Sutton-in-Ashfield
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 The Sutton-in-Ashfield sundial, designed by Karl Spooner Spours |
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 Sutton-in-Ashfield
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| Sutton-in-Ashfield shown within Nottinghamshire | |
| Population | 45,848 |
| OS grid reference | SK490587 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Sutton-in-Ashfield |
| Postcode district | NG17 |
| Dialling code | 01623 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Sutton-in-Ashfield is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 45,800. It is situated four miles west of Mansfield, two miles from the Derbyshire border and twelve miles north of Nottingham.
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.
Sutton-in-Ashfield is home to the largest sundial in Europe. It is located in the middle of Portland Square, adjacent to the Idlewells Shopping Centre and Sutton Centre Community College. 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 situated between Sutton-in-Ashfield and Mansfield, next to the A38.
The town has an Asda that in April 1999 had the United Kingdom's first blessing and reception in a supermarket. It had been unable to get a ceremony licence for the supermarket.
The Sherwood Observatory is located on the B6139 and is run by the Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society.
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.
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