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Ashton's Meadow

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Ashton's Meadow is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Nottinghamshire, covering 0.04 km². It is one of 63 SSSIs in the county. It is one of the smaller SSSIs in the county.

The closest station is Retford Low Level, about 8.2 km to the west. Chesterfield Canal and Laxton Sykes are among the SSSIs within 14.5 km.

More places to visit near Ashton's Meadow

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.

4 km E · Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Derbyshire

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.

9.5 km NW

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.

10.4 km N

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.

11.3 km SW · Nottinghamshire

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.

11.7 km N

Photo of Laxton, a village in Nottinghamshire, central England.Highlight

Laxton

Village

England's last village to farm the medieval open-field system, its three great fields still run by a manorial court that meets at the Dovecote Inn.

14.4 km SW · Nottinghamshire