Besthorpe is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Besthorpe

There are great places to visit near Besthorpe including some great cities, castles, historic buildings, villages, country parks and shopping centres.

Nottingham is one of Besthorpe's best, nearby cities to visit in Besthorpe.

The area around Besthorpe's best castles can be found at Nottingham Castle.

The area around Besthorpe's best historic buildings can be found at Nottingham Castle.

Besthorpe is near some unmissable villages like Gedling,

Gedling Country Park is one of Besthorpe's best, nearby country parks to visit in Besthorpe.

The area around Besthorpe's best shopping centres can be found at Victoria Centre.

Besthorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Besthorpe:

• Roman Villa west of Hill Holt Farm
• Newark Castle
• Old Hall moat and two fishponds
• Standing cross 300m north of Trent Farm
• Civil War sconce 650m north west of Devon Bridge
• Moated site 750m north west of Dairy Farm
• Civil War Sconce 150m west of Muskham Bridge
• Whimpton Moor medieval village and moated site
• Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard
• Little Carlton medieval village and part of the meadow field system
• Civil War redoubt 580m ENE of sugar refinery
• Newark town wall (Lombard Street)
• Rectangular barrows at North Muskham
• Remains of a preceptory, fishponds and post-medieval gardens at Eagle Hall
• Willoughby deserted medieval village, post-medieval moated manor, church, six fishponds, ridge and furrow and hollow way
• Ringwork at Kingshaugh Farm
• Averham moat and enclosure
• Standing cross on the west side of High Street
• Civil War defences 270m and 300m west of Vale Farm
• Civil War town defences within the Friary Garden
• Civil War redoubt 680m north west of Dairy Farm
• Iron Age settlement
• Site of pit alignments
• Site discovered by aerial photography NNE of village
• Civil War redoubt 550m south east of Valley Farm
• Moat, three fishponds, enclosures, hollow way and part of a road at Hall Yard
• Moated site west of Church Road
• Civil War fieldwork on Crankley Point
• Moat, two fishponds, fishstews and pond bay, west of Balderton Lane
• Gun platform 440m south east of Muskham Bridge
• Settlement 3/4 mile (1198m) W of Cromwell Village
• Crococalana Roman town
• Cross in St Peter and St Paul's churchyard
• Civil War redoubt on Crankley Point
• Roman Vexillation Fortress, two Roman Marching Camps, and a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Newton on Trent
• Mound S of Sand Lane
• Standing cross 140m north of The Old Hall
• Langford medieval village, including moat and open field system, 450m north west of Elmtree Farm
• Roman camp 750m east of Church Cottages