Photo of Clumber Park, a Grade I registered house & garden near Kirton, Nottinghamshire, central England.

Clumber Park© Andy Stephenson / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Retford StationRetford

23 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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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.

5.5 km N

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Clumber Park

House & garden near Kirton

Vast parkland with a lake and lime avenue.

8.6 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

0.5 km N · Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & South Yorkshire

Robin Hood Way

Long-distance path

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

5.4 km S · Nottinghamshire

Clumber Country Park

Country park near Kirton

A country park in Nottinghamshire.

6.3 km SW

North Leverton Windmill

Windmill near North Leverton

Working subscription tower mill of 1813, open on Saturdays and still grinding its own flour.

8.7 km E

Tuxford Windmill

Windmill near Tuxford

Restored 1820 tower mill grinding organic flour on the edge of the old Great North Road market town.

9.1 km S

Mattersey Priory

Priory · Monastery near Gringley on the Hill

Mattersey Priory Gilbertine monastery: monastic precinct

9.2 km N

Everything else within 10 km (15) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Chesterfield CanalSSSI2.6 km NE
Sutton and Lound Gravel PitsSSSIaccess unclear2.7 km N
Castle Hill WoodSSSIaccess unclear3 km E
Gamston & Eaton Woods & Roadside VergesSSSIaccess unclear3.5 km SE
Clarborough TunnelSSSIaccess unclear4.7 km NE
Treswell WoodSSSIaccess unclear5.6 km E
Hayton CastleCastleaccess unclear7.4 km NE
Mattersey Hill MarshSSSIaccess unclear7.5 km N
Bothamsall motteEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear7.7 km SW
East MarkhamVillage7.9 km SE
Ashton's MeadowSSSIaccess unclear8.3 km E
Haughton motte and baileyEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear8.8 km S
Bevercotes ParkSSSIaccess unclear9 km S
Ringwork at Kingshaugh FarmEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear9.3 km SE
Scrooby Top QuarrySSSIaccess unclear9.9 km NW

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.