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Lowdham

Lowdham is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire between Nottingham and Southwell.

Lowdham
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The place

Lowdham is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire between Nottingham and Southwell. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 3,247. Two main roads slicing through the village are the A6097 south-east to north-west and the A612 between Nottingham and Southwell.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Lowdham

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
    Holy Cross Church, Epperstone

    Holy Cross Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England at Epperstone in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.

    3.1 km · church in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Priory Church of St. Peter, Thurgarton

    The Priory Church of St Peter, Thurgarton is a former house of Canons Regular or "Black Canons" and now a Church of England church in Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire, England. St Peter's is a Grade I listed building.

    3.6 km · church in Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Helen's Church, Burton Joyce

    St Helen's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, England.

    3.4 km · Grade I listed church in Burton Joyce, Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Mary's Church, Lowdham

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

    1.1 km · church in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    3.8 km · grade II listed church in Kneeton, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Laurence's Church, Gonalston

    St Laurence's Church, Gonalston is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Gonalston.

    1.7 km · grade II listed church in Gonalston, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St Michael's Church, Hoveringham

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

    2.7 km · grade II listed church in Hoveringham, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St Aidan's Church, Caythorpe

    St Aidan's Church, Caythorpe is a Chapel of Ease in the Church of England in Caythorpe, Nottinghamshire. It is notable as being one of very few surviving 'tin tabernacles' still in ecclesiastical use.

    1.6 km · church in Caythorpe, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Gunthorpe Bridge

    Gunthorpe Bridge refers two crossings across the River Trent at Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire. The first cast-iron bridge was built in the Victorian era using a local act of Parliament.

    2.7 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Shelford

    St Peter and St Paul's Church, Shelford is a parish church in the Church of England in Shelford, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

    4 km · church in Shelford, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, 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 Lowdham

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 30 km · Birmingham (BHX), 80 km · Manchester (MAN), 93 km
Stations
Thurgarton railway station, 3.4 km · Lowdham railway station, 300 m · Burton Joyce railway station, 4 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Lowdham
    84 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £9–12
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Lowdham
    97 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £12–16
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Lowdham
    94 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £10–13
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Lowdham

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 Lowdham. 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

    259 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    323 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    392 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    400 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    426 km

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

Around it

Next door to Lowdham

Lowdham is 12 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Burton Joycevillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.4 km
  • East Bridgfordvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.9 km
  • Gonalstonvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK1.5 km
  • Bulcotevillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK1.6 km
  • Gunthorpevillage and civil parish outside of Nottingham, England2.3 km
  • Epperstonevillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3 km