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Mother Drain, Misterton

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Mother Drain, Misterton is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Nottinghamshire, covering 0.04 km². The county has 63 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is one of the smaller SSSIs in the county.

Other SSSIs nearby include Chesterfield Canal, Hatfield Chase Ditches and Epworth Turbary. For arrivals by rail, Gainsborough Central Station is about 5.8 km to the south-east.

More places to visit near Mother Drain, Misterton

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.

0.6 km SW · Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & South Yorkshire

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.

1.1 km SE · Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Derbyshire

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.

5.6 km SW

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.

6.4 km SE

Photo of Epworth, a village in Lincolnshire, central England.

Epworth

Village

Isle of Axholme market town, birthplace of John and Charles Wesley, with the preserved Old Rectory of their childhood.

8.6 km N · Lincolnshire

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.

11.5 km SW