Bolsover

Worth seeing in and around Bolsover

7 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
   Bolsover Castle

   Bolsover Castle is in the town of Bolsover, in the north-east of the English county of Derbyshire. Built in the early 17th century, the present castle lies on the earthworks and ruins of the 12th-century medieval castle; the first structure of the present castle was built between 1612 and 1617 by Sir Charles Cavendish.

   600 m · castle in England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Church of St John the Baptist, Ault Hucknall

   St John the Baptist's Church, Ault Hucknall, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire.

   5.4 km · Grade I listed church in Ault Hucknall, Bolsover, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Sutton Scarsdale Hall

   Sutton Scarsdale Hall is a Grade I listed Georgian ruined stately home in Sutton Scarsdale, just outside Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

   3.8 km · Grade I listed English country house in North East Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St John the Baptist

   St. John the Baptist's Church, Clowne, is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church situated in Clowne, a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England.

   5.2 km · church in Bolsover, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St Mary and St Lawrence, Bolsover

   St Mary and St Laurence's Church, Bolsover is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Bolsover, Derbyshire.

   400 m · church in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Leonard's Church, Scarcliffe

   St Leonard's Church, Scarcliffe, is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Scarcliffe, Derbyshire.

   2.6 km · church in Scarcliffe, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of the Holy Trinity

   Holy Trinity Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.

   5.7 km · church building in Shirebrook, Bolsover, Derbyshire, 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.

What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Bolsover Castle

   A Stuart-era mansion that was "the fantasy hilltop pleasure palace of a horse-mad Cavalier playboy".

2. 02
   Creswell Crags

   Limestone gouge with caves that were occupied during the last ice age.

3. 03
   Creswell Model Village

   An example of early 20th-century design from the model village movement.

From Wikivoyage: Bolsover, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Bolsover

Airports

East Midlands (EMA), 44 km · Manchester (MAN), 67 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 75 km

Stations

Langwith-Whaley Thorns railway station, 5.2 km

• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Bolsover

  32 km · quickest by road, 52 min · £3.5–4.5
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Bolsover

  69 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £9–12
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• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Bolsover

  65 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £7–10
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