Hidden Valleys

Hidden Valleys is a name, coined in 2004,[citation needed] used to describe an area of interesting historical and scenic value between the city of Nottingham and the town of Mansfield in the English ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire.

Promotional literature and tourist information for the Hidden Valleys were created to encourage tourism in an area that had been blighted by industrial decline.

It was intended by the partners that the name would help the Ashfield area compete with the Peak District and Sherwood Forest.

[1] The area boasts links with the poet Lord Byron, his daughter Ada Lovelace, the romantic novelist D. H. Lawrence, bodyline fast bowlers Harold Larwood and Bill Voce and the composer Eric Coates as well as links to the legend of Robin Hood.

Papplewick Pumping Station is a fine example of a Victorian waterworks and houses an industrial museum.