Fernwood Conservation Area
Fernwood Conservation Area is a wildlife park Wildlife park. Head into Balderton’s built-up area to find it. It is managed by Fernwood Conservation Group.
Wildlife park in Balderton
Inside Balderton
Fernwood Conservation Area is inside Balderton’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
From June to September, Balderton sees highs of 19–22°C.
Fernwood Conservation Area
14 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Newark Castle (4.7 km).
- Type
- Wildlife park
- Run by
- Fernwood Conservation Group
- Town
- in Balderton
Map of Fernwood Conservation Area and nearby
On this map, Fernwood Conservation Area is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Balderton’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to Fernwood Conservation Area
Home to 29,755 people, Newark-on-Trent is the largest of these 6. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Balderton
Newark-on-Trent
Claypole
Coddington
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Fernwood Conservation Area is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balderton | It’s in town | 12,876 | 8 |
| Newark-on-Trent | 2 km northwest of it | 29,755 | 9 |
| Claypole | 2.3 km southeast of it | 1,352 | 1 |
| Coddington | 3.5 km north of it | 1,165 | 8 |
| Long Bennington | 4.4 km south of it | 2,149 | 1 |
| Farndon | 5 km west of it | 2,472 | 6 |
Places to add to Fernwood Conservation Area
Among the 14 within 15 km are 3 castles, 2 museums and a church.
CastleNewark Castle4.7 km away2
ChurchSouthwell Minster13 km away3
MuseumNational Civil War Centre4.3 km away4Historic siteHistoric site · National TrustThe Workhouse12 km away5
FortQueen's Sconce4.4 km away6CastleCastleCastle Hill11 km away7MuseumMuseumNewark Town Hall Museum and Art Gallery4.4 km away8
CastleWelbourn Castle15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Fernwood Conservation Area?
Fernwood Conservation Area is in Balderton, Nottinghamshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Fernwood Conservation Area?
Wildlife park: wildlife park.
Who runs Fernwood Conservation Area?
Fernwood Conservation Group.
When is the best time to visit Fernwood Conservation Area?
June to September are the warmest months in Balderton, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Fernwood Conservation Area?
Within 15 km: Newark Castle (4.7 km), Southwell Minster (13 km), National Civil War Centre (4.3 km) and The Workhouse (12 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Newark Castle: David Ingham from Lancashire, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Southwell Minster: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Civil War Centre: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Queen's Sconce: Simon Tomson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Welbourn Castle: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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