Wigsley is a Village in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Retail in Wigsley

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

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

The area around Wigsley's best castles can be found at Nottingham Castle.

Nottingham Castle is one of Wigsley's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Wigsley.

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

Wigsley is near some unmissable country parks like Gedling Country Park,

There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Wigsley like Victoria Centre.

Wigsley History

There are some historic monuments around Wigsley:

• Site of medieval town
• Roman Vexillation Fortress, two Roman Marching Camps, and a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Newton on Trent
• Standing cross on the west side of High Street
• The medieval bishop's palace and deer park, Stow Park
• Rectangular barrows at North Muskham
• Fleet Plantation moated site
• Cross in St Peter and St Paul's churchyard
• Remains of a preceptory, fishponds and post-medieval gardens at Eagle Hall
• Hall Close: a medieval and post-medieval hall complex south of Dovecote Lane, with dovecote, gardens, fishponds, churchyard and cultivation remains
• Site of medieval nunnery, Broadholme
• Roman camp 750m east of Church Cottages
• Thorpe medieval settlement
• Deserted village of North Ingleby
• Standing cross 140m north of The Old Hall
• Standing cross 300m north of Trent Farm
• Mound S of Sand Lane
• Torksey Castle
• Churchyard cross, St Germain's churchyard
• Moated site west of Church Road
• Broxholme medieval settlement and cultivation remains
• Site discovered by aerial photography NNE of village
• Roman Villa west of Hill Holt Farm