historical place museum in Ollerton

Built in 1824, Southwell Workhouse is the best preserved workhouse in England. A place of despair or a beacon of hope? Visit and decide for yourself.

Stone tools & animal remains found in the caves tell the fascinating story of life during the last Ice Age between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago.

Pleasley Colliery was sunk in the 1870s and produced coal until 1983. It is now a heritage coal mining museum site run by the Trust