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Within an Hour - General Places to Visit
 
Rother Valley Country Park
With an area currently of 300 hectares the park offers extensive scope for many types of recreation from water sports to golf and cycling.
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Amber Valley
Amber Valley, the Heart of Derbyshire, has beautiful scenery forming the setting for a superb range of attractions which reflect the history and heritage of the area. Visit their website for more information.
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Derwent Valley Mills
Stretching 15 miles down the river valley from Matlock Bath to Derby, the world Heritage Site contains a fascinating series of historic mill complexes.
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The Heights of Abraham
A fantastic day out for all the family offering a alpine style cable car ride, beautiful walks, cavern tours and an adventure playground - visit their website for more information.
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Center Parcs - Sherwood Forest

Deep in the heart of the Nottinghamshire countryside, it's one big nature reserve, with beautiful woodland, exhilarating open heathland and a breezy watersports lake with a sandy beach.
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Greenwood Forest

Greenwood is Nottinghamshire's Community Forest, there is a wide variety of things to do and places to visit - from the hectic and action-packed to the quiet and leisurely, there's something for everyone in Greenwood.
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Hidden Valleys

The Hidden Valleys is a lush, undulating expanse of countryside to the north of Nottingham, the historical gateway to Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest and many forest parks still remain in the Hidden Valleys landscape.
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Portland Park and Visitor Centre

As well as the outstanding walks within the Park the centre is an ideal starting point for the Three Centres Trail, plus the many other adjoining walks.
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Creswell Crags

Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves and smaller fissures. As well as exploring the caves you can visit the museum and education centre.
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Patchings Farm Art Centre

Situated east of Hucknall just outside of Calverton Patchings offers a range of exhibitions, an art school, restaurant and much more.
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Rufford Craft Center

Set in the heart of Robin Hood Country, and once on the great private estates in Sherwood forest, Rufford includes a country park with large areas of woodland and parkland with footpaths throughout.
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Southwell Racecourse

Experience the unique blend of charm, excitement and comfort, which combine to make Southwell Racecourse one of the premiere sporting venues in the East Midlands.
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Newark Air Museum

The museum is open to the public every day except December 24th, 25th, 26th and January 1st. Half the aircraft and cockpit sections are displayed under cover, along with the artifact and engine displays, so indifferent weather need not spoil your visit.
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Sherwood Forest Art and Craft Centre

This superb Centre was created in a Victorian coach house and stables. An all-weather attraction with glazed atrium offering 16 art and craft studios.
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Sherwood Forest Country Park and Visitor Centre

Sherwood Forest Country Park extends over 450 acres of the famous ancient woodland. Also home to the annual Robin Hood Festival.
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Wheelgate Park

An attractively laid out and secure environment offering a huge choice of adventure activities.
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Making It!

WELCOME ...... making it! is an "exciting family attraction" based around design & technology - it's fun, entertaining, engaging and educational - fully hands on galleries to keep you inspired and amazed for hours.
Voted "Family Attraction of the Year".
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Mansfield Museum and Art Gallery

The Mansfield Museum and Art Gallery gives everyone the opportunity to find out more about Mansfield and the surrounding area. Our permanent displays show the social, industrial and natural history of the District, while the Buxton Watercolours reveal a Mansfield that has long since disappeared.
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Peak District

Get away to it all... Right in the heart of England the Peak District includes the first National Park in Britain.
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Ridgeway Crafts Centre

Over the years it has established itself as an attraction both for tourists and local visitors, producing a wide variety of quality goods and providing the perfect place to browse for a gift or watch the crafts people demonstrating their arts.
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Clumber Park

The park comprises over 1500ha (3800 acres), including peaceful woods, open heath and rolling farmland, with a superb serpentine lake at its heart and the longest avenue of lime trees in Europe.
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Barrow Hill Railway Centre

After many years of hard work by dedicated volunteers, the magnificent Midland Railway roundhouse at Barrow Hill that faced certain demolition now looks forward to a very bright future.
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Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery

Collections include: Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Industry, Land Transport, Personalities, Science and Technology, Social History, Trade and Commerce.
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Millgate Museum

Millgate Museum is housed in a Victorian warehouse in a picturesque setting on the banks of the River Trent. The museum opened in 1976 and is part of the Millgate Conservation Area, an area of great historical and architectural interest.
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Southwell Minster

It has often been said that Southwell Minster is the best kept secret among the forty-two English Cathedrals - and the least visited.
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The Workhouse

The often overlooked lives of the poor and destitute in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is explored at The Workhouse, Southwell in Nottinghamshire.
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Dukeries Garden Centre

Extensive variety of quality plants at competitive prices and a huge range of gardening accessories to choose from.
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Bassetlaw Museum at Retford

Bassetlaw Museum was created in 1983. Over the last twenty years its collections have quickly grown due to generous donations by local people. The collections include local history, archaeology, decorative and fine art, agriculture, costume and textiles.
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Chesterfield Canal Trust

The Chesterfield Canal Trust is a charitable company run entirely by volunteers, incorporated in July 1997.
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Sundown Adventure Land

Sundown Adventure Land is 6 miles from the A1 Markham Moor and sign posted 3 miles from Dunham on the A57, offering a great day out for all the family.
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