Hucknall
Hucknall is a market town of 32,000 people (2011) in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
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It is 7 miles (11 km) north of Nottingham.
The A611 bypasses the town to the west with a single-carriageway road with roundabouts and access to junction 27 of the M1, some 3 miles (5 km) away.
The town is the northern terminus for the Nottingham Express Transit tram system and has a station on the Robin Hood Line. There is also a tram stop at Butler's Hill/Broomhill. The tram line runs from Hucknall through central Nottingham to Clifton and Toton Lane.
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The town centre has been pedestrianised.
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- Its focal point is the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene, next to the town's market square. The church was built by the Anglo-Saxons and completed after the Norman Conquest, though its medieval chancel, nave, north aisle and tower were much restored and enlarged in the Victorian period. In 1872 a south aisle was added and in 1887 unusually long transepts, while the rest of the building apart from the tower was thoroughly restored. The top tower stage and the south porch are 14th-century. There are 25 stained-glass windows by Charles Eamer Kempe, installed mostly in the 1880s, and a modest memorial to Lord Byron.
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Heritage trails have been designed, one for the town centre and a 20-mile (32 km) circular trail.
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Hucknall has a Friday Market on the pedestrianised High Street.
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- The Bowman Hucknall, Nottingham Rd, Hucknall, NG15 7PY.
- 1 The Pilgrim Oak, ☏ +44 1159632539. 8AM-midnight. No-nonsense Wetherspoon boozer for changing real ales and simple pub grub, plus TV screens and WiFi.