English Heritage sites near Babworth Parish
MATTERSEY PRIORY
6 miles from Babworth Parish
The remains, mainly the 13th century refectory and kitchen, of a small monastery for just six Gilbertine canons - the only wholly English monastic order.
RUFFORD ABBEY
10 miles from Babworth 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.
ROCHE ABBEY
10 miles from Babworth Parish
Roche Abbey has one of the most complete ground plans of any English Cistercian monastery, laid out as excavated foundations.
GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL
11 miles from Babworth Parish
A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and timber-framed, and mainly later 15th century with Elizabethan additions.
BOLSOVER CUNDY HOUSE
14 miles from Babworth Parish
This charming cottage-like 17th-century conduit house, with vaulted stone-slab roof, once supplied water to Bolsover Castle.
BOLSOVER CASTLE
14 miles from Babworth 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.'
Churches in Babworth Parish
St Martin's Church, Ranby
Pubs in Babworth Parish
Chequers Inn
Old Blyth Road, Ranby, DN22 8HT
(01777) 709090
thechequersatranby.co.uk