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Flintham

Flintham is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district in Nottinghamshire, 7 miles (11 km) from Newark-on-Trent and opposite RAF Syerston on the A46.

Flintham
Flintham · How, James Flintham, 1842-1896
The place

Flintham is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district in Nottinghamshire, 7 miles (11 km) from Newark-on-Trent and opposite RAF Syerston on the A46. It had a population of 597 at the 2011 census, estimated at 586 in 2019, and a fall to 563 at the 2021 census. The village name was taken by the Ham class minesweeper HMS Flintham.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Flintham

9 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
    Aslockton Castle

    Aslockton Castle is a ruined fortification, a motte-and-bailey castle, in the village of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire. The original name of the settlement was Aslachetone, which suggests a possible Norse origin; it was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was described as a large settlement.

    3.3 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Mary's Church, Car Colston

    St Mary's Church, Car Colston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Car Colston.

    1.9 km · Grade I listed church in Car Colston, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Helen's Church, Kneeton

    St Helen's Church, Kneeton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Kneeton, Nottinghamshire, England.

    4 km · grade II listed church in Kneeton, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Wilfrid's Church, Screveton

    St Wilfrid's Church, Screveton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Screveton.

    1.1 km · Grade I listed church in Screveton, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St. Helena's Church, Thoroton

    St Helena's Church, Thoroton is the Church of England parish church of Thoroton, Nottinghamshire, England. The building is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as of outstanding architectural interest.

    2.7 km · Grade I listed church in Thoroton, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St. Thomas' Church, Aslockton

    St. Thomas' Church, Aslockton is a late 19th-century Church of England parish church in the village of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire.

    3.3 km · grade II listed church in Aslockton, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St. John of Beverley, Scarrington

    The Church of St John of Beverley is a 13th-century parish church of the Church of England, in the village of Scarrington, Nottinghamshire. It has been Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

    1.9 km · grade II listed church in Scarrington, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton

    The Church of St John of Beverley, Whatton is a parish church in the Church of England in Whatton-in-the-Vale, Nottinghamshire, dedicated to St John of Beverley. The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

    3.8 km · church in Whatton-in-the-Vale, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth

    The Church of St Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth, is the Church of England parish church in Hawksworth, Nottinghamshire. It is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a particularly significant building of more than local interest.

    1.3 km · church in Hawksworth, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Flintham

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 33 km · Birmingham (BHX), 82 km · Manchester (MAN), 101 km
Stations
Aslockton railway station, 3.5 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Flintham
    89 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £10–13
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Flintham
    103 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · £13–17
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Flintham
    97 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £11–14
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Flintham

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 Flintham. 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

    257 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    327 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    394 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    398 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    433 km

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Around it

Next door to Flintham

Flintham is 17 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Aslocktonvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.4 km
  • Thorotonvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.3 km
  • Hawksworthvillage in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England1.5 km
  • Scarringtonvillage and civil parish in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England1.9 km
  • Screvetonvillage and civil parish in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England800 m
  • Whatton-in-the-Valevillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.8 km