The Atlas Obscura Guide To Bolsover

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Bolsover, England

Updated August 6, 2017

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Unusual Attractions in Bolsover

The restored Cundy House to the north of the castle

Bolsover, England

Cundy House

This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.

Changing Places Sculpture on the Peter Fidler Nature Reserve

Bolsover, England

Peter Fidler memorial and nature reserve

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Duckmanton, England

Walking Together

A poignant memorial to the 106 coal miners killed in three major accidents in Derbyshire.

1 mile from Bolsover

Worksop, England

Oxcroft Estate

The legacy of a social experiment of the 1930s funded by Andrew Carnegie's Charity is a dispersed group of 40 houses of identical original design dotted across 400 acres of Derbyshire agricultural land

1 mile from Bolsover

Interior image from Country Life , 1919. This panelled room became s 1950s film set.

Sutton Scarsdale, England

Sutton Scarsdale Hall

2 miles from Bolsover

An old farmhouse near Arkwright Town.

Arkwright Town, England

Arkwright Town

When methane gas started seeping up from the ground, they picked up and moved the entire town.

2 miles from Bolsover

17 foot iron water wheel

Heath, England

Stainsby Mill

3 miles from Bolsover

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