Norwith Hill is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of Newington and was a derelict farm rebuilt in the early to middle 2000s as a cluster of private homes.

The area is particularly low-lying being within the wider Idle Lowlands region, at a land elevation of 5–10 metres (16–33 ft), rising slightly along the road towards Misson by Newington Farm, located along a sand and gravel bar known as Hagg Hill.

A watching brief conducted during the construction of the reservoir for Tunnel Tech recovered 36 struck flints, generally well-preserved and dating to the Mesolithic (around 8000BC to 4500BC), Neolithic (around 4500BC to 2500BC) and early Bronze Age (2500BC to 700BC).

[4] Other locally recovered artefacts are held Bassetlaw Museum, mostly found in the area between Misson and Newington alongside the road, including several brooches and coins.

[7] In 1760-2 enclosure saw land at Hagg Hill being granted to Misson village for obtaining gravel to repair local roads, being a precursor to present day mining activities.

Some of this land was also rented out for grazing, to raise money to pay for repairs to infrastructure such as a school at Misson, bridges and drains.

[8] At Norwith Hill to the north of the village, a farm was established by Jonathan Acklom as a part of his wider land holdings in the latter 18th century, with some quarrying taking place in the vicinity by the late 1990s.

Approximately 88.5 hectares (219 acres), the site of special scientific interest (SSSI) conservation area comprises examples of wet washland and grassland plants, and attracts wintering and passage waterfowl.