Photo of Hardwick Hall, a Grade I registered house & garden near Mansfield Woodhouse, Derbyshire, central England.

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

Places to explore near Kirkby in Ashfield StationKirkby in Ashfield

43 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

Iconic

Newstead Abbey

House & garden near Papplewick

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

4.7 km SE

Iconic

Hardwick Hall

House & garden near Mansfield Woodhouse

Elizabethan prodigy house, more glass than wall.

8.5 km NW

Highlight

Papplewick Pumping Station

Attraction near Papplewick

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

9.1 km SE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Brierly Forest Park

Country park near Linby

A country park in Nottinghamshire.

3.8 km NW

Robin Hood Way

Long-distance path

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

4 km E · Nottinghamshire

Felley Priory Garden

Garden near Underwood

Old priory-site garden near Underwood, yew topiary, a walled rose garden and borders of rare plants.

5.2 km S

The Hutt

Pub near Ravenshead

Old forest inn opposite Newstead Abbey, low beams and exposed stone deep in Sherwood.

5.8 km E

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.

6.1 km SE · Nottinghamshire

Pleasley Pit Country Park

Country park near Mansfield Woodhouse

A country park in Derbyshire.

7.4 km N

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.

7.4 km SE

Hardwick Hall - Derbyshire Country Park

Country park near Mansfield Woodhouse

A country park in Derbyshire.

8.2 km NW

Hardwick Old Hall

House near Hardstoft

Four-storey ruined shell of the mansion Bess of Hardwick built in the late 1580s, standing yards from the grander New Hall she built soon after.

8.3 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (31) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Bestwood Country ParkCountry park8.7 km SE
Midland Railway Centre Country ParkCountry park8.8 km SW
Burntstump Country ParkCountry park9 km SE
Vicar Water Country ParkCountry park9.8 km NE
Portland ParkCountry park0.9 km SW
Castle Hill fortified manorCastleaccess unclear1.2 km W
Annesley Woodhouse QuarriesSSSIaccess unclear2.4 km SW
Bogs Farm QuarrySSSIaccess unclear3.1 km SW
Annesley HallHouse & gardenaccess unclear4.2 km S
Pinxton CastleCastleaccess unclear4.2 km W
Annesley motteEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear4.3 km S
Linby QuarriesSSSIaccess unclear4.7 km SE
Bagthorpe MeadowsSSSIaccess unclear4.8 km SW
Teversal PasturesSSSIaccess unclear5.3 km N
Friezeland GrasslandSSSIaccess unclear5.9 km SW
Papplewick HallHouse & gardenaccess unclear6.1 km SE
Newtonwood LaneCounty topaccess unclear6.4 km NW
PapplewickVillage7 km SE
Teversal to Pleasley RailwaySSSI7.1 km N
Beauvale Carthusian PrioryPrioryaccess unclear7.3 km S
Dovedale WoodSSSIaccess unclear7.6 km NW
Strawberry Hill HeathsSSSI7.7 km NE
Rainworth LakesSSSIaccess unclear7.8 km E
Pleasley Vale RailwaySSSIaccess unclear8.7 km N
Greasley CastleCastleaccess unclear9.1 km S
Sledder Wood MeadowsSSSIaccess unclear9.1 km S
Codnor CastleCastleaccess unclear9.2 km SW
Rainworth HeathSSSI9.2 km E
Sherwood Forest Golf CourseSSSI9.3 km NE
Bulwell WoodSSSIaccess unclear9.7 km S
EastwoodVillage9.7 km S

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.