Hidden Valleys
Hidden Valleys are an area of interesting historical and scenic value in the middle parts of Nottinghamshire, lying between the city of Nottingham and the town of Mansfield.
The name was coined only in 2004, as a way to market the area for tourism, considering that much of the area had been blighted by deindustrialisation in the coalfields, but it is a convenient label for an area otherwise in a 'lost middle' of the county between Nottingham, Sherwood Forest and The Dukeries.[1]
About the valleys
Newstead Abbey was a home to the poet Lord Byron and his daughter Ada Lovelace, the pioneer in concepts of computing. The guff novelist D. H. Lawrence haunted the towns here too. More visible is the industrial and post-industrial landscape, along with the practical towns when grew up with the mines and mills.
Notable buildings
Stately homes amongst the 'Hidden Valleys' include Annesley Hall and Newstead Abbey.
Papplewick Pumping Station is a fine example of a Victorian waterworks and houses an industrial museum. Bestwood Pumping Station is nearby.
The D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum is found in Eastwood.
See also
References
- Location map: 53°3’36"N, 1°12’-0"W
- ↑ "New guide highlights 'hidden gem'". BBC. 21 June 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4117216.stm. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
