Hockerton is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Hockerton

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

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

The area around Hockerton's best castles can be found at Nottingham Castle.

Don't miss Nottingham Castle's historic buildings if visiting the area around Hockerton.

The area around Hockerton's best villages can be found at Gedling.

Gedling Country Park is one of Hockerton's best, nearby country parks to visit in Hockerton.

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

Hockerton History

There are some historic monuments around Hockerton:

• Settlement site at Morton
• Jordan Castle: ringwork, fortified manor, hollow way, fishpond and ridge and furrow
• Three round barrows on Laxton Common
• Earthwork to E of village
• Roman vexillation fortress 310m and 530m south of Osmanthorpe Manor
• Medieval village including monastic college, chapel, moat, fishponds, dovecote and open field system 200m south of Manor Farm
• Fishponds 220m south west of St Michael's Church
• Archbishop's Palace
• Rolleston manor: three moats, eight fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
• Averham moat and enclosure
• Cross in St Michael's churchyard
• Bowl barrow 70m south of church of St Michael
• Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm
• Norwell Woodhouse moat and fishpond
• Little Carlton medieval village and part of the meadow field system
• Roman villa complex and Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Southwell
• Castle Hill
• Earlshaw Hall moat
• Moated site, fishponds and decoy pond 490m north west of Park Spring Farm
• Bowl barrow 160m south east of Wharf Farm
• Old Hall moat and two fishponds
• Site of Ad Pontem, Stoke by Newark
• Timber circle 430m north east of Stoke Fields Farm
• Medieval settlement and remains of open fields immediately west of East Stoke village