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.

There are a number of cities near to Orston including Nottingham.

Castles to visit near Orston include Nottingham Castle.

Nottingham Castle is a great place to visit close to Orston if you like historic buildings.

Gedling is a great place to visit close to Orston if you like villages.

Country Parks to visit near Orston include Gedling Country Park.

Don't miss Victoria Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Orston.

Orston History

There are some historic monuments around Orston:

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