Thorney is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Thorney

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

The area around Thorney's best cities can be found at Nottingham.

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

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

There are a number of villages near to Thorney including Gedling.

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

Places near Thorney feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Victoria Centre.

Thorney History

There are some historic monuments around Thorney:

• The medieval bishop's palace and deer park, Stow Park
• Whimpton Moor medieval village and moated site
• Mound S of Sand Lane
• Moated site west of Church Road
• Site of medieval nunnery, Broadholme
• Thorpe medieval settlement
• Fleet Plantation moated site
• Segelocum Roman town
• Broxholme medieval settlement and cultivation remains
• Cross in St Peter and St Paul's churchyard
• Site of a college and Benedictine Abbey, St Mary's Church
• Standing cross on the west side of High Street
• Torksey Castle
• Site of medieval town
• Deserted village of North Ingleby
• Remains of a preceptory, fishponds and post-medieval gardens at Eagle Hall
• Roman Vexillation Fortress, two Roman Marching Camps, and a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Newton on Trent
• Roman fort, south of Littleborough Lane
• Site discovered by aerial photography NNE of village
• Coates medieval settlement and moated site
• Hall Close: a medieval and post-medieval hall complex south of Dovecote Lane, with dovecote, gardens, fishponds, churchyard and cultivation remains