe, 9.3 km to the north.

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Photo of the River Trent, a 95-mile river navigation running from Shardlow to Trent Falls, central England.Highlight

River Trent

River navigation

The powerhouse river of the Midlands, navigable from Shardlow through Nottingham and Newark to the tidal reaches at Gainsborough.

1.5 km SE · Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Derbyshire

Photo of Epworth, a village in Lincolnshire, central England.

Epworth

Village

Isle of Axholme market town, birthplace of John and Charles Wesley, with the preserved Old Rectory of their childhood.

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Photo of the Chesterfield Canal, a 46-mile canal running from West Stockwith to Chesterfield, England.

Chesterfield Canal

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Brindley's last canal, from the Trent at West Stockwith through Retford toward Chesterfield — restored in stretches either side of the collapsed Norwood Tunnel.

7.6 km S · Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & South Yorkshire

Photo of the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, a river navigation running from Sheffield to Keadby, England.

Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation

River navigation

The Don valley's waterway — river, cut and canal linking Sheffield's basin to the Trent at Keadby.

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Photo of Gainsborough Old Hall, a house in Lincolnshire, central England.Highlight

Gainsborough Old Hall

House near Gainsborough

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Photo: Beacon Hill, Gringley, a viewpoint near Gringley on the Hill, Nottinghamshire, central England.Highlight

Beacon Hill, Gringley

Viewpoint near Gringley on the Hill

Ridge-top viewpoint over the Trent levels and the Isle of Axholme, long a warning-beacon site above the village.

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