Thynghowe

#3783 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Thynghowe was an important Viking Era open-air assembly place or thing, located at Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire, England. It was lost to history until its rediscovery in 2005 by the husband and wife team Lynda Mallett and Stuart Reddish, who are local history enthusiasts. As a result of continued research, Thynghowe is now included on the English Historic England Archive. ()

Coordinates: 53°12'32"N, 1°6'11"W

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Thynghowe – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sherwood Forest Railway, Rufford Abbey, Major Oak, Clumber Park.

2 miSW
Amusement ride, Amusement, Rail tours
Sherwood Forest Railway, Mansfield
51 min walk • The Sherwood Forest Railway is a 15 in gauge light railway running through the old site of the Sherwood Forest Farm Park in Nottinghamshire, England.
3.6 miSE
Monastery
Rufford Abbey, Edwinstowe
92 min walk • Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Nottinghamshire, England, two miles south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
1.3 miE
Historical place, Tree
Major Oak, Edwinstowe
33 min walk • The Major Oak is a large English oak near the village of Edwinstowe in the midst of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England. According to local folklore, it was Robin Hood's shelter where he and his merry men slept.
4.2 miNE
Church
Clumber Park, Worksop
107 min walk • The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Clumber Park, is an Anglican church in Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, England. The church is Grade I listed by English Heritage as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.
2.2 miS
Palace, Historical place
King John's Palace
57 min walk • King John's Palace is the remains of a former medieval royal residence in Clipstone, north-west Nottinghamshire. The name "King John's Palace" has been used since the 18th century; prior to that the site was known as the "King's Houses".
4.7 miW
Church
Shirebrook Methodist Church, Shirebrook
120 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.
0.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Sherwood Forest
21 min walk • Sherwood Forest is a royal forest in Nottinghamshire, England, famous because of its historic association with the legend of Robin Hood. The area has been wooded since the end of the Last Glacial Period.
1.8 miSE
Church
St Mary's Church, Edwinstowe
46 min walk • St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Edwinstowe. The Boundary Wall, Gate, Steps And Overthrow At Church Of St Mary are also Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
2 miW
Church
St Peter and St Paul's Church
52 min walk • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Church Warsop is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Church Warsop. Several gravestones, the boundary wall, gates, piers and overthrow in the churchyard are Grade II listed.
4.6 miSW
Area
Mansfield Woodhouse, Mansfield
119 min walk • Mansfield Woodhouse is a settlement about 1.2 miles north of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England, along the main A60 road in a wide, low valley between the Rivers Maun and Meden.
4.4 miNW
Monastery
Welbeck Abbey
112 min walk • Welbeck Abbey in the Dukeries in North Nottinghamshire was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order in England and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, a country house residence of the Dukes of Portland.