Rowthorne is a Village in the county of Derbyshire.

Rowthorne postcode: S44 5QQ

Retail in Rowthorne

There are great places to visit near Rowthorne including some great ancient sites, historic monuments, towns, caves, old mines, mountains, hiking areas, lakes, hills, ruins, rivers and streams, waterfalls, historic buildings, cities and shopping centres.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Rowthorne area like Arbor Low Henge, Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow, and Carl Wark Hillfort.

Don't miss Arbor Low Henge's historic monuments if visiting the area around Rowthorne.

Rowthorne's best nearby towns can be found at Castleton, Buxton, Darley Dale, and Hope.

There are a number of caves near to Rowthorne including Blue John Cavern.

Don't miss Blue John Cavern's old mines if visiting the area around Rowthorne.

Kinder Scout is one of Rowthorne's best, nearby mountains to visit in Rowthorne.

Hiking Areas to visit near Rowthorne include Kinder Scout, Errwood Hall (ruin), Three Shires Head, and Hope Valley.

Places near Rowthorne feature a number of interesting lakes including Errwood Reservoir.

Rowthorne has some unmissable hills nearby like Shining Tor, and Higger Tor.

There are a number of ruins near Rowthorne including Errwood Hall (ruin), and Castedge (ruin).

River Dane at Three Shires Head, and Panniers Pool are great places to visit near Rowthorne if you like rivers and streams.

Rowthorne has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Panniers Pool Waterfall, and Three Shires Head Waterfall.

Rowthorne's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Solomon's Temple, and St Mary's Church Derby.

Derby is a great place to visit close to Rowthorne if you like cities.

Derbion is one of Rowthorne's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Rowthorne.

Rowthorne History

There are some historic monuments around Rowthorne:

• Pinxton Castle motte and fortified manor with moated site and five fishponds
• Market cross, Kirkby in Ashfield
• Hardwick Old Hall: an Elizabethan great house
• Skegby Manor House, immediately south east of Pond Cottage
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave
• Langwith Cave
• Pleasley Colliery
• King's Mill viaduct
• Standing cross on Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge, including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave
• Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle
• Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.
• Four watchtowers SW of town
• Mound on Hamilton Hill
• Sutton Scarsdale Hall
• Castle Hill fortified manor
• Ash Tree Cave
• Markland Grips promontory fort
• Bowl barrow, 240m SSE of Woodend Farm
• Fishponds 220m east of St Wilfrid's Church
• Roman villa ESE of Northfield House
• Stainsby defended manorial complex including site of chapel
• Standing cross, Clowne