Besthorpe is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Besthorpe

There are great places to visit near Besthorpe including some great cities, castles, historic buildings, villages, country parks and shopping centres.

The area around Besthorpe's best cities can be found at Nottingham.

Besthorpe is near some unmissable castles like Nottingham Castle,

Nottingham Castle is one of Besthorpe's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Besthorpe.

Places near Besthorpe feature a number of interesting villages including Gedling.

Don't miss Gedling Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Besthorpe.

Victoria Centre is a great place to visit close to Besthorpe if you like shopping centres.

Besthorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Besthorpe:

• Civil War town defences within the Friary Garden
• Civil War defences 270m and 300m west of Vale Farm
• Moat, two fishponds, fishstews and pond bay, west of Balderton Lane
• Averham moat and enclosure
• Newark town wall (Lombard Street)
• Moated site west of Church Road
• Old Hall moat and two fishponds
• Mound S of Sand Lane
• Moated site 750m north west of Dairy Farm
• Civil War fieldwork on Crankley Point
• Little Carlton medieval village and part of the meadow field system
• Whimpton Moor medieval village and moated site
• Langford medieval village, including moat and open field system, 450m north west of Elmtree Farm
• Gun platform 440m south east of Muskham Bridge
• Standing cross on the west side of High Street
• Civil War redoubt 550m south east of Valley Farm
• Iron Age settlement
• Civil War redoubt 680m north west of Dairy Farm
• Roman camp 750m east of Church Cottages
• Ringwork at Kingshaugh Farm
• Willoughby deserted medieval village, post-medieval moated manor, church, six fishponds, ridge and furrow and hollow way
• Cross in St Peter and St Paul's churchyard
• Moat, three fishponds, enclosures, hollow way and part of a road at Hall Yard
• Standing cross 300m north of Trent Farm
• Site of pit alignments
• Civil War redoubt 580m ENE of sugar refinery
• Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard
• Civil War Sconce 150m west of Muskham Bridge
• Site discovered by aerial photography NNE of village
• Standing cross 140m north of The Old Hall
• Rectangular barrows at North Muskham
• Settlement 3/4 mile (1198m) W of Cromwell Village
• Newark Castle
• Civil War redoubt on Crankley Point
• Civil War sconce 650m north west of Devon Bridge
• Roman Villa west of Hill Holt Farm
• Crococalana Roman town
• Remains of a preceptory, fishponds and post-medieval gardens at Eagle Hall
• Roman Vexillation Fortress, two Roman Marching Camps, and a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Newton on Trent