Eakring is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Eakring

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

Nottingham is a great place to visit close to Eakring if you like cities.

There are a number of castles near to Eakring including Nottingham Castle.

The area close to Eakring boasts some of the best historic buildings including Nottingham Castle.

Gedling is one of Eakring's best, nearby villages to visit in Eakring.

There are a several good country parks in the area around Eakring like Gedling Country Park.

The area close to Eakring boasts some of the best shopping centres including Victoria Centre.

Eakring History

There are some historic monuments around Eakring:

• Earlshaw Hall moat
• Earthwork to E of village
• Fishponds 220m south west of St Michael's Church
• Haughton Chapel
• Three round barrows on Laxton Common
• Bowl barrow 70m south of church of St Michael
• Cross in St Michael's churchyard
• Moated site, fishponds and decoy pond 490m north west of Park Spring Farm
• Medieval settlement including a moated site and open field system, immediately north east and south of Hall Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort, 169m west of Combs Farm
• Moated fishpond complex with moat, fishstews, seven fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
• Bothamsall motte and bailey castle and hollow way
• Gaddick Hill medieval motte and bailey castle and post-medieval manor house
• Roman vexillation fortress 310m and 530m south of Osmanthorpe Manor
• Motte and bailey castle and associated medieval and post-medieval manorial remains, including six fishponds
• Mound 300yds (270m) W of Moorfields Farm
• Archbishop's Palace
• Bowl barrow, 452m north west of Cameleon Lodge
• Roman villa complex and Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Southwell
• Site of old hall S of Haughton Hall Farm
• Oldox camp
• Roman camp 470m south of Carr Banks Farm
• Haughton decoy and motte and bailey castle
• Rufford Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management works, pre-monastic open-field system and post-medieval building
• Jordan Castle: ringwork, fortified manor, hollow way, fishpond and ridge and furrow