Coordinates: 53°12′N 1°01′W / 53.20°N 1.02°W
| Ollerton | |
  Ollerton
Ollerton shown within Nottinghamshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| District | Newark and Sherwood |
| Shire county | Nottinghamshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWARK |
| Postcode district | NG22 |
| Dialling code | 01623 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Sherwood |
| List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire | |
Ollerton is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of the Sherwood Forest. It forms part of the civil parish of Ollerton and Boughton.
Its main industry was coal mining, and the town expanded greatly during the 1960s and 1970s. A miner died in a demonstration at the mine during the miners' strike in 1984. The mine finally closed in 1994. The land around the mine has been reclaimed and is to be redeveloped as an ecologically sustainable "village".
Ollerton Watermill was built in 1713 on the River Maun. It was worked commercially until 1984. It was restored in 1993.
Ollerton Town has a local football team, Ollerton Town F.C.
Ollerton features in Darren Hayes' "A Hundred Challenging Things A Boy Can Do" on his 2007 album, *This Delicate Thing We've Made.
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