Traditional county: Nottinghamshire · District / Borough: Bassetlaw · Region: East Midlands
Explore Bothamsall, Nottinghamshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bothamsall map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Bothamsall |
| Traditional County | Nottinghamshire |
| District / Borough | Bassetlaw |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.253274 |
| Longitude | -0.989813 |
| Place Type | Village |
Bothamsall rests in the gentle embrace of Nottinghamshire's Bassetlaw district, a place where the land breathes a quiet resilience. It lies 8.3 km south-south-west of Retford (from Retford: bearing 202°T, OS grid SK 674 733), and is situated south-south-west of Elkesley village. The River Idle, a slender ribbon of water, threads its way close to Bothamsall, its banks often softened by the passage of seasons, reflecting a sky that can shift from a pale, washed-out blue to the deep indigo of twilight. Evidence of a more ancient past can be felt in the very contours of the fields, hinting at lives long concluded, their labours now part of the soil itself. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and the distant promise of rain, a familiar perfume to those who call Bothamsall home. While grand pronouncements of history may be absent, the quiet continuity of life unfolds, marked by the turning of the year and the enduring presence of the landscape.
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Explore Bothamsall, Nottinghamshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.253274, -0.989813. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |