English Heritage sites near Normanton on Trent Parish
RUFFORD ABBEY
10 miles from Normanton on Trent Parish
The best-preserved remains of a Cistercian abbey west cloister range in England, dating mainly from about 1170. Incorporated into part of a 17th century and later mansion, set in Rufford Country Park.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
11 miles from Normanton on Trent Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL
13 miles from Normanton on Trent Parish
A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and timber-framed, and mainly later 15th century with Elizabethan additions.
MATTERSEY PRIORY
14 miles from Normanton on Trent Parish
The remains, mainly the 13th century refectory and kitchen, of a small monastery for just six Gilbertine canons - the only wholly English monastic order.
BOLSOVER CASTLE
20 miles from Normanton on Trent Parish
'By an unlikely miracle, the keep at Bolsover has survived into this century as an almost untouched expression in stone of the lost world of Elizabethan chivalry and romance.'
BOLSOVER CUNDY HOUSE
20 miles from Normanton on Trent Parish
This charming cottage-like 17th-century conduit house, with vaulted stone-slab roof, once supplied water to Bolsover Castle.
Churches in Normanton on Trent Parish
St Matthew
Pubs in Normanton on Trent Parish
Crown
South Street, Normanton-on-Trent, NG23 6RQ
(01636) 821973
crownnormanton.co.uk/