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Pinxton

Pinxton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire on the western boundary of Nottinghamshire, England, just south of the Pinxton Interchange at Junction 28 of the M1 motorway where the A38 road meets the M1.

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The place

Pinxton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire on the western boundary of Nottinghamshire, England, just south of the Pinxton Interchange at Junction 28 of the M1 motorway where the A38 road meets the M1. Pinxton is part of the Bolsover District and at the 2021 Census had a population of 5,652.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Pinxton

6 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
    Pinxton Castle

    Pinxton Castle, Derbyshire, is a scheduled monument in Castle Wood that straddles Pinxton and South Normanton. In its designation as a scheduled monument, Historic England describes it as having been a motte and fortified manor, with a moated site and five fishponds.

    1.8 km · motte-and-bailey castle in South Normanton, Bolsover, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Christ Church

    Christ Church, Ironville is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ironville, Derbyshire.

    3.7 km · church building in Ironville, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St James

    St James’ Church, Riddings is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Riddings, Derbyshire.

    3.6 km · church in Riddings, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St. Helen's Church, Selston

    St Helen's Church, Selston is a parish church in the Church of England in the village of Selston, Nottinghamshire. It is part of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.

    1.8 km · church in Selston, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Mary's Church, Westwood

    St. Mary's Church, Westwood is a parish church in the Church of England in Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire.

    3.8 km · church in Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Carnfield Hall

    Carnfield Hall is a privately owned country house located at South Normanton, near Alfreton in Derbyshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.2 km · country house in 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.

Go there

Getting to Pinxton

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 29 km · Manchester (MAN), 70 km · Birmingham (BHX), 76 km
Stations
Alfreton railway station, 3.5 km · Codnor Park and Selston railway station, 3.7 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Pinxton
    75 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £9–11
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Pinxton
    78 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £9–12
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Pinxton
    80 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £9–11
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Pinxton

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 Pinxton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    267 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    312 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    371 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    406 km
  5. 05
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    420 km

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

Around it

Next door to Pinxton

Pinxton is 19 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • South Normantonvillage and civil parish in Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England2.4 km
  • Ironvillevillage and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England, UK3.7 km
  • Somercotesvillage and civil parish in the district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England3.4 km
  • Blackwellvillage and civil parish in the Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England3.9 km
  • Selstonvillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom2.7 km
  • Huthwaitevillage in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom4 km