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Mary's Grove

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Mary's Grove

Bridleway to Church Warsop Budby South Forest.
Bridleway to Church Warsop Credit: Jonathan Thacker

Mary's Grove is a picturesque woodland area located in Nottinghamshire, England. Situated in the heart of the county, it covers an extensive area of enchanting woodland, making it a haven for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts alike.

The grove is known for its dense forest, comprising a variety of tree species such as oak, beech, and birch, which provide a rich and diverse habitat for numerous wildlife species. The towering trees create a tranquil atmosphere, offering visitors a serene escape from the bustling city life.

Walking through the grove, one can find a network of well-maintained trails, allowing for leisurely strolls and more adventurous hikes. The paths wind through the woodland, passing by streams, small ponds, and open clearings. These clearings provide the perfect spot for picnics or simply to sit and appreciate the natural beauty surrounding them.

Mary's Grove also boasts a wealth of flora and fauna, with wildflowers dotting the forest floor during the spring and summer months. Birdwatchers can spot a variety of species, including woodpeckers, owls, and various songbirds. Additionally, the grove is home to small mammals like squirrels, rabbits, and even the occasional deer.

The grove is easily accessible, with nearby parking facilities and public transportation links. It offers a peaceful retreat for individuals seeking solace in nature, as well as a great place for families to spend quality time together. Whether it's a leisurely walk, a picnic, or a wildlife-spotting adventure, Mary's Grove in Nottinghamshire is a hidden gem waiting to be explored.

