Ollerton

[5] Ollerton is a settlement listed in Domesday Book, located in the Bassetlaw Wapentake or hundred in the county of Nottinghamshire at a crossing of the River Maun.

[6] Formerly a rural village with a tradition of hop-growing centred on the parish church of St Giles, the settlement has its origins at a point where three main routes crossed.

[14] There was a large Polish community amongst the miners at Ollerton, estimated to make up roughly half the workforce at the time of the 1984-1985 strike.

A further £4.25 million was needed to reclaim and clean up the land, which was redeveloped as an ecologically sustainable business park of commercial offices occupying 40-acres, named Sherwood Energy Village.

There has been some ambition to reinstate passenger train services to the town by using the current test-track route from Shirebrook on the Robin Hood Line to a terminus at Ollerton, with potential stations at Warsop and Edwinstowe.

Despite a small measure of improvement in 2010 to try to create better traffic flow by white-line marking a separate left-turn lane when joining the A614 from the A616 exiting Ollerton,[31] Ollerton roundabout is considered a major long-term traffic bottleneck, with highways project-ambitions for major expansion necessitating compulsory purchase land-acquisition.

[32][33] Speaking in October 2024 after the budget, Conservative politician Ben Bradley, then-leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, stated an anticipated £26 million roads plan to include Ollerton was uncertain after the change of government to Labour following the July 2024 general election.

[34] In August 2024, Bradley had queried government commitment after then-transport secretary Louise Haigh in July 2024 announced a wide-ranging Transport Infrastructure Review.

The failure to progress highway improvements was stated to be running at an additional £2 million per year, and also is a significant planning restriction for limiting the amount of new-build housing intended for the nearby brownfield regeneration site of the former Thoresby Colliery.

[43] Ollerton is the birthplace of Tim Flear OBE, MVO, former career diplomat and HM Consul-General in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2006–10 and Milan, Italy 2014–19.

Ollerton Hall near the centre of Old Ollerton. Unused and semi-derelict from 1970s, various schemes have been considered to re-purpose the 1700s Grade 2* listed at-risk structure as residential apartments and care-facilities, including as a Sue Ryder home . [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
The Old Post Office, Ollerton
Modern office development in mostly glass with approach paths having a side ornamental water feature on a bright day
Sherwood Energy Village headquarters in 2006
Hop Pole Hotel in Ollerton old village with River Maun in foreground
Large rectangular elevated road sign with white background and black markings depicting five spokes around a central round hub on a sunny day against a blue and white sky
Road sign showing five ways on A616 approaching Ollerton roundabout from Worksop direction; the A616 goes roughly straight across the roundabout to Newark , whereas the A614 runs left towards Doncaster and right towards Nottingham . The A6075 connecting towards Mansfield runs into the roundabout to right of camera position.