Grassthorpe is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Grassthorpe

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

The area close to Grassthorpe boasts some of the best cities including Nottingham.

There are a several good castles in the area around Grassthorpe like Nottingham Castle.

There are a number of historic buildings near to Grassthorpe including Nottingham Castle.

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

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

Don't miss Victoria Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Grassthorpe.

Grassthorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Grassthorpe:

• Gaddick Hill medieval motte and bailey castle and post-medieval manor house
• Torksey Castle
• Norwell Woodhouse moat and fishpond
• Willoughby deserted medieval village, post-medieval moated manor, church, six fishponds, ridge and furrow and hollow way
• Old Hall moat and two fishponds
• Iron Age settlement
• Standing cross 140m north of The Old Hall
• Site of pit alignments
• Roman Villa west of Hill Holt Farm
• Langford medieval village, including moat and open field system, 450m north west of Elmtree Farm
• Earlshaw Hall moat
• Site of medieval town
• The medieval bishop's palace and deer park, Stow Park
• Moat, three fishponds, enclosures, hollow way and part of a road at Hall Yard
• Site discovered by aerial photography NNE of village
• Rectangular barrows at North Muskham
• Roman Vexillation Fortress, two Roman Marching Camps, and a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Newton on Trent
• Cross in St Peter and St Paul's churchyard
• Ringwork at Kingshaugh Farm
• Crococalana Roman town
• Little Carlton medieval village and part of the meadow field system
• Whimpton Moor medieval village and moated site
• Standing cross on the west side of High Street
• Fleet Plantation moated site
• Roman camp 750m east of Church Cottages
• Settlement 3/4 mile (1198m) W of Cromwell Village
• Standing cross 300m north of Trent Farm
• Mound S of Sand Lane