Elston is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Elston

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

The area close to Elston boasts some of the best cities including Nottingham.

There are a several good castles in the area around Elston like Nottingham Castle.

There are a number of historic buildings near to Elston including Nottingham Castle.

There are a several good villages in the area around Elston like Gedling.

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

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

Elston History

There are some historic monuments around Elston:

• Newark town wall (Lombard Street)
• Standing cross known as Beaumond Cross
• Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green
• Civil War redoubt 550m south east of Valley Farm
• Site of Ad Pontem, Stoke by Newark
• Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds
• Fleming's Bridge
• Archbishop's Palace
• Little Carlton medieval village and part of the meadow field system
• Civil War redoubt on Beacon Hill, 550m north west of The Firs
• Civil War redoubt on Crankley Point
• Bowl barrow 160m south east of Wharf Farm
• Medieval settlement and remains of open fields immediately west of East Stoke village
• Moated site, fishponds and decoy pond 490m north west of Park Spring Farm
• Langford medieval village, including moat and open field system, 450m north west of Elmtree Farm
• Shifted medieval village earthworks and moat at Easthorpe
• Margidunum Roman Station
• Averham moat and enclosure
• Civil War town defences within the Friary Garden
• Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm
• Village cross at junction of Grantham Road and Market Street
• Civil War sconce 650m north west of Devon Bridge
• Castle Hill
• Civil War fieldwork on Crankley Point
• Iron Age settlement
• Queen's Sconce
• Medieval village including monastic college, chapel, moat, fishponds, dovecote and open field system 200m south of Manor Farm
• Muston village cross, 70m east of Mountain Ash Farm
• Bingham medieval settlement, immediately west of Carnarvon School
• Roman villa complex and Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Southwell
• Moated site 750m north west of Dairy Farm
• Kilvington medieval settlement and part of an open field system, 400m south west of Staunton Hall
• Site of pit alignments
• Hawton moated site, fishpond, Civil War redoubt and ridge and furrow
• Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm
• Cranmer's Mound: motte castle, prospect mound, moated fishponds, enclosure, hollow way and ridge and furrow
• Civil War redoubt 680m north west of Dairy Farm
• Moat, two fishponds, boundary bank and ditch and two leats
• Rolleston manor: three moats, eight fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
• Timber circle 430m north east of Stoke Fields Farm
• Standing cross 140m north of The Old Hall
• Newark Castle
• Civil War redoubt 580m ENE of sugar refinery
• Moated grange with fishpond at Muston
• Civil War Sconce 150m west of Muskham Bridge
• Settlement site at Morton
• Gun platform 440m south east of Muskham Bridge