Orston is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Orston

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

Nottingham is one of Orston's best, nearby cities to visit in Orston.

The area close to Orston boasts some of the best castles including Nottingham Castle.

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

Orston is near some unmissable villages like Gedling,

Gedling Country Park is a great place to visit close to Orston if you like country parks.

There are a number of shopping centres near to Orston including Victoria Centre.

Orston History

There are some historic monuments around Orston:

• Medieval village including monastic college, chapel, moat, fishponds, dovecote and open field system 200m south of Manor Farm
• Village cross at junction of Grantham Road and Market Street
• Timber circle 430m north east of Stoke Fields Farm
• Moat, two fishponds, boundary bank and ditch and two leats
• Hawton moated site, fishpond, Civil War redoubt and ridge and furrow
• Fleming's Bridge
• Site of Ad Pontem, Stoke by Newark
• Civil War gun battery and covered way immediately south east of Wiverton Hall
• Bowl barrow 160m south east of Wharf Farm
• Muston village cross, 70m east of Mountain Ash Farm
• Shifted medieval village earthworks and moat at Easthorpe
• Bingham medieval settlement, immediately west of Carnarvon School
• Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green
• Settlement site at Morton
• Medieval settlement and remains of open fields immediately west of East Stoke village
• Cranmer's Mound: motte castle, prospect mound, moated fishponds, enclosure, hollow way and ridge and furrow
• Old St James' Church
• The Grange moated site, Hose
• Kilvington medieval settlement and part of an open field system, 400m south west of Staunton Hall
• Moated grange with fishpond at Muston
• Moated site and fishponds 225m north of Wiverton Hall
• Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds
• Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm