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Redgate Woods and Mansey Common

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Redgate Woods and Mansey Common is one of 63 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Nottinghamshire. It is among the largest in the county. Other SSSIs nearby include Eakring and Maplebeck Meadows, Wellow Park and Laxton Sykes. The nearest railway station is Rolleston, about 8.8 km to the south-east.

More places to visit near Redgate Woods and Mansey Common

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.

0.6 km NE · Nottinghamshire

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

Southwell

Village

Small Georgian minster town where the twin Norman towers of Southwell Minster rise over red-brick streets and the National Trust Workhouse.

6.6 km S · Nottinghamshire

Photo of Southwell Minster, a church in Nottinghamshire, central England.Highlight

Southwell Minster

Church near Southwell

Cathedral church of Nottinghamshire, twin Norman towers over the town and the famous naturalistic carvings of the Leaves of Southwell in its Chapter House.

6.7 km S

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.

7.9 km NE · Nottinghamshire

Photo of Sherwood Forest, a National Nature Reserve near Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, central England.Iconic

Sherwood Forest

National Nature Reserve near Edwinstowe

Ancient oak forest of the Robin Hood legend.

9 km NW

Photo of The Major Oak, a landmark near Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, central England.Highlight

The Major Oak

Landmark near Edwinstowe

Vast oak of perhaps a thousand years deep in Sherwood, its huge limbs propped, storied as Robin Hood's hideout.

9.8 km NW