Stanford on Soar is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Stanford on Soar

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

Nottingham is a great place to visit close to Stanford on Soar if you like cities.

Don't miss Nottingham Castle's castles if visiting the area around Stanford on Soar.

The area around Stanford on Soar's best historic buildings can be found at Nottingham Castle.

Gedling is a great place to visit close to Stanford on Soar if you like villages.

Places near Stanford on Soar feature a number of interesting country parks including Gedling Country Park.

Places near Stanford on Soar feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Victoria Centre.

Stanford on Soar History

There are some historic monuments around Stanford on Soar:

• All Saints' Church, Dishley
• Roman site on Red Hill
• Moated site with fishpond and flood banks at Long Whatton
• Moated Lodge with associated water channels and fishpond at Quorndon
• Village cross at junction of Church Street and Cross Street
• Moat at Lea Meadows
• Medieval settlement remains immediately east of The Wymeshead
• Deserted medieval village
• Mercian cross, St Mary and St John's churchyard
• Moated site SE of Sawley Locks
• Ulverscroft Priory, moat and three fishponds
• Market cross on south side of Market Place
• Moated site with fishpond at Long Whatton
• Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery 750m west of Rempstone Hall
• Thorpe in the Glebe medieval settlement, including church site and open field system
• Beacon Hill hillfort, enclosure and linear boundary
• Site of Roman villa
• Roman villa and enclosures N of Ratcliffe Lane
• Dovecote at Manor Farm
• Site revealed by aerial photography, SE of Dunster Barn
• Cistercian abbey and mansion, with fishpond and mound at Garendon
• Romano-British nucleated enclosed settlement and Roman villa complex at Glebe Farm
• Mountsorrel motte and bailey castle