Whaley Thorns is a Village in the county of Derbyshire.

Whaley Thorns postcode: NG20 9BP

Retail in Whaley Thorns

There are great places to visit near Whaley Thorns 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.

Arbor Low Henge, Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow, and Carl Wark Hillfort are great places to visit near Whaley Thorns if you like ancient sites.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Whaley Thorns including Arbor Low Henge.

There are a several good towns in the Whaley Thorns area like Castleton, Buxton, Darley Dale, and Hope.

Places near Whaley Thorns feature a number of interesting caves including Blue John Cavern.

Whaley Thorns is near some unmissable old mines like Blue John Cavern,

There are a number of mountains near to Whaley Thorns including Kinder Scout.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Whaley Thorns area like Kinder Scout, Errwood Hall (ruin), Three Shires Head, and Hope Valley.

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

There are a number of hills near Whaley Thorns including Shining Tor, and Higger Tor.

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

Rivers and Streams to visit near Whaley Thorns include River Dane at Three Shires Head, and Panniers Pool.

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

Whaley Thorns has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Solomon's Temple, and St Mary's Church Derby.

Whaley Thorns is near some unmissable cities like Derby,

Derbion is a great place to visit close to Whaley Thorns if you like shopping centres.

Whaley Thorns History

There are some historic monuments around Whaley Thorns:

• Langwith Cave
• Standing cross
• Roman villa ESE of Northfield House
• Formal and water gardens at Shireoaks Hall
• Ash Tree Cave
• Markland Grips promontory fort
• Cuckney motte and bailey castle
• Skegby Manor House, immediately south east of Pond Cottage
• Netherthorpe moated site
• Bowl barrow, 240m SSE of Woodend Farm
• Standing cross on Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
• Pleasley Colliery
• Four watchtowers SW of town
• Lob Wells Shelter
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave
• Beeston Lodge
• Worksop Castle: eleventh century motte castle and twelfth century shell keep castle
• Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.
• Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle
• King's Mill viaduct
• Standing cross, Clowne
• Thorpe Salvin Old Hall
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge, including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave