Shireoaks is a former

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and

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in Nottinghamshire, located between

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and Thorpe Salvin on the border with

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and

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. The population of the civil parish was 1,432 at the 2011 census, and this increased to 1,774 in the 2021 census. Shireoaks colliery was opened in 1854. It was closed on 25 May 1991 and was capped in August 1992. The depth of the shaft was 483.5m and the shaft's diameter was 3.66m. The

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and

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both run through the village. The A57 between

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and

passes close to the village and there are rail services to Sheffield,

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on the

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, which has a station at

Shireoaks railway station Shireoaks railway station serves the village of Shireoaks in Nottinghamshire, England. It was opened by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway in 1849. The station is east of Sheffield on the Sheffield-Gainsborough Central service. ...

Facilities

The current facilities in the village include a convenience store that also functions as the post office, a small shop, a wine bar & restaurant, a primary school, a village hall, three private fishing lakes, and the Sports and Social Club which features a bowling green and a football pitch. Additionally, the village boasts a part-time pub called the Hewett Arms, located in the grounds of Shireoaks Hall. The former Station Hotel, next to the level crossing, has been converted into a private dwelling. The local

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is dedicated to St Luke.

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's Shireoaks Marina is a few minutes walk along the towpath from the village making it easily accessible for visiting boaters.

Shireoaks Hall

Shireoaks Hall Shireoaks Hall is a grade II* listed 17th-century country house in the hamlet of Shireoaks, north-west of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. The modestly sized house was originally built for Thomas Hewett, probably by John Smythson (son of R ...

is a Grade II* listed 17th-century country house. Shireoaks Colliery lies within what was once part of the Shireoaks Hall estate.

Steetley Cricket Ground

The

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along with its bowling green and tennis courts used to belong to the Steetley works in the village and was the home ground of their sporting teams. This is now under private ownership and the pavilion has been converted into a house; the new pavilion is a converted groundsman's shed. The village went without a cricket team for many years until, in 2002, Shireoaks Cricket Club was re-established; it has gone from strength to strength, fielding two adult teams on a Sunday and providing opportunities for youth cricket to flourish. The club also fields a midweek 20/20 team, and a 7-a-side indoor team, known as the Shireoaks Snails. Shireoaks no longer use the cricket ground for home games. Woodsetts CC played 1st and 2nd team fixtures at this picturesque venue until they were forced to move elsewhere. No cricket club plays there anymore. Over the years the ground has been used for many minor county cricket matches involving the second team of

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, and has played host to one first-class match and one women's

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, these were; * 5 July 1961 County Championship 1961 Nottinghamshire v Sussex * 7 July 1979 West Indies Women in England 1979 3rd ODI England Women v West Indies Women Total list of matches played

The ground has recently been used as a training ground for the Worksop Town Football Club Academy.

Future

Since the closure of Shireoaks colliery the land on which it stood has remained mostly undeveloped. A marina was constructed at the former location of the barge loading area adjacent to the

. Due to the number of housing developments in the village and the rapid expansion of the village of

Gateford Gateford is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 1 mile north-west of Worksop and was first recorded by name as Gattef (meaning goats’ ford), circa 1130. Archaeological information however reveals a longstanding human set ...

near

, there is concern that Shireoaks, along with the neighbouring village of Rhodesia, will soon be regarded as just a part of

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