West Drayton is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

West Drayton postcode: DN22 8ED

Retail in West Drayton

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

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

Castles to visit near West Drayton include Nottingham Castle.

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

The area around West Drayton's best villages can be found at Gedling.

There are a several good country parks in the area around West Drayton like Gedling Country Park.

Victoria Centre is one of West Drayton's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in West Drayton.

West Drayton History

There are some historic monuments around West Drayton:

• Medieval settlement including a moated site and open field system, immediately north east and south of Hall Farm
• Haughton decoy and motte and bailey castle
• Earthwork to E of village
• Gaddick Hill medieval motte and bailey castle and post-medieval manor house
• Fishponds 220m south west of St Michael's Church
• Jordan Castle: ringwork, fortified manor, hollow way, fishpond and ridge and furrow
• Motte and bailey castle and associated medieval and post-medieval manorial remains, including six fishponds
• Moated fishpond complex with moat, fishstews, seven fishponds with sluices, ridge and furrow and a leat
• Moat, three fishponds, enclosures, hollow way and part of a road at Hall Yard
• St Helen's Church
• Rufford Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management works, pre-monastic open-field system and post-medieval building
• Ringwork at Kingshaugh Farm
• Cross in St Michael's churchyard
• Site of old hall S of Haughton Hall Farm
• Bothamsall motte and bailey castle and hollow way
• Haughton Chapel
• Markham Moor Bridge (or 'Mirihil' Bridge)
• Three round barrows on Laxton Common
• Bowl barrow 70m south of church of St Michael
• West Bridge