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Images are sourced within 2km of 53.235322/-1.0658524 or Grid Reference SK6271. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Bridleway to Church Warsop Budby South Forest.
Bridleway to Church Warsop
Budby South Forest.
Cultivated field, Budby North Forest
Cultivated field, Budby North Forest
Belt of trees, Budby North Forest There is virtually no time of the year when gorse can't be found in flower.
Belt of trees, Budby North Forest
There is virtually no time of the year when gorse can't be found in flower.
Car park by Duncanwood Lodge
Car park by Duncanwood Lodge
Track by Budby North Forest
Track by Budby North Forest
Budby Village
Budby Village
Thoresby Hall and Garden The ornate fountain in front of the house is Grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry 1370209 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1370209" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1370209">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> ). It dates from 1865.
Thoresby Hall and Garden
The ornate fountain in front of the house is Grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry 1370209 LinkExternal link ). It dates from 1865.
Former Stable Block at Thoresby Hall Built at the same time as Thoresby Hall, the stable block is Grade II-listed (List Entry No <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1370209" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1370209">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Historic England). It is now open to the public as a retail space within Thoresby Park.
Former Stable Block at Thoresby Hall
Built at the same time as Thoresby Hall, the stable block is Grade II-listed (List Entry No LinkExternal link Historic England). It is now open to the public as a retail space within Thoresby Park.
Stables Courtyard, Thoresby Park Built at the same time as Thoresby Hall, the stable block is Grade II-listed (List Entry No <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1370209" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1370209">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Historic England). It is now open to the public as a retail space within Thoresby Park.
Stables Courtyard, Thoresby Park
Built at the same time as Thoresby Hall, the stable block is Grade II-listed (List Entry No LinkExternal link Historic England). It is now open to the public as a retail space within Thoresby Park.
Thoresby Hall The main east front has a central 3-storey projecting porch with a porte-cochere and above it, a 2-stage bell tower with a domed octagonal cupola. The tower has a cornice with 4 urns. The clock stage, above, has triple corner pilasters and rosette decoration. The clock face is to the east.
Thoresby Hall
The main east front has a central 3-storey projecting porch with a porte-cochere and above it, a 2-stage bell tower with a domed octagonal cupola. The tower has a cornice with 4 urns. The clock stage, above, has triple corner pilasters and rosette decoration. The clock face is to the east.
Thoresby Hall, East Face The main east front has a central 3-storey projecting porch with a porte-cochere and above it, a 2-stage bell tower with a domed octagonal cupola. The tower has a cornice with 4 urns. The clock stage, above, has triple corner pilasters and rosette decoration. The clock face is to the east.
Thoresby Hall, East Face
The main east front has a central 3-storey projecting porch with a porte-cochere and above it, a 2-stage bell tower with a domed octagonal cupola. The tower has a cornice with 4 urns. The clock stage, above, has triple corner pilasters and rosette decoration. The clock face is to the east.
Thoresby Hall, South Front The south front has 3 different bay windows. A central scrolled-shaped gable is flanked to left by a square tower with a parapet and to right by a tower with corner cupolas. The Central pedimented doorcase is flanked to left by 3 and to right by 2 casements on each floor.
Thoresby Hall, South Front
The south front has 3 different bay windows. A central scrolled-shaped gable is flanked to left by a square tower with a parapet and to right by a tower with corner cupolas. The Central pedimented doorcase is flanked to left by 3 and to right by 2 casements on each floor.
South Front, Thoresby Hall The south front has 3 different bay windows. A central scrolled-shaped gable is flanked to left by a square tower with a parapet and to right by a tower with corner cupolas. The Central pedimented doorcase is flanked to left by 3 and to right by 2 casements on each floor. The ornate fountain in front of the house is Grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry 1370209 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1370209" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1370209">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> ). It dates from 1865.
South Front, Thoresby Hall
The south front has 3 different bay windows. A central scrolled-shaped gable is flanked to left by a square tower with a parapet and to right by a tower with corner cupolas. The Central pedimented doorcase is flanked to left by 3 and to right by 2 casements on each floor. The ornate fountain in front of the house is Grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry 1370209 LinkExternal link ). It dates from 1865.
Fountain to the South of Thoresby Hall The ornate fountain in front of the house is Grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry 1370209 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1370209" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1370209">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> ). It dates from 1865.
Fountain to the South of Thoresby Hall
The ornate fountain in front of the house is Grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry 1370209 LinkExternal link ). It dates from 1865.
River Meden, Thoresby Park Thoresby Park stands in a rural setting approximately 3km north-west of the village of New Ollerton. It was by enclosure from Sherwood Forest in the seventeenth century by William Pierrepont, fourth Earl of Kingston. The extensive grounds cover more than 1000 acres of rich, unspoilt, undulating countryside that is bounded to the north by a deep woodland belt, beyond which lies the south boundary of Clumber Park, and to the south and west by further extensive woodlands. To the east, part of the boundary is formed by woodland and part by the A614, with Perlethorpe village lying just beyond the centre of the eastern boundary plantation. A minor country road cuts through the park to the north of the Hall, connecting the villages of Haughton in the north-east to Budby in the south-west. It is open to the public and there is a visitor centre in the old stables complex <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7312967">SK6371 : Stables Courtyard, Thoresby Park</a>. The park is designated Grade I in the Parks and Gardens category of the National Heritage List for England (List Entry Number:1000361 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000361" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000361">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Historic England).
River Meden, Thoresby Park
Thoresby Park stands in a rural setting approximately 3km north-west of the village of New Ollerton. It was by enclosure from Sherwood Forest in the seventeenth century by William Pierrepont, fourth Earl of Kingston. The extensive grounds cover more than 1000 acres of rich, unspoilt, undulating countryside that is bounded to the north by a deep woodland belt, beyond which lies the south boundary of Clumber Park, and to the south and west by further extensive woodlands. To the east, part of the boundary is formed by woodland and part by the A614, with Perlethorpe village lying just beyond the centre of the eastern boundary plantation. A minor country road cuts through the park to the north of the Hall, connecting the villages of Haughton in the north-east to Budby in the south-west. It is open to the public and there is a visitor centre in the old stables complex SK6371 : Stables Courtyard, Thoresby Park. The park is designated Grade I in the Parks and Gardens category of the National Heritage List for England (List Entry Number:1000361 LinkExternal link Historic England).
Sheep Grazing in Thoresby Park Thoresby Park stands in a rural setting approximately 3km north-west of the village of New Ollerton. It was by enclosure from Sherwood Forest in the seventeenth century by William Pierrepont, fourth Earl of Kingston. The extensive grounds cover more than 1000 acres of rich, unspoilt, undulating countryside that is bounded to the north by a deep woodland belt, beyond which lies the south boundary of Clumber Park, and to the south and west by further extensive woodlands. To the east, part of the boundary is formed by woodland and part by the A614, with Perlethorpe village lying just beyond the centre of the eastern boundary plantation. A minor country road cuts through the park to the north of the Hall, connecting the villages of Haughton in the north-east to Budby in the south-west. It is open to the public and there is a visitor centre in the old stables complex <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7312967">SK6371 : Stables Courtyard, Thoresby Park</a>. The park is designated Grade I in the Parks and Gardens category of the National Heritage List for England (List Entry Number:1000361 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000361" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000361">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Historic England).
Sheep Grazing in Thoresby Park
Thoresby Park stands in a rural setting approximately 3km north-west of the village of New Ollerton. It was by enclosure from Sherwood Forest in the seventeenth century by William Pierrepont, fourth Earl of Kingston. The extensive grounds cover more than 1000 acres of rich, unspoilt, undulating countryside that is bounded to the north by a deep woodland belt, beyond which lies the south boundary of Clumber Park, and to the south and west by further extensive woodlands. To the east, part of the boundary is formed by woodland and part by the A614, with Perlethorpe village lying just beyond the centre of the eastern boundary plantation. A minor country road cuts through the park to the north of the Hall, connecting the villages of Haughton in the north-east to Budby in the south-west. It is open to the public and there is a visitor centre in the old stables complex SK6371 : Stables Courtyard, Thoresby Park. The park is designated Grade I in the Parks and Gardens category of the National Heritage List for England (List Entry Number:1000361 LinkExternal link Historic England).
Footbridge across the River Meden in Thoresby Park Early 19th century ashlar and cast iron bridge with a single segmental arch. It is a Grade II listed building (List Entry:1045448 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1045448" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1045448">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Historic England).
Footbridge across the River Meden in Thoresby Park
Early 19th century ashlar and cast iron bridge with a single segmental arch. It is a Grade II listed building (List Entry:1045448 LinkExternal link Historic England).
Path in Thoresby Park Thoresby Park stands in a rural setting approximately 3km north-west of the village of New Ollerton. It was by enclosure from Sherwood Forest in the seventeenth century by William Pierrepont, fourth Earl of Kingston. The extensive grounds cover more than 1000 acres of rich, unspoilt, undulating countryside that is bounded to the north by a deep woodland belt, beyond which lies the south boundary of Clumber Park, and to the south and west by further extensive woodlands. To the east, part of the boundary is formed by woodland and part by the A614, with Perlethorpe village lying just beyond the centre of the eastern boundary plantation. A minor country road cuts through the park to the north of the Hall, connecting the villages of Haughton in the north-east to Budby in the south-west. It is open to the public and there is a visitor centre in the old stables complex <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7312967">SK6371 : Stables Courtyard, Thoresby Park</a>. The park is designated Grade I in the Parks and Gardens category of the National Heritage List for England (List Entry Number:1000361 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000361" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000361">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Historic England).
Path in Thoresby Park
Thoresby Park stands in a rural setting approximately 3km north-west of the village of New Ollerton. It was by enclosure from Sherwood Forest in the seventeenth century by William Pierrepont, fourth Earl of Kingston. The extensive grounds cover more than 1000 acres of rich, unspoilt, undulating countryside that is bounded to the north by a deep woodland belt, beyond which lies the south boundary of Clumber Park, and to the south and west by further extensive woodlands. To the east, part of the boundary is formed by woodland and part by the A614, with Perlethorpe village lying just beyond the centre of the eastern boundary plantation. A minor country road cuts through the park to the north of the Hall, connecting the villages of Haughton in the north-east to Budby in the south-west. It is open to the public and there is a visitor centre in the old stables complex SK6371 : Stables Courtyard, Thoresby Park. The park is designated Grade I in the Parks and Gardens category of the National Heritage List for England (List Entry Number:1000361 LinkExternal link Historic England).
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Mary's Grove is located at Grid Ref: SK6271 (Lat: 53.235322, Lng: -1.0658524)

Administrative County: Nottinghamshire

District: Newark and Sherwood

Police Authority: Nottinghamshire

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///mistaking.recruited.revise. Near Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire

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