Church Warsop, Cuckney and Norton, 11th July 2021

Sue's  8-mile walk today started at The Carrs car park in Church Warsop next to the River Maun and took 11 of us over fields to Cuckney, near the historic Welbeck Estate to Norton and through the edge of Sherwood Forest.

Warsop Mill and Bridge (1765) - view from The Carrs

Near the start - St Peter and St Paul's Church

Water meadows next to the River Poulter

Cuckney Primary School, once a mill on the Poulter

St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney

Cuckney Water Meadows - commissioned by the 4th Duke of Portland in 1849 to provide hay for lifestock in winter

Coffee stop

Lodge on the edge of the Welbeck Estate

Memorial to Lord George Bentinck near the Great Lake
One of the several solar farms nearby with the new OS symbol

River Maun on the way back to Church Warsop

Railway to the now closed Welbeck Colliery.  A future cycle track perhaps?