Farnsfield is a large village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire in Sherwood Forest. It is in the local government district of Newark and Sherwood. The population of the civil parish as at the United Kingdom Census 2001 was 2,681,[1] increasing in the 2011 census to 2,731,[2] and 3,216 at the 2021 census.[3]
The village lies in a predominantly farming area. There is no major industry or employer within Farnsfield. The majority of residents of working age commute to work, mostly to Nottingham, Mansfield or Newark.
Farnsfield's facilities include a small Co-op supermarket and Post Office, a village bakery, butcher, greengrocer, and other small shops. The village has two churches (Anglican and Methodist), a large primary school, and two public houses (The Plough Inn and The Lion).
The Southwell Trail, a former railway line dating to 1842 and now adapted as a multi-user route for foot, cycle and horseback use, passes immediately to the north of the village. A free car park for the trail is located off Station Lane.
In 1944, during World War II, an RAF Halifax bomber MZ519-LKU crashed on the south side of the village. All on board were killed. The site of the crash has a large memorial.
^""Area: Farnsfield CP (Parish)"". Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
^"Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
^UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Farnsfield parish (E04007903)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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