Farnsfield is a large village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire in Sherwood Forest.

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.

In 1944, during World War II, an RAF Halifax bomber MZ519-LKU crashed on the south side of the village.

There are no standing remains in the fields, but outlines of the buildings are clearly visible on aerial photos, including the satellite view on Google Maps.

Two ditches in a wood at Camp Hill, 1½ miles north-east of Farnsfield, are the remaining traces of an Iron Age earthwork, a hillfort.

[5] The Roman camp and the ancient hillfort at Combs Farm are both protected Scheduled Monuments.

The Good Intent Windmill (grid reference SK639571) was a tower mill, built c. 1820 for Holliday, a resident of Farnsfield.

The tower was 6 storeys, brick-built and untarred, with 4 sweeps driving 3 pairs of stones (1 French and 2 grey).

The mill was sold to George Hutchinson, who worked it for short periods until the machinery was dismantled and the tower demolished about 1915.