Thoroton is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Thoroton postcode: NG13 9BZ

Retail in Thoroton

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

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

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

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

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

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

Victoria Centre is a great place to visit close to Thoroton if you like shopping centres.

Thoroton History

There are some historic monuments around Thoroton:

• Village cross at junction of Grantham Road and Market Street
• Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm
• Margidunum Roman Station
• Civil War redoubt on Beacon Hill, 550m north west of The Firs
• Moated site and fishponds 225m north of Wiverton Hall
• Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green
• Standing cross known as Beaumond Cross
• Civil War gun battery and covered way immediately south east of Wiverton Hall
• Rolleston manor: three moats, eight fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
• Moat, two fishponds, boundary bank and ditch and two leats
• Hawton moated site, fishpond, Civil War redoubt and ridge and furrow
• Timber circle 430m north east of Stoke Fields Farm
• Queen's Sconce
• Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm
• Cranmer's Mound: motte castle, prospect mound, moated fishponds, enclosure, hollow way and ridge and furrow
• Muston village cross, 70m east of Mountain Ash Farm
• Moated grange with fishpond at Muston
• Bowl barrow 160m south east of Wharf Farm
• Shifted medieval village earthworks and moat at Easthorpe
• Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds
• Medieval settlement and remains of open fields immediately west of East Stoke village
• Bingham medieval settlement, immediately west of Carnarvon School
• Kilvington medieval settlement and part of an open field system, 400m south west of Staunton Hall
• Site of Ad Pontem, Stoke by Newark
• Medieval village including monastic college, chapel, moat, fishponds, dovecote and open field system 200m south of Manor Farm
• Medieval market cross and 19th century commemorative cross
• Fleming's Bridge
• Settlement site at Morton