St Alban's Church, Forest Town

Forest Town is a former mining village on the outskirts of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. After continuous development it is no longer a separate entity, nowadays being simply an area within Mansfield. An old part of Forest Town known as The Avenues is the high-density housing built as homes for the workers from the nearby Crown Farm Colliery (also known as 'Mansfield Colliery'), once a major employer. After closure of the coal mine in early 1988, the site has gradually been transformed to accommodate manufacturing in a variety of units on an industrial estate. A nearby development was the fabric manufacturing factory built on heathland by the Japanese organisation Toray. This occurred amidst much publicity – with Toray stating during local recruitment in three phases, 1992–93 that their mission was to become Mansfield's finest Corporate Citizen. By the 2000s the size of the workforce had been considerably reduced. The manufacturing processes abstract large-volumes of underground fresh water from nearby bore-holes and discharge foul water into the local sewer system operated by Severn Trent Water. The B6030 main road through Forest Town has small shops, a post office, a small supermarket, with the Miners' Welfare, sports ground and cycle track just behind, opposite to St Alban's Church. The Samworth Church Academy (formerly known as Sherwood Hall) is the nearest secondary school and The Garibaldi School further out in Clipstone are within the normal catchment area. The area was split into two wards, Forest Town East and West but following the re-organisation implemented by Mayor Tony Egginton in time for the 2011 elections, Forest Town now falls within four ward areas; the main sections are within Holly, Kingsway and Newlands, whilst a smaller area encroaches into Maun Valley.In 1998, William and Patricia Wycherley were murdered by their daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Christopher Edwards. They were buried in the back garden of their home in Forest Town and laid undiscovered until October 2013.At the 2001 census, the population of these wards was 11,194, rising to 11,812 at the 2011 census, although it was only 8,288 using older boundary data.Local football club A.F.C. Mansfield play at the Forest Town Stadium.

A.F.C. Mansfield is a football club based in Forest Town, a suburb of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Nicknamed 'The Bulls', they are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division North and play at the Forest Town Stadium.

The Garibaldi School (formerly Garibaldi College) is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form built in the 1960s. It is situated near to the edge Clipstone village, Nottinghamshire (part of Newark and Sherwood District Council administrative area) but lies within Mansfield District Council's Newlands electoral ward and teaches young people from Clipstone and the Forest Town area of Mansfield. It provides pupils from 11-16 with a GCSE education and 16 to 18 year-olds with an advanced GCE or VCE education through their sixth form.

Clipstone Football Club is a football club based in Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at the Lido Ground.

The Samworth Church Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Mansfield in the English county of Nottinghamshire.

Dawn House School (commonly referred to as Dawn House) is a specialist school run by the charity I CAN for children with severe or complex communication difficulties or Asperger’s Syndrome. It is in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire in the United Kingdom. It is a mixed school accommodating both residential and day pupils from ages of 5–19 years old.

Clipstone Colliery Sidings railway station was a station in Clipstone, Nottinghamshire.While primarily a goods station, there was an unadvertised halt used by workmen. It was on the former Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway line and is listed in Butt as Clipstone Colliery Sidings.A large concentration of sidings around Kings Clipstone and the worker's halt at New Clipstone village both served the Clipstone, Mansfield, Thoresby, Ollerton, Welbeck and Rainworth collieries for several decades.Clipstone Sidings signalbox was existent on 21 October 1950 and was near Clipstone West Junction, heading towards Welbeck Junction.Clipstone East signalbox was existent in the 1960s on the 'main-line' between Welbeck Junction and Thoresby Junction.The Midland Loaded Sidings of Clipstone Colliery were still in regular use on 23 June 1972 Both Clipstone West junction and Clipstone colliery Junction and closed on 14 July 1986.The pit closed in April 2003.Clipstone Sidings signalbox, Clipstone West Junction and Welbeck Junction no longer exist

Lindhurst Wind Farm is a power-producing wind farm in Lindhurst parish near Mansfield, England. Built for Npower Renewables, it produces electricity from five wind turbines. It has a total nameplate capacity of 9 MW of electricity, providing enough power to serve the average needs of 5,400 homes.The turbines stand 125 metres (410 ft) high to the rotor tip, making them the tallest in Nottinghamshire.

The Sherwood Forest Railway (SFR) is a 15 in (381 mm) gauge light railway running through the old site of the Sherwood Forest Farm Park in Nottinghamshire, England. The railway acquired its first two steam locomotives in 1998, began construction of permanent way in 1999, and opened to passengers in 2000. The railway runs along the 'flood dykes' of the early nineteenth-century irrigation system built by the Duke of Portland. The railway is still operated by its original two steam locomotives, 'Smokey Joe' and 'Pet'. The line has a light electric locomotive named 'Anne' used principally on works trains, and a light track inspection/works rail truck, 'Lottie Lister'. Also on site is the diesel locomotive, 'Pioneer', built in the 1940s, bought from Brocklands Adventure Park and is currently undergoing restoration and only in use on special events. Also a diesel-hydraulic locomotive has been acquired to help out. A further steam locomotive, working name 'Doodlebug', is currently under construction away from the line. The rolling stock consists of four works trucks and twelve passenger coaches, one from the Exmoor railway, three former Longleat Railway coaches coming from various sites, and a three-car enclosed articulated set, rebuilt on site from the remains of three minirail coaches and five semi-enclosed former Bush Mill Railway coaches from Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway. On site is the remains of the last former Longleat Railway coaches, being donated from the Lappa Valley Steam Railway. Facilities available alongside the railway include picnic areas, an adventure playground, a dedicated under-fives play area and refreshments.

Clipstone Colliery was a coal mine in the village of Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, part of the area known as The Dukeries. The colliery opened in 1922 and operated until 2003. It was built by the Bolsover Colliery Company, transferred to the National Coal Board in 1947, then operated by RJB Mining from 1994. The headstocks and powerhouse are grade II listed buildings so have been preserved.

Lindhurst is a civil parish and hamlet in the Newark and Sherwood district, is 120 miles (190 km) north west of London, 11 miles (18 km) north of Nottingham the county town, and 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of Mansfield, the nearest market town and bordering its district border. It sits within western Nottinghamshire county, England. At the time of the 2011 census the population was less than 100 people and so actual numbers are not given, instead combined with neighbouring Rainworth for a total of 6,315 residents.

Rufford Colliery was a coal mine located near Rainworth, a village in Nottinghamshire, England. Its first shafts were sunk in 1911. In February 1913, fourteen workers at the mine died when a water barrel "containing some tons of water was precipitated down the shaft on to some men who were working at the bottom" of one of shafts. The mine was operated by Bolsover Colliery Company from 1915 to 1946, the National Coal Board from 1947 to 1987, and the British Coal Corporation from 1987 to 1993. The mine ceased operation in 1993. In 2021, Nottinghamshire County Council commenced a project to plant trees on the site of the former colliery.