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Syerston

Syerston is a small civil parish in Nottinghamshire, about six miles south-west of Newark-on-Trent, and is bisected by the A46 trunk road.

Syerston
Syerston · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Syerston is a small civil parish in Nottinghamshire, about six miles south-west of Newark-on-Trent, and is bisected by the A46 trunk road. It contained 179 inhabitants in seventy-three households as reported by the 2011 census, the count has since fallen to 169 residents at the 2021 census, which are almost all in a settlement to the east of the road.

The parish is bounded on the north-east by Elston, on the south-east by Flintham and to the east by Sibthorpe. Its southern boundary is the supposed pre-historic trackway called Longhedge Lane.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Syerston

8 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
    Elston Chapel

    Elston Chapel is a redundant Anglican church to the north-east of the village of Elston, Nottinghamshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    1.8 km · church in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Mary's Church

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

    3.7 km · grade II listed church in Bleasby, Nottingham, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    All Saints' Church, Elston

    All Saints' Church, Elston is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Elston, Nottinghamshire, England.

    1.2 km · church in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Lawrence's Church, Thorpe

    St. Lawrence's Church, Thorpe is a parish church in the Church of England in Thorpe, Nottinghamshire.

    3.3 km · grade II listed church in Thorpe, 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.

    3.9 km · grade II listed church in Kneeton, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Oswald's Church, East Stoke

    St Oswald's Church, East Stoke is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in East Stoke, Nottinghamshire. It is adjacent to Stoke Hall.

    2.6 km · church in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Stoke Hall

    Stoke Hall is a Grade II listed 10,382 sq ft mansion, near the village of East Stoke in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located near the River Trent.

    2.7 km · house in East Stoke, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    4 km · church in Hawksworth, 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 Syerston

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 36 km · Birmingham (BHX), 85 km · Manchester (MAN), 100 km
Stations
RAF Syerston, 1.7 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Syerston
    91 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £10–13
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Syerston
    103 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · £13–17
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Syerston
    96 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £11–14
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Syerston

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 Syerston. 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

    261 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    330 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    392 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    396 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    431 km

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Around it

Next door to Syerston

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

  • Thorotonvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK2.8 km
  • Thorpevillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England2.6 km
  • East Stokevillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, UK2.3 km
  • Elstonvillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, UK1.5 km
  • Sheltonvillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, UK3.8 km
  • Sibthorpevillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, UK2.8 km