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.

Places near Grassthorpe feature a number of interesting cities including Nottingham.

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

The area close to Grassthorpe boasts some of the best historic buildings including Nottingham Castle.

Grassthorpe is near some unmissable villages like Gedling,

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

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:

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