English Heritage sites near Hockerton Parish

Rufford Abbey

RUFFORD ABBEY

6 miles from Hockerton Parish

The best-preserved remains of a Cistercian abbey west cloister range in England, dating mainly from about 1170. Incorporated into part of a 17th century and later mansion, set in Rufford Country Park.

Hardwick Old Hall

HARDWICK OLD HALL

16 miles from Hockerton Parish

The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.

Bolsover Castle

BOLSOVER CASTLE

17 miles from Hockerton Parish

'By an unlikely miracle, the keep at Bolsover has survived into this century as an almost untouched expression in stone of the lost world of Elizabethan chivalry and romance.'

Bolsover Cundy House

BOLSOVER CUNDY HOUSE

17 miles from Hockerton Parish

This charming cottage-like 17th-century conduit house, with vaulted stone-slab roof, once supplied water to Bolsover Castle.

Sutton Scarsdale Hall

SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL

18 miles from Hockerton Parish

The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.

Lincoln Medieval Bishops' Palace

LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE

19 miles from Hockerton Parish

Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.


No churches found in Hockerton Parish


Pubs in Hockerton Parish

Spread Eagle

Caunton Road, Hockerton, NG25 0PL
(01636) 302208

Village pub on the main route between Newark and Mansfield. Popular with locals for food. Reopened Christmas 2022.