South Normanton
South Normanton is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England.
South Normanton is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 9,445. An ex-mining village, it is two miles east of Alfreton. The historic industries of the village were agriculture, stocking, spinning and mining. Normanton means 'the farm of the north men' or 'Northwegans'.
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Worth seeing in and around South Normanton
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.
- 01Pinxton 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.
1.9 km · motte-and-bailey castle in South Normanton, Bolsover, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Carnfield 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.
1.7 km · country house in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St. 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.
4 km · church in Selston, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04War Memorial and Railings
Alfreton War Memorial is a 20th century Grade II listed war memorial in the town and civil parish of Alfreton, in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England.
3.3 km · war memorial in Alfreton, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Peter's Church, Stonebroom
St Peter's Church, Stonebroom is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Stonebroom, Derbyshire.
3.9 km · church building in Shirland and Higham, North East Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06All Saints' Church, Huthwaite
All Saints' Church, Huthwaite is a parish church in the Church of England in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.
3.5 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to South Normanton
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 31 km · Manchester (MAN), 68 km · Birmingham (BHX), 78 km
- Stations
- Alfreton railway station, 2 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → South Normanton73 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £9–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → South Normanton79 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £9–12
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → South Normanton78 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £9–11
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No local-transport research exists yet for South Normanton
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 South Normanton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inRailway stations at for the town or (1.5 miles S) for the scenic Derwent gorge area, the Heights of Abraham attraction, caves and cable car service.
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Next door to South Normanton
South Normanton is 21 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Alfretontown and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England2.8 km
- Pinxtonvillage and civil parish in Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England3.6 km
- Somercotesvillage and civil parish in the district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England3.5 km
- Blackwellvillage and civil parish in the Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England1.6 km
- Stonebroomvillage in Derbyshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Huthwaitevillage in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom3.4 km