Eakring is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Eakring

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

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

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

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

The area around Eakring's best villages can be found at Gedling.

Gedling Country Park is a great place to visit close to Eakring if you like country parks.

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

Eakring History

There are some historic monuments around Eakring:

• Rufford Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management works, pre-monastic open-field system and post-medieval building
• Moated fishpond complex with moat, fishstews, seven fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
• Haughton decoy and motte and bailey castle
• Moated site, fishponds and decoy pond 490m north west of Park Spring Farm
• Medieval settlement including a moated site and open field system, immediately north east and south of Hall Farm
• Mound 300yds (270m) W of Moorfields Farm
• Three round barrows on Laxton Common
• Haughton Chapel
• Roman vexillation fortress 310m and 530m south of Osmanthorpe Manor
• Roman camp 470m south of Carr Banks Farm
• Earthwork to E of village
• Site of old hall S of Haughton Hall Farm
• Bowl barrow, 452m north west of Cameleon Lodge
• Roman villa complex and Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Southwell
• Bothamsall motte and bailey castle and hollow way
• Jordan Castle: ringwork, fortified manor, hollow way, fishpond and ridge and furrow
• Gaddick Hill medieval motte and bailey castle and post-medieval manor house
• Archbishop's Palace
• Fishponds 220m south west of St Michael's Church
• Earlshaw Hall moat
• Oldox camp
• Slight univallate hillfort, 169m west of Combs Farm
• Motte and bailey castle and associated medieval and post-medieval manorial remains, including six fishponds
• Cross in St Michael's churchyard
• Bowl barrow 70m south of church of St Michael