Well check out our gallery of beautiful villages within easy driving distance of Worksop.
And you might be pleasantly surprised with what you can get for your money if you ‘escape to the country’.
9. Shireoaks
Twice the recipient of a Best Kept Village award, Shireoaks gets its name from an ancient oak which once cast its shade into the three shires of Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. John Evelyn, the diarist, described the tree as being 94 feet round and covering an area of 700 square yards. Both the river Ryton and the Chesterfield Canal flow through the village which lies just west of Worksop. Average house prices for the area are £285,000. Photo: Google
10. Perlethorpe
About eight miles from both Worksop and Retford, the village is situated on the Thoresby Hall estate, a community created to house workers on the estate. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population in 2001 of 198. reducing to 183 at the 2011 Census. According to Rightmove, average house prices are just short of £199,000. Photo: Google
11. Whitwell
Whitwell is situated about six miles west of Worksop. Home to the world famous Creswell Crags, known as a home of early man. These hunters followed the great herds, and their bone carvings are in the British Museum. Located just over the Derbyshire border, the population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 3,900. Although Whitwell celebrated its 1,000th anniversary in the 'Whitwell 1000' celebrations of 1989, it is much older than this celebration suggests. According to Rghtmove, average house prices are £177,585. Photo: Google