Ompton is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Ompton

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

Nottingham is a great place to visit close to Ompton if you like cities.

The area close to Ompton boasts some of the best castles including Nottingham Castle.

Nottingham Castle is one of Ompton's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Ompton.

Gedling is a great place to visit close to Ompton if you like villages.

The area around Ompton's best country parks can be found at Gedling Country Park.

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

Ompton History

There are some historic monuments around Ompton:

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