Shirebrook is a Town in the county of Derbyshire.

Retail in Shirebrook

There are great places to visit near Shirebrook including some great towns, cities, hiking areas, ancient sites, historic monuments, caves, old mines, mountains, lakes, hills, ruins, historic buildings, shopping centres, rivers and streams and waterfalls.

Shirebrook's best nearby towns can be found at Castleton, Buxton, Darley Dale, and Hope.

Derby is one of Shirebrook's best, nearby cities to visit in Shirebrook.

Shirebrook has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Hope Valley, Kinder Scout, Errwood Hall (ruin), and Three Shires Head.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Shirebrook area like Arbor Low Henge, Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow, and Carl Wark Hillfort.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Shirebrook like Arbor Low Henge.

Don't miss Blue John Cavern, Treak Cliff Cavern, and Odin Mine's caves if visiting the area around Shirebrook.

Shirebrook's best nearby old mines can be found at Blue John Cavern, Treak Cliff Cavern, and Odin Mine.

Shirebrook is near some unmissable mountains like Kinder Scout,

Lakes to visit near Shirebrook include Errwood Reservoir.

There are a several good hills in the Shirebrook area like Shining Tor, and Higger Tor.

There are a several good ruins in the Shirebrook area like Errwood Hall (ruin), and Castedge (ruin).

There are a several good historic buildings in the Shirebrook area like Solomon's Temple, and St Mary's Church Derby.

Don't miss Derbion's shopping centres if visiting the area around Shirebrook.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the Shirebrook area like River Dane at Three Shires Head, and Panniers Pool.

The area around Shirebrook features a number of interesting waterfalls including Panniers Pool Waterfall, and Three Shires Head Waterfall.

Shirebrook History

There are some historic monuments around Shirebrook:

• Beeston Lodge
• Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle
• Four watchtowers SW of town
• Hardwick Old Hall: an Elizabethan great house
• King's Mill viaduct
• Mound on Hamilton Hill
• Worksop Castle: eleventh century motte castle and twelfth century shell keep castle
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge, including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave
• Cuckney motte and bailey castle
• Roman villa ESE of Northfield House
• Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave
• Langwith Cave
• Pleasley Colliery
• Pinxton Castle motte and fortified manor with moated site and five fishponds
• Standing cross on Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
• Standing cross, Clowne
• Skegby Manor House, immediately south east of Pond Cottage
• Bowl barrow, 240m SSE of Woodend Farm
• Ash Tree Cave
• Markland Grips promontory fort
• Standing cross