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Laxton Nottinghamshire Map

Traditional county: Nottinghamshire · District / Borough: Newark and Sherwood · Region: East Midlands

Explore Laxton, Nottinghamshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Laxton 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.

Interactive Map of Laxton, Nottinghamshire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Laxton, Nottinghamshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceLaxton
Traditional CountyNottinghamshire
District / BoroughNewark and Sherwood
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.196056
Longitude-0.920939
Place TypeVillage

About Laxton

Laxton preserves the rare, rhythmic pulse of an open-field farming system that has largely vanished from the rest of the English countryside. It lies 8.3 miles north of Southwell (from Southwell: bearing 10°T, OS grid SK 721 670), and is situated south-west of Egmanton village. The landscape around Laxton holds its history in the quiet geometry of ancient ridges and furrows, visible when the low winter sun casts long, melancholic shadows across the fields. Near the Church of St Michael, the medieval fishponds remain as shallow, grass-covered hollows that mirror the shifting clouds of the East Midlands. A short distance away, the ancient cross in the churchyard stands as a weathered sentinel, marking a time when faith and local governance were bound to the turning of the seasons. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the damp, sequestered expanse of Laxton Sykes SSSI offers a sanctuary for rare flora, flourishing in the undisturbed loam. The air here carries a particular stillness, a weight of continuity that defies the frantic pace of the modern world. Laxton remains a living archive, where the soil itself seems to remember the hands that worked it for centuries.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bowl Barrow 70M South Of Church Of St Michael (Scheduled Monument) — 0.1 mi, 133° SE
  • Cross In St Michael'S Churchyard (Scheduled Monument) — 0.1 mi, 124° SE
  • Fishponds 220M South West Of St Michael'S Church (Scheduled Monument) — 0.2 mi, 177° S · 2 ha
  • Cross Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.3 mi, 102° ESE
  • Laxton Sykes Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.6 mi, 161° SSE · 14 ha
  • Kirton Wood, Notts. Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.2 mi, 314° NW · 18 ha
  • Winson Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 330° NNW
  • Egmanton Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 1.3 mi, 037° NE
  • Holocaust Centre (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 270° W
  • Gaddick Hill Motte and Bailey (Castle) — 1.4 mi, 036° NE
  • Bevercotes Park (Forest / Woodland) — 2.6 mi, 331° NNW
  • Boughton Dyke (River) — 2.6 mi, 299° WNW
  • Museum of the Horse (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 021° NNE
  • Goosemoor Dyke (River) — 3.0 mi, 075° ENE
  • Wellow Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.3 mi, 264° W
  • Wellow Maypole (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 261° W
  • The Community Wildlife Garden (Park) — 3.8 mi, 277° W
  • New Park Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.1 mi, 250° WSW
  • Whitewater (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.4 mi, 306° NW
  • Maplebeck Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 4.4 mi, 194° SSW
  • Sherwood Castle Holiday Forest (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 262° W
  • Rufford Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.7 mi, 257° WSW
  • Rufford Abbey (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.7 mi, 247° WSW · 379 ha
  • Rufford Country Park (Park) — 4.9 mi, 256° WSW
  • Winkburn Hall (Historic House / Palace) — 5.5 mi, 187° S
  • Smithy Marsh (Wetland) — 5.7 mi, 097° E
  • Thoresby Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 5.8 mi, 296° WNW · 11k acres
  • The Queen's Royal Lancers Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 298° WNW
  • Sherwood Forest Fun Fair (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 271° W
  • Craft Centre (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 271° W

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About This Laxton Map Page

Explore Laxton, 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: 53.196056, -0.920939. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.