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Photo of Wollaton Hall, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Nottinghamshire, central England.

Wollaton Hall© Mike Peel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Bulwell StationBulwell

51 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Wollaton Hall, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Nottinghamshire, central England.Iconic

Wollaton Hall

House & garden near Nottingham

Flamboyant Elizabethan hall in a deer park.

5.8 km S

Photo of Nottingham Castle, a ruined castle in Nottinghamshire, central England.Highlight

Nottingham Castle

Castle near Nottingham

Ducal mansion on a caved sandstone rock.

6.2 km SE

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.

6.2 km S · Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Derbyshire

Photo of City of Caves, a cave in Nottinghamshire, central England.Highlight

City of Caves

Cave near Nottingham

Maze of man-made sandstone caves beneath Nottingham, medieval tannery and wartime air-raid shelters cut into the rock.

6.4 km SE

Photo of Papplewick Pumping Station, a visitor attraction in Nottinghamshire, central England.Highlight

Papplewick Pumping Station

Attraction near Papplewick

Ornate Victorian waterworks near Papplewick, a cathedral of polished beam engines, brass and stained glass.

8.3 km NE

Photo of Newstead Abbey, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Papplewick, Nottinghamshire, central England.Iconic

Newstead Abbey

House & garden near Papplewick

Lord Byron's gothic priory-turned-mansion and lakes.

8.8 km N

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Robin Hood Way, a 105-mile long-distance path running from Nottingham Castle to Edwinstowe, central England.

Robin Hood Way

Long-distance path

Nottingham Castle to Edwinstowe church through Sherwood Forest — the outlaw's county end to end.

1.8 km NW · Nottinghamshire

Photo of Bestwood Country Park, a country park near Papplewick, Nottinghamshire, central England.

Bestwood Country Park

Country park near Papplewick

A country park in Nottinghamshire.

1.9 km NE

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Hucknall

Church near Hucknall

Parish church where Lord Byron lies in the family vault, lit by one of the largest sets of Kempe stained glass in the country.

4.5 km N

Church Cemetery

House & garden near Nottingham

Known as the Rock Cemetery for the sandstone caves cut into its slopes.

4.7 km SE

Photo of Nottingham Arboretum, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Nottinghamshire, central England.

Nottingham Arboretum

House & garden near Nottingham

Nottingham's first public park, an 1852 arboretum of over 800 trees.

5 km SE

St Ann's Allotments

House & garden near Nottingham

Reckoned the largest and oldest Victorian town gardens, with hundreds of ornamental summerhouses.

5.2 km SE

Photo of The Bell Inn (Nottingham), a pub in Nottinghamshire, central England.

The Bell Inn (Nottingham)

Pub near Nottingham

Timber-framed medieval inn on the Old Market Square, its ale kept in caves cut into the rock beneath.

5.9 km SE

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

Linby

Village

Stone-cottage village near Hucknall with two ancient crosses on its green and a stream, the Linby Docks, running down each side of the street.

6 km N · Nottinghamshire

Photo of Ye Olde Salutation Inn, a pub in Nottinghamshire, central England.

Ye Olde Salutation Inn

Pub near Nottingham

Ancient rock-cellared alehouse near the castle, its sandstone caves older than the pub above.

6.2 km SE

Everything else within 10 km (36) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.