Thoroton is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Thoroton postcode: NG13 9BZ

Retail in Thoroton

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

Don't miss Nottingham's cities if visiting the area around Thoroton.

Places near Thoroton feature a number of interesting castles including Nottingham Castle.

Historic Buildings to visit near Thoroton include Nottingham Castle.

Don't miss Gedling's villages if visiting the area around Thoroton.

Country Parks to visit near Thoroton include Gedling Country Park.

There are a number of shopping centres near to Thoroton including Victoria Centre.

Thoroton History

There are some historic monuments around Thoroton:

• Civil War gun battery and covered way immediately south east of Wiverton Hall
• Village cross at junction of Grantham Road and Market Street
• Fleming's Bridge
• Site of Ad Pontem, Stoke by Newark
• Settlement site at Morton
• Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm
• Shifted medieval village earthworks and moat at Easthorpe
• Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm
• Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green
• Muston village cross, 70m east of Mountain Ash Farm
• Moated grange with fishpond at Muston
• Cranmer's Mound: motte castle, prospect mound, moated fishponds, enclosure, hollow way and ridge and furrow
• Queen's Sconce
• Standing cross known as Beaumond Cross
• Moat, two fishponds, boundary bank and ditch and two leats
• Rolleston manor: three moats, eight fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
• Margidunum Roman Station
• Moated site and fishponds 225m north of Wiverton Hall
• Medieval village including monastic college, chapel, moat, fishponds, dovecote and open field system 200m south of Manor Farm
• Medieval market cross and 19th century commemorative cross
• Civil War redoubt on Beacon Hill, 550m north west of The Firs
• Medieval settlement and remains of open fields immediately west of East Stoke village
• Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds
• Bowl barrow 160m south east of Wharf Farm
• Hawton moated site, fishpond, Civil War redoubt and ridge and furrow
• Timber circle 430m north east of Stoke Fields Farm
• Bingham medieval settlement, immediately west of Carnarvon School
• Kilvington medieval settlement and part of an open field system, 400m south west of Staunton Hall