Warsop

Warsop is a town and civil parish in Mansfield District, Nottinghamshire, England, on the outskirts of the remnants of Sherwood Forest.

[1] At the 2021 census the population was 12,644 residents, including Church Warsop, Meden Vale, Sookholme and Spion Kop.

[5][6] Warsop is a part of the Mansfield Parliamentary Constituency since 2010, whose MP from 2017 to May 2024 was Ben Bradley, followed by Steve Yemm.

[14] In 2010, a new Market Cross was commissioned and erected at Downy Hill, on the southern edge of the town centre at the side of the A60 road.

[16] Warsop is home to Meden School on Burns Lane, part of a local group named Torch Academy Gateway Trust.

[17] Former pupils include television hosts Pollyanna Woodward and Simon Mapletoft, Mansfield 103.2 presenter Jason Harrison, Breakfast Show host Joe Sentance on Rother FM/Dearne FM, ex-Everton footballer Neil Pointon, former England wicketkeeper Bruce French and his nephew, and current England and Nottinghamshire fast bowler Jake Ball.

[24] The parish holds an annual carnival on The Carrs playing fields, just off the main A60 road: it is traditionally scheduled on the first or second Sunday in July.