Visit Sutton-in-Ashfield – things to do & explore
When you visit Sutton-in-Ashfield on a day-trip, weekend away or holiday, Walkfo is the digital tour guide to the hidden history & cultural facts that you can explore in Sutton-in-Ashfield. Millions of audio content spots are available when you travel by foot, bike, bus or car around Sutton-in-Ashfield through your mobile phone connected to headphones.
Overview of Sutton-in-Ashfield history & facts by Walkfo
Planning a visit to Sutton-in-Ashfield?
Sutton-in-Ashfield is a market town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 48,527 in 2019. It is the largest town in the district of Ashfield, four miles west of Mansfield, two miles from the Derbyshire border and 12 miles north of Nottingham.
Sutton-in-Ashfield history
Saxons
The area was first settled in the Saxon times and the Saxon suffix “ton” means “an enclosure or fenced in clearing”. The town appears in the Domesday Book in 1086 as “Sutone”. There are also documents from 1189 showing that Gerard, son of Walter de Sutton, gave two bovates of land and the church at Sutton to Thurgarton Priory.
Sutton-in-Ashfield landmarks
Sutton-in-Ashfield is home to what was the largest sundial in Europe. It is located in the middle of Portland Square, adjacent to the Idlewells Shopping Centre and Sutton Community Academy. The sundial was unveiled on 29 April 1995. The former site of Silverhill Colliery, close to the scenic village of Teversal on the north-west edge of Ashfield, has been transformed from the colliery to a woodland, which features several walks for all abilities and also features the highest point in Nottinghamshire. At the highest point stands a monument to all the miners who have worked in the area’s coalfields. King’s Mill Hospital is between Sutton-in-Ashfield and Mansfield, next to the A38. The town has an Asda that in April 1999 held the first blessing ceremony and reception to take place in a UK supermarket. It had been unable to get a wedding ceremony licence. The Sherwood Observatory is located on the B6139 and is run by the Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society.
Sutton-in-Ashfield geography / climate
For demographic purposes Sutton-in-Ashfield is included in the Mansfield Urban Area, although it administratively forms part of the separate council district of Ashfield, which is based in Kirkby-in-Ashfield. To the north is Skegby and Stanton Hill.
You can visit Sutton-in-Ashfield, COUNTY/BOROUGH & use Walkfo to discover the best walking places with our free digital tour guide app created especially for Sutton-in-Ashfield. Walkfo Sutton-in-Ashfield has 300 locations with history, culture & travel facts, that you can explore the same way you can a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Sutton-in-Ashfield, being in the moment, without digital distraction and no limitations to a specific walking route – you choose where you want to go, when you want to go and Walkfo Sutton-in-Ashfield will keep up.
When you visit Sutton-in-Ashfield
When you visit Sutton-in-Ashfield, Walkfo is your digital tour guide while exploring by foot, bike or bus. With numerous walks, hikes, tourist locations & travel destinations available in Sutton-in-Ashfield, our travel AI guide helps you get the best from your visit to Sutton-in-Ashfield & the surrounding areas. Our explore Sutton-in-Ashfield app for iPhone & Android, allows you to experience the hidden history, culture and amazing facts throughout Sutton-in-Ashfield whilst out walking. The digital tour guide creates interactive audio stories driven by where you walk, so you can exploration Sutton-in-Ashfield’s National Heritage sites, tourist attractions, historic locations or city streets freely, without the restrictions of a predefined walk & walk map.
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 0 audio facts in Sutton-in-Ashfield alone that form an interactive Sutton-in-Ashfield walking map for you to explore.”
Best Sutton-in-Ashfield places to visit
Sutton-in-Ashfield has hundreds of places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are five of Sutton-in-Ashfield’s best destinations to visit when exploring the area. We have condensed the information with much more detail available within Walkfo when you visit the destinations.
bVisit Sutton-in-Ashfield plaques
Sutton-in-Ashfield has 0 plaques as part of nation or local tourist plaque schemes for you to explore when you visit. Plaque schemes such as National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide a visual geo marker to highlight points of interest things, at the places where they happened. Walkfo has researched each plaque to provide additional content when you visit the Sutton-in-Ashfield plaques whilst using the app. Experience the hidden history & stories behind each location as the Walkfo local tourist guide app uses GPS to trigger audio close to each Sutton-in-Ashfield plaque. Walkfo also offers millions of additional ‘virtual geo plaques’ that are unique to Walkfo, created across the UK (and the world).
When using Walkfo to explore Sutton-in-Ashfield, you will hear the full story of each of these plaques.
Experience Sutton-in-Ashfield audio walks & tours
Walkfo is a free app that shows you things to do / visit in Sutton-in-Ashfield on a map. You can explore the area as you wish, as you would do an art gallery or museum, and when you walk close to those locations, our digital tour guide will tell you history, culture & travel facts about the location in audio form. With headphone connected, you can explore Sutton-in-Ashfield freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Visiting Sutton-in-Ashfield with Walkfo’s things to do interactive map
The “Sutton-in-Ashfield things to do map” below is a preview of the places you can visit in Sutton-in-Ashfield and surrounding areas with our digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has content for a plaque, a building, a street or general area, providing history, culture or tourism information the you can explore.
| Interactive ‘Explore Sutton-in-Ashfield Map’
This Sutton-in-Ashfield tourism map shows points of interest within a 4km radius of Sutton-in-Ashfield centre | Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Sutton-in-Ashfield, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
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Things to do & visit in Sutton-in-Ashfield and surrounding areas
Getting to / around Sutton-in-Ashfield – transport links, stations, streets & traffic map
Getting around in Sutton-in-Ashfield using public transportation may include roads, streets, trains, undergrounds, buses or trams. Walkfo has the following important Sutton-in-Ashfield public transport locations with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
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Buses
Sutton-in-Ashfield is served by Trentbarton which provides regular bus services from Nottingham, Mansfield and Derby and Stagecoach East Midlands with its Mansfield Miller 1 route between Mansfield and Alfreton, with service to the East Midlands Designer Outlet. The bus station is located next to the Idlewells Shopping Centre.
Attention local Sutton-in-Ashfield historians, tour guides & Sutton-in-Ashfield tourism agents
Looking for a way to get more visitors to Sutton-in-Ashfield?
Whilst Walkfo has millions audio spots already available, Walkfo Creator allows tourist destinations, attractions & landmarks to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & walks using the simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. Creating an audio walk for you destination is free* and can be created in under 15 minutes if you have content ready, with Walkfo Creator doing all the hard work generating audio files for geo spot you simply click on a map.
The 100 Amazing Sutton-in-Ashfield Places outdoor museum was created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) as a way for people to safely explore the area during Covid-19 times whilst improving the experience of visiting a city when tourism boards use Walkfo to market their destination.
Walkfo is currently looking to partner with websites who offer things-to-do / what’s on events listings to add to our content on our webpages (for example: www.visitSutton-in-Ashfield.com). If you are interested in being a content provider, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created.