West Drayton is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

West Drayton postcode: DN22 8ED

Retail in West Drayton

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

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

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

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around West Drayton like Nottingham Castle.

West Drayton is near some unmissable villages like Gedling,

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

The area around West Drayton's best shopping centres can be found at Victoria Centre.

West Drayton History

There are some historic monuments around West Drayton:

• Three round barrows on Laxton Common
• Moat, three fishponds, enclosures, hollow way and part of a road at Hall Yard
• Haughton Chapel
• St Helen's Church
• Gaddick Hill medieval motte and bailey castle and post-medieval manor house
• Jordan Castle: ringwork, fortified manor, hollow way, fishpond and ridge and furrow
• Ringwork at Kingshaugh Farm
• Cross in St Michael's churchyard
• Medieval settlement including a moated site and open field system, immediately north east and south of Hall Farm
• Moated fishpond complex with moat, fishstews, seven fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
• Haughton decoy and motte and bailey castle
• Rufford Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management works, pre-monastic open-field system and post-medieval building
• Motte and bailey castle and associated medieval and post-medieval manorial remains, including six fishponds
• Fishponds 220m south west of St Michael's Church
• Site of old hall S of Haughton Hall Farm
• Bowl barrow 70m south of church of St Michael
• Bothamsall motte and bailey castle and hollow way
• Earthwork to E of village
• Markham Moor Bridge (or 'Mirihil' Bridge)
• West Bridge