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Mattersey Priory

Open to visitorsan English Heritage site — check opening times and admission before you go

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Mattersey Priory is a priory in Nottinghamshire. The Albion Guide maps four priories in the county; this is one of them. The nearest other priory is Blyth Priory, 8.2 km to the west. The closest station is Retford, 9.2 km to the south.

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

Chesterfield Canal

Canal

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

0.9 km NE · Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & South Yorkshire

Photo of Idle Valley Nature Reserve, a nature reserve near Gringley on the Hill, Nottinghamshire, central England.Highlight

Idle Valley Nature Reserve

Nature reserve near Gringley on the Hill

Large wetland reserve of former sand quarries along the River Idle north of Retford, rich in breeding and wintering birds.

3.9 km S

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.

4 km E

Photo of Blyth, a village in Nottinghamshire, central England.

Blyth

Village

Coaching village on the old London to York road, its huge Norman priory church of St Mary and St Martin standing over a broad green.

8.2 km W · Nottinghamshire

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.

9 km E · Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Derbyshire

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

Gainsborough Old Hall

House near Gainsborough

One of the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England, with a great hall and vast original kitchen in the heart of Gainsborough.

11 km E