Thorney is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Thorney

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

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

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

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

Gedling is one of Thorney's best, nearby villages to visit in Thorney.

Thorney is near some unmissable shopping centres like Victoria Centre,

Places near Thorney feature a number of interesting country parks including Gedling Country Park.

Thorney History

There are some historic monuments around Thorney:

• Roman Vexillation Fortress, two Roman Marching Camps, and a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Newton on Trent
• Hall Close: a medieval and post-medieval hall complex south of Dovecote Lane, with dovecote, gardens, fishponds, churchyard and cultivation remains
• Cross in St Peter and St Paul's churchyard
• Torksey Castle
• Roman fort, south of Littleborough Lane
• Site of a college and Benedictine Abbey, St Mary's Church
• Mound S of Sand Lane
• Site of medieval town
• Deserted village of North Ingleby
• Broxholme medieval settlement and cultivation remains
• Site of medieval nunnery, Broadholme
• Standing cross on the west side of High Street
• Remains of a preceptory, fishponds and post-medieval gardens at Eagle Hall
• Thorpe medieval settlement
• Fleet Plantation moated site
• The medieval bishop's palace and deer park, Stow Park
• Moated site west of Church Road
• Segelocum Roman town
• Site discovered by aerial photography NNE of village
• Whimpton Moor medieval village and moated site
• Coates medieval settlement and moated site