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.

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

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

Nottingham Castle is a great place to visit close to Besthorpe if you like historic buildings.

Villages to visit near Besthorpe include Gedling.

There are a several good country parks in the area around Besthorpe like Gedling Country Park.

Places near Besthorpe feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Victoria Centre.

Besthorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Besthorpe:

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