It crosses Fountain Hill before following Fox Covert Lane, near the primary school, to meet the Trent.

[3] The Misterton Ward of Bassetlaw District Council contains the villages of West Stockwith and Misterton, but excludes Stockwith Road, Newells Terrace, Bramley Way and Pippin Close, which fall within the Walkeringham parish.

South of the River Idle (until the 1600s known as Bycarrsdike), it forms the lowest reaches of the Isle of Axholme, which extends into Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

[5][6] Despite attempts since Roman times to drain the flood plain in the area, only further drainage since the 1970s has allowed it all to become arable land.

The place-name Misterton seems to contain the Old English word mynster – a monastery, the church of a monastery or religious body, a church served by secular clergy – with the likewise Old English word tūn, meaning an enclosure, a farmstead, a village or an estate.

The former primary school buildings in High Street now house the Youth and Community Centre, next to which is a library.

The east window of the Holy Cross chapel was designed by John Piper and made by his glassmaker, Patrick Reyntiens.