The county editions · England

Nottinghamshire

Forest stories & riverside days.

12 remarkable places

Wollaton Hall and Deer Park

A little less ordinary

Sherwood woodland, historic parkland and the broad valley of the River Trent.

The Wildland edit, Nottinghamshire.

Worth the journey

01 / The leading story

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Country house

Wollaton Hall and Deer Park

Wollaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG8 2AE

Since the fourteenth century, deer have roamed the parkland around Wollaton. At its centre stands a Grade I listed Elizabethan mansion, now home to Nottingham’s Natural History Museum.

History & heritage

Wollaton Hall, Gardens and Deer Park

Wollaton Road, Nottingham NG8 2AE

Gardens & estates

Clumber Park

Clumber Park, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire S80 3AZ

History & heritage

Newstead Abbey

Nottingham Road, Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire NG15 9HJ

Nature & landscapes

Idle Valley Nature Reserve

North Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire DN22 8RQ

02 / Into the open

Take the slower path.

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Mixed-habitat reserve

Idle Valley Nature Reserve

North Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire DN22 8RQ

6.4

Mixed-habitat reserve

Attenborough Nature Centre and Reserve

52 Barton Lane, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 6DY

6.1

Mixed-habitat reserve

Skylarks Nature Reserve

Holme Pierrepont, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

03 / Layers of time