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Bestwood Village

Bestwood Village is a village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire.

Bestwood Village
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The place

Bestwood Village is a village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire. It is to the east of Hucknall and north of Bulwell. It is neighboured to the north by the village of Papplewick. It is also close to the Bestwood Park Estate which is in the City of Nottingham.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bestwood Village

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Papplewick Hall

    Papplewick Hall is a Grade I listed English country house in Papplewick, Nottinghamshire.

    3.9 km · Grade I listed country house in Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall

    St Mary Magdalene’s church in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, is a parish church in the Church of England dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene. The church is Grade II* listed as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.

    2.6 km · church in Hucknall, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Sir John Robinson's Almshouses

    The Sir John Robinson Almshouses are a collection of twelve two-bedroom cottages erected in 1899 on Mansfield Road, Daybrook, Arnold, Nottingham, England. The almshouses are charitable low-rent housing provided and maintained by the Sir John Robinson Homes charity (England and Wales Registered Charity No.

    3.8 km · building in Daybrook, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Bestwood Country Park

    Bestwood Country Park is a country park near Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire, England. Bestwood was a hunting estate owned by the Crown from the medieval period until the 17th century, when King Charles II gave it to his mistress, Nell Gwyn, and their son.

    400 m · country park in Nottinghamshire · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of St. John the Evangelist, Hucknall

    The Church of St John the Evangelist, Hucknall is a parish church in the Church of England in the Butler's Hill suburb of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.

    1.4 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St. Mary's Church, Arnold

    St. Mary's Church is a parish church in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England.

    3.7 km · church in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St. Paul's Church, Daybrook

    The Church of St. Paul is a parish church in the Church of England, located on Mansfield Road in Daybrook, Nottingham.

    3.7 km · church in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Old Town Hall, Bulwell

    The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building in Bulwell, a town in Nottinghamshire, in England. The building, which is in mixed use, is locally listed.

    3.1 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Church of St. John the Divine, Bulwell

    The Church of St John the Divine, Bulwell is a parish church in the Church of England. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.

    3 km · grade II listed church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church of St. Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell

    The Church of St Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell is a parish church of the Church of England in Nottinghamshire, England. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.

    3 km · grade II listed church in Bulwell, Nottingham, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Bestwood Village

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 24 km · Birmingham (BHX), 74 km · Manchester (MAN), 82 km
Stations
Hucknall station, 2 km · Bulwell railway station, 3.1 km · Butler's Hill tram stop, 900 m · Bulwell Forest tram stop, 2.3 km · Moor Bridge tram stop, 1.4 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Bestwood Village
    78 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–11
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Bestwood Village
    87 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £10–13
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Bestwood Village
    89 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £10–13
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Bestwood Village

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bestwood Village. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inMotorists have two choices to enter England from outside Great Britain, by various car ferry routes, or the Channel Tunnel.
  • Get inThere are only limited car ferry services connecting Ireland directly with England.
  • Get inAlternatively it is possible to take a ferry from Ireland to Wales or Scotland and then continue the journey by road to England.
  • Go nextWales — to the west of England, with its own language and culture Scotland — pristine nature and highlands to the north Isle of Man — picturesque island nation perfect for outdoor pursuits Ireland and Northern Ireland — fascinating history and cultures a short ferry ride away France, Belgium, and the Netherlands — all accessible by direct high-speed rail from London

From Wikivoyage: England, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    260 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    315 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    383 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    411 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    418 km

If you know how people move in Bestwood Village – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Bestwood Village

Bestwood Village is 8 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Hucknalltown in Nottinghamshire, England2 km
  • Bulwelltown in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.1 km
  • Linbyvillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom3.7 km
  • Papplewickvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.3 km
  • St. Albanscivil parish in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England2.1 km
  • Redhillvillage in Nottinghamshire, UK3.1 km