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Worksop

Located in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire Coordinates: 53°18′07″ N 1°07′27″ W

Worksop
Leeds543 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
44,733
44.7K
Elevation
46 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
EMA East Midlands Airport54 km
HUY Humberside Airport60 km

About Worksop

Worksop is a town. Location: Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire. Population: 44,733. Elevation: 46 m.

From Wikipedia

Worksop ( WURK-sop) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, it is on the River Ryton and not far from the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. The population of the town was recorded at 44,733 in the 2021 Census. To the south of Worksop is the area of the Dukeries.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Travel notes for Worksop

From Wikivoyage

Worksop is a town in Nottinghamshire, England.

Understand+

The name Worksop is likely of Anglo-Saxon origin, deriving from a personal name "We(o)rc" plus the Anglo-Saxon placename element "hop" (valley).

Get in+

By train:

1 Worksop station. On the Sheffield-Lincoln line, as well as the northern terminus of the Robin-Hood line to Nottingham via Mansfield and Shirebrook. (updated Jan 2020)

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Climate of Worksop

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 10° · Night 3° · Rain 55 mm

Hottest month
July (day 22°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
December (62 mm)
Driest month
February (44 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Worksop
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)7°7°10°12°16°19°22°21°18°14°10°8°
Average low (°C)1°1°2°3°6°9°11°11°9°6°3°2°
Precipitation (mm)594450504859455253555562

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Worksop

The nearest airport is East Midlands Airport (EMA), 54 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Mansfield, 19 km to the south.

Airports

  • East Midlands Airport (EMA) Nottingham, Leicestershire 54 kmsouth
  • Humberside Airport (HUY) Grimsby, Lincolnshire 60 kmnortheast
  • Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Leeds, West Yorkshire 72 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Mansfield Population: 172K 19 kmsouth
  • Chesterfield Population: 113.1K 20 kmwest
  • Rotherham Population: 117.6K 21 kmnorthwest
  • Sheffield Population: 556.5K 24 kmwest
  • Doncaster Population: 113.6K 25 kmnorth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Worksop

Within 100 km: 535 historic and cultural sites, 685 natural sites, 138 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km76 places

  • Don Island Island 21 kmNW
  • Newtonwood Lane Mountain 22 kmSW
  • Moortop Mountain 20 kmW
  • Carr Hill Mountain 14 kmNW

25–60 km469 places

  • Read's Island Island 57 kmNE
  • Whitton Island Island 54 kmNE
  • Newark Island Island 32 kmSE
  • Howden Dyke Island Island 50 kmN

60–100 km813 places

  • Great Britain Island 97 kmNW
  • Sunk Island Island 80 kmNE
  • Spurn Island Island 87 kmE
  • Horninglow island Island 64 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

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Sources & licences

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