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.

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

Nottingham Castle is a great place to visit close to Grassthorpe if you like castles.

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

Places near Grassthorpe feature a number of interesting villages including Gedling.

Don't miss Gedling Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Grassthorpe.

Victoria Centre is a great place to visit close to Grassthorpe if you like shopping centres.

Grassthorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Grassthorpe:

